Shows up on the start page under “My topics”; stored only in your browser.
Growth 35Transformation 27Decline 10Under construction & planned 37
Key figures
+410new jobs announcedfrom 5 reports · since Oct 20250.1 per 1,000 in the labour force
1,312affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 7 reports · since Aug 20250.3 per 1,000 in the labour force
Largest expansions
- ÖBB unveils €100m maintenance depot in Vienna-Floridsdorf+150 New jobs ·
- ÖBB Technische Services builds Linz train service hall, 110 new jobs+110 New jobs ·
- ÖBB Technische Services opens Innsbruck workshop, creating 50 jobs+50 New jobs ·
Largest job cuts
- Swarovski to cut 400 jobs at its Wattens base400 Affected staff ·
- Lenzing to end fibre output in Heiligenkreuz, cutting 285 jobs285 Affected staff ·
- Austrian Chamber of Commerce cuts 200 jobs in its federal body200 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | New jobs | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | 11 | — | 44 |
| Transport & mobility | 5 | +360 | — |
| Banking | 3 | — | — |
| Food | 3 | +50 | 190 |
| Semiconductors | 3 | — | — |
Follow-up
Followed up: 5 of 5 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: realised: 2.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- Erste Group offers PLN 713.60 a share for Erste Bank PolskaNext milestone: 3 Nov 2026
- RBI clears minimum threshold in Addiko takeover offerNext milestone: 3 Nov 2026
- Lenzing to end fibre output in Heiligenkreuz, cutting 285 jobsNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- ÖBB to buy back Vienna's Wien Mitte station complex from Morgan Stanley-led investorsNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- volenergy to acquire bp Austria's filling-station businessNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Builder Lachinger in Oberhofen enters restructuring proceedings, 50 jobs affected · Closures · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Concrete mixing plant maker Kaiser in Deutschfeistritz goes bankrupt, 44 jobs hit · Closures · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Commission pays France final €6.1bn recovery instalment · Policy · 🇫🇷 France / Austria / Luxembourg
- Infineon to invest €1.1bn in GaN chip production in Villach · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Commission approves €319m aid for Infineon GaN fab in Villach · Policy · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Austria Pet Food opens €40m plant expansion in Pöttelsdorf · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Red Cat bids €39 per share for Steyr Motors · Mergers · 🇺🇸 USA / Austria
- Doppelmayr to expand Wolfurt plant for around €200m · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Staffing agency Alpha Consult in Windhaag bei Perg files for bankruptcy · Closures · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB to buy back Vienna's Wien Mitte station complex from Morgan Stanley-led investors · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Erste Group offers PLN 713.60 a share for Erste Bank Polska · Mergers · 🇵🇱 Poland / Austria
- Ardo to close plant in Groß-Enzersdorf, 190 jobs affected · Closures · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Vienna Stock Exchange takes majority stake in North Data · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria / Germany
- ÖBB completes Lower Inn Valley line upgrade with Vomp overtaking station · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB unveils €100m maintenance depot in Vienna-Floridsdorf · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- AGRANA to acquire flavourings maker esarom for around €150m · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Vienna opens tram line 18 through the Prater to the Stadion · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- P&F Products & Features acquires Vienna's AVVie GmbH · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ENNOCONN falls short of majority in Kontron mandatory offer · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria / Taiwan
- Red Cat withdraws preliminary offer for Steyr Motors · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria / USA
- Lenzing to end fibre output in Heiligenkreuz, cutting 285 jobs · Closures · 🇦🇹 Austria
- RBI clears minimum threshold in Addiko takeover offer · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria
- VALETTA expands Linz production site for €7m · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- volenergy to acquire bp Austria's filling-station business · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria / Switzerland
- Phoenix Personal & Logistik of Leoben goes bankrupt, 93 jobs · Closures · 🇦🇹 Austria
- VisualLogix to acquire DACH software provider refyne Group · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Austria / Switzerland
- Austria launches digital skills drive with over 30 partners · Digitalization · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Austria's last envelope maker ÖKI announces job cuts in Hirm · Layoffs · 🇦🇹 Austria
- OMV secures €450m EIB loan for hydrogen plant in Bruck an der Leitha · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Google files for expansion of its Kronstorf data centre in Austria · Digitalization · 🇦🇹 Austria
- EQT to acquire TachoSil biosurgery business from Corza Medical · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ENNOCONN tables mandatory offer for Kontron shareholders · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria / Taiwan
- PJ Monitoring opens new production hall in Graz · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Austrian government adopts ÖBB framework plan 2027–2032 worth €19.5bn · Policy · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB completes second Salzach bridge at Eschenau · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Austrian Chamber of Commerce cuts 200 jobs in its federal body · Layoffs · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB Technische Services builds Linz train service hall, 110 new jobs · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Erste Bank completes IT merger with Salzburger Sparkasse · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Schmitz Cargobull to take full ownership of Berger Fahrzeugtechnik · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Austria
- Stadler opens maintenance hall in Obersiebenbrunn near Vienna · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Austrian government, ÖBB and ASFINAG to invest EUR 1.085bn in Vorarlberg · Policy · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB puts new Rauchmühl rail bridge in Innsbruck into service · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Wiener Linien opens U2 station Lina-Loos-Platz in Donaustadt · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Salzburg drops S-LINK despite court ruling against referendum · Policy · 🇦🇹 Austria
2025
- ÖBB Technische Services builds EUR 50 million train hall in Salzburg · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Koralm Railway links Graz and Klagenfurt after 27 years of construction · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB opens new S-Bahn stabling facility at Wien Floridsdorf · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Graz opens new Neutorlinie tram route through the city centre · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Austrian parliament passes amendment to rail high-capacity lines act · Policy · 🇦🇹 Austria
- AVL to cut a further 100 jobs in Graz · Layoffs · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Boom Software and PJ Messtechnik form INFRATRACK rail-testing venture · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria
- CER Cargo Group to buy Austrian rail freight firm Wiener Lokalbahnen Cargo · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria / Hungary
- TSA starts building EUR 9.5m punching centre in Wiener Neudorf · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB completes new Lieser rail bridge in Spittal/Drau · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Knorr-Bremse opens modernised Mödling plant after EUR 30m investment · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB completes double-tracking of the Marchegg Ostbahn · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB Technische Services opens Innsbruck workshop, creating 50 jobs · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Capcellence takes majority stake in lifting-technology maker Autolift · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria / Germany
- Vienna opens new tram line 27 to Aspern Nord · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ŽSR completes Devínska Nová Ves–Marchegg upgrade for €11.3m · Infrastructure · 🇸🇰 Slovakia / Austria
- France ends subsidy, Paris–Vienna/Berlin night train stops 14 December 2025 · Policy · 🇫🇷 France / Austria / Germany
- Vienna opens new tram Line 12 in the Nordbahnviertel · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Swarovski to cut 400 jobs at its Wattens base · Layoffs · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Wieserbahn electric services start to Wies-Eibiswald · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Tauern Tunnel reopens for traffic after renovation · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB modernises three Tauern Railway stations in the Gastein valley · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- APG completes 380 kV Salzburg power line · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
2023
- Nauders substation links Austrian and Italian power grids · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Pottendorf Line between Vienna and Wiener Neustadt now fully double-track · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
2022
- ÖBB electrifies Rosental line Klagenfurt–Weizelsdorf · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
2017
- St. Pölten freight rail bypass worth €731m enters service · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Vienna's U1 line extended to Oberlaa and formally opened · Infrastructure · 🇦🇹 Austria
2026 · planned
- ÖBB rebuild Gries im Pinzgau station, opening December 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- APG builds EUR 38 million Leoben substation, operational by end-2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2027 · planned
- ÖBB to close Tauern Tunnel until July 2027 for second renovation phase · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB to renew Feldkirch–Buchs line for €187m by 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria / Liechtenstein / Switzerland
- ÖBB to modernise Puchberger Bahn for €144.4m by 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB completes main works at Villach main station · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB electrifies the Mattersburg line toward Sopron · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB to rebuild Wels freight terminal as through terminal for EUR 68m · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB to modernise Vienna Stammstrecke with 14-month main closure · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB to electrify Mattigtalbahn by 2027/28 timetable change · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2028 · planned
- Energie AG builds Ebensee pumped-storage plant by end of 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB to strengthen piers of Mauthausen Danube bridge by 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2029 · planned
- ÖBB to renew Salzach bridge near Bruck-Fusch for around €20m · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB upgrades Pottendorf Line between Wampersdorf and Ebenfurth · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Semmering Base Tunnel holed through, passenger service due 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- APG renews Ernsthofen substation for EUR 150m by 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB expands northern approach to Wiener Neustadt station, EUR 170m · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Innsbruck to bring back trolleybuses in 2029 with 18.2 km of overhead wire · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB starts EUR 87.3 million electrification of the Innkreisbahn · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2030 · planned
- ÖBB upgrades Nordbahn line between Wien Süßenbrunn and Bernhardsthal · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB awards €2.6bn contract for new digital interlockings · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2031 · planned
- ÖBB to double-track Pyhrn Railway section Hinterstoder–Pießling-Vorderstoder · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB upgrades Western Railway between Linz and Wels to four tracks · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2032 · planned
- Four-track expansion Wien Meidling–Mödling remains in planning · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB to modernise Kamptalbahn between Hadersdorf and Horn by 2032 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2033 · planned
- ÖBB confirms no delay in €618m Linz Weststrecke upgrade · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB electrifies the Köflach branch of the Graz-Köflach railway · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2034 · planned
- Brenner Base Tunnel: 218 of 230 tunnel kilometres completed · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2035 · planned
- Vienna's U2 Wienerberg branch delayed to 2030 start · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB starts demolition for Innsbruck main station rebuild · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Vienna Airport–Bruck an der Leitha rail link delayed to 2030 start · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2036 · planned
- Vienna Hütteldorf–Meidling line: construction starts September 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB to add second track St. Pölten–Herzogenburg by end of 2036 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2038 · planned
- Austria and Slovakia agree to double-track Parndorf–Kittsee line · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2039 · planned
- Brenner approach: four-track Schaftenau–Radfeld section in planning · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
- ÖBB plans double-tracking of Werndorf–Spielfeld-Straß line by 2039 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria
2040 · planned
- Austria and Czech Republic plan faster Vienna–Prague rail link by 2040 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria / Czech Republic