UNESCO honour for Sachertorte & Co
09.09.2019
UNESCO has added “Austria’s cake and pastry culture“ to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
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Why hidden champions don’t need to sell themselves short
29.08.2019
Interview: Hidden champion researcher Dr. Georg Jungwirth gives high marks to the Vienna Region’s medium-sized global market leaders
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Automotive supplier IAC to open plant in Burgenland
26.08.2019
International Automotive Components Group (IAC) is planning to build a technology centre in Neutal in the Austrian province of Burgenland.
40 years of United Nations Vienna
23.08.2019
The United Nations headquarters in Vienna is celebrating its 40th anniversary today, marking four decades of promoting peace and dialogue in the heart of Europe.
Pfizer invests €50m in its production facilities in Lower Austria
22.08.2019
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is investing €50m in the expansion of its plant in Orth on the Danube in Lower Austria. The new production facilities are due to be opened in 2021.
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ESA banks on technology from Lower Austria
20.08.2019
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the “Sci-FIT” project to FOTEC, a research subsidiary of the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt (FHWN). The €2m deal is aimed at further optimising the FEEP thruster developed by FOTEC for future scientific missions such as the “Laser Interferometer Space Antenna” (LISA) designed to measure gravitation waves of supermassive black holes, for instance.
A meat burger contributing to cutting greenhouse gas emissions?
13.08.2019
The latest UN climate report, which warns that the world will have to change the way it produces food and manages land, has sparked a debate about our diet and the impact it has on climate change. Beef production in particular accounts for a large part of methane emissions. Rebel Meat, a Viennese start-up, might have come up with its own contribution to meeting the global climate goals.
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The Vienna Region is the world's green building benchmark
07.08.2019
Interview: When it comes to sustainable building and living, the Vienna Region serves as a role model for many countries. Two experts discuss the foundation of this success, but also address which measures need to be taken to establish green building as a standard in the long run.
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Vienna Airport reaches for its fifth star
18.07.2019
Vienna International Airport invests about EUR 500 million into the renovation of Terminal 2 and Pier East as well as the construction of the southern enlargement as a link to Terminal 3. The large-scale development project has already begun with construction work to be concluded by 2023. In the course of ten years (until 2028), a total of EUR 2.6 billion will be invested into the expansion of Airport City Vienna.
Austrian entrepreneurship among European leaders
08.07.2019
The Vienna Region records an average of around 20,000 start-ups every year. In Austria the share of young entrepreneurs among the working population has reached a new all-time high of 10.9 per cent. Austria already comes in third compared to the rest of Europe.