Advantage Austria Show navigation 

News from the headquarters Overview

Scene from the video clip
May 23, 2012

Vienna tops worldwide ranking of "smart cities"

The online magazine "Co.Exist" sees Austria's capital as a mix of sustainability and innovation, choosing Vienna as the world's leading Smart City.

Gold-coloured material © ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA
May 22, 2012

Service exports key success factor for Austrian foreign trade

Regardless of global economic turbulence, Austria enjoyed considerable success in the international trade of goods and services in 2011.

Logo © Raiffeisen Bank International AG
May 15, 2012

Raiffeisen Bank International: "Best Bank in CEE & CIS"

The success of Raiffeisen Bank International in Austria and Central and Eastern Europe has once again won international acclaim.

Microscope © ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA
May 10, 2012

Constant rise in Austrian research spending

Austrian spending on research and development is set to increase by 4.2% in 2012 to reach EUR 8.6 billion.

Logo © GREENoneTEC Solarindustrie GmbH
May 8, 2012

Global demand for solar technology from Austria

Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is currently home to the world's largest solar thermal plant. The technology behind this plant came from Austria.

Grid, figures, letters © ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA
May 3, 2012

Austrians in the centre of the global IT industry

The first Austrian companies from the IT industry are currently in California as part of the "Go Silicon Valley 2012" technology initiative.

Poster of Vienna
May 1, 2012

Vienna continues to have the best living standard in the world

There's nowhere better to live: the latest Mercer Study confirms Vienna's leading position in a comparison of international cities.

Friedrich Rödler (President, Austrian Patent Office) and Martin Pfennigbauer (RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems) © Österreichisches Patentamt/APA-Fotoservice/Peter Hautzinger
April 27, 2012

Austro Innovations triumph in export markets

The patent statistics clearly show that Austrian companies and inventors are becoming ever more prominently positioned on the international markets.

Networking © ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA
April 20, 2012

Latin America meets Central and Eastern Europe in Vienna: 14th -18th May 2012 in Vienna

The Austrian economy plays a vital bridging role in business connections between Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe and acts as an intermediary and promoter. The…

Logo © voestalpine AG
April 19, 2012

60 years of the Linz-Donawitz process: innovation from Austria dominates global steel production

Austrian steel group voestalpine is investing a record-breaking amount of EUR 132 million in research this year. 60 years have passed since the trailblazing Linz-Donawitz…

print