New headquarter opened & major contract secured
Komptech’s future is unfolding across 3,500 square meters in Frohnleiten: the Styrian recycling pioneer will soon be consolidating its key departments at its new headquarters north of Graz, directly adjacent to the existing buildings and the Komptech Academy for apprentice training, which are also being modernized. At more than €20 million, it is the largest […]
Kite Rise Technologies presents the Guardian Angel
The Graz-based start-up Kite Rise has developed an innovative sodium-ion-based home storage system. According to the developers, this technology promises greater safety, sustainability, and a longer service life than comparable models. Series production is scheduled to start in 2026. The Graz-based start-up Kite Rise has developed an innovative sodium-ion-based home storage system. According to the […]
ANDRITZ opens Electrolyzer Gigafactory
Gigawatt-scale facility will supply Europe’s growing green-hydrogen market The new facility has an initial annual production capacity of approximately one gigawatt which corresponds to approximately 160 to 200 electrolyzers per year. At the site, key components for green hydrogen production have already been produced since March of this year, including electrolyzer cell stacks and phase […]
500 million euros: AT&S opens Europe’s first IC substrate plant & competence center
On June 3, Austrian microelectronics manufacturer AT&S officially opened its new Competence Center for R&D and IC Substrate Production in Leoben, Austria. After three years of construction and an investment of more than €500 million, 420 new employees are already working at the state-of-the-art center “Hinterberg 3” (HTB3) at the company’s headquarters in Leoben-Hinterberg. In […]
Nidec invests 22 million in Fürstenfeld
With its 240 employees, Nidec ACIM (Appliance, Commercial and Industrial Motors) operates the last remaining production plant for refrigeration compressors for the household white goods sector in Europe at its Fürstenfeld site. Founded in 1973 in Kyoto, Japan, the conglomerate employs over 110,000 people worldwide. In Austria, Nidec has been expanding the site since taking […]
Innovative technology for CO₂ conversion
Sisyphus team reaches important milestone: A team of researchers from the Chair of Physical Chemistry at Montanuniversität Leoben has developed a groundbreaking technology that has the potential to revolutionize CO₂ conversion. The so-called reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) technology creates a process for the energy-efficient conversion of carbon dioxide into valuable products. The core technology, which […]