Crisis still bites as lorry registration numbers plunge

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The economic crisis is still affecting Austrian companies as the number of newly registered lorries dropped in the first quarter of this year.Official figures released today (Mon) show that 5.6 per cent less lorries were registered during the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2009.The number of registered articulated […]

Volkswagen CFO hopeful after ‘promising’ start of the year

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German car maker Volkswagen (VW) CFO Hans Dieter Pötsch has revealed that the company has been spending around 600 million Euros on car parts and other purchases in Austria every year.Pötsch said at a business event in Linz last night (Mon) evening that he was optimistic about business this year after an “extraordinarily difficult 2009”.VW […]