All entries related to Austria, newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/countries/austria 2026-11-03T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:4e972fe4:en 2026-11-03T06:00:00Z

Restructuring proceedings without self-administration were opened at Wels regional court on 3 November 2026 against the plastering, screed and concrete company; 50 employees are affected and liabilities are about €3.8m according to KSV1870. A 20% payout is offered; the administrator is assessing whether and to what extent the business continues, so the figure is not in the job-cuts field (Tips, 3 November 2026). — Source: https://www.tips.at/nachrichten/voecklabruck/land-leute/740800-lachinger-gmbh-in-oberhofen-insolvenz-betrifft-50-mitarbeiter

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:e12979a7:en 2026-11-03T06:00:00Z

Bankruptcy proceedings were opened on 3 November 2026 at the Graz regional civil court against the concrete mixing plant maker in Deutschfeistritz; 44 employees are affected and liabilities are about €7.4m. According to KSV1870 no restructuring is sought and the business is to close; an investor entry had collapsed in October (5min.at, 3 November 2026). — Source: https://www.5min.at/steiermark/5202611031554/74-millionen-euro-passiva-steirisches-traditionsunternehmen-ist-pleite/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:dd32461a:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

The payment follows the opinion of the Council's Economic and Financial Committee and the Commission's payment decisions. It follows the positive assessment of France's final payment request on 29.09.2026 (European Commission, press release, 30 Oct 2026). — Source: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_2303

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:1f04a749:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

Infineon plans to invest about €1.1bn in Villach by 2034 to build high-volume production of gallium nitride power semiconductors on 300 mm wafers, with output due to start at the end of 2027. Austria supports the project with €319m of state aid (see policy entry f8ce6c0f); the company gives no figure for new jobs (Dolomitenstadt, 27 October 2026; second source: electrive, 28 October 2026). — Sources: https://www.dolomitenstadt.at/2026/10/27/infineon-investiert-11-mrd-euro-in-villach/ · https://electrive.com/2026/10/28/infineon-to-invest-e1-1-billion-in-villach

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:f8ce6c0f:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

The Commission cleared a €319m direct grant that Infineon Technologies Austria will use for its Villach 'Empowering Fab' project, moving power GaN devices from 200 mm to 300 mm wafers, a first in the EU. Conditions include cooperation with start-ups and research bodies and sharing unexpectedly high profits with Austria (European Commission, Daily News 27.10.2026). — Source: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_26_2270

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:06a536db:en 2026-10-23T06:00:00Z

Austria Pet Food opened the expansion of its Pöttelsdorf plant on 23 October 2026, designed to double production capacity; about €40m was invested and 50 new jobs were created. The province of Burgenland holds 40% of the company through ATHENA Burgenland Beteiligungen and supported the expansion with grants (Province of Burgenland, 23 October 2026). — Source: https://www.burgenland.at/politik/landesregierung/lr-dr-leonhard-schneemann/aktuelles/detail/austria-pet-food-eroeffnete-werkserweiterung-rund-40-millionen-euro-fuer-wachstum-in-poettelsdorf/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:35713b83:en 2026-10-19T06:00:00Z

On 19 October 2026 US drone maker Red Cat Holdings, through its subsidiary SMOT Acquisition, launched a voluntary public cash offer for all shares of Austrian engine maker Steyr Motors: €39.00 per share, valuing the company at about €205m. Anchor shareholder B&C (15%) backs the offer; the acceptance period runs to 18 December 2026, conditional on a minimum acceptance of 50% plus one share and regulatory approvals including Austrian investment screening, with completion expected in the first half of 2027. It follows the preliminary proposal withdrawn on 29 July 2026 (entry 26302bf7) (Salzburger Nachrichten/APA, 19 Oct 2026). Update (21.10.2026): Steyr Motors has signed a business combination agreement with Red Cat and SMOT Acquisition; its management and supervisory boards intend to recommend acceptance. Red Cat commits not to relocate the registered office, production or R&D from Steyr for three years and not to cause redundancies among blue-collar workers for two years (Steyr Motors, ad hoc release, 21 Oct 2026). — Sources: https://www.sn.at/wirtschaft/oesterreich/red-cat-will-steyr-motors-fuer-205-mio-euro-uebernehmen-art-679081 · https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-10/69895527-eqs-adhoc-steyr-motors-ag-abschluss-business-combination-agreement-mit-red-cat-holdings-inc-und-smot-acquisition-gmbh-022.htm

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:8115d3c4:en 2026-10-13T06:00:00Z

With a groundbreaking on 13 October 2026, ropeway maker Doppelmayr began the largest single investment in its history: the plant in the Hohe Brücke business park in Wolfurt gets about 50,000 m² of additional production halls and a highly automated warehouse. The site will have room for about 850 jobs, including roles currently spread across other sites in the region; how many are new has not been stated (vienna.at, 18 October 2026). — Source: https://www.vienna.at/daten-und-fakten-zum-doppelmayr-megaprojekt/10549874

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:fb0fa198:en 2026-10-13T06:00:00Z

Linz regional court has opened bankruptcy proceedings against the staffing agency, affecting 68 employees and one apprentice plus about 60 creditors. Whether the business continues was initially open, so the figure is not in the job-cuts field (Heute, 13 October 2026). — Source: https://www.heute.at/s/firma-pleite-69-beschaeftigte-bangen-um-ihre-jobs-120265730

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:9046d955:en 2026-10-03T06:00:00Z

The supervisory board of ÖBB-Infrastruktur approved on 3 October 2026 the buy-back of Wien Mitte station together with its shopping centre and office space; the railway had sold the property to the Bank Austria group in 2005, and the seller now is an investor group led by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. The price is confidential; completion is planned for the end of December 2026, after clearance by the competition authority. With 575 train stops and around 75,000 passengers a day, Wien Mitte is Austria's fourth-largest station (ÖBB via LOK Report, 03.10.2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-gruenes-licht-fuer-den-rueckkauf-des-bahnhofs-wien-mitte-durch-die-oebb.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:71edb98c:en 2026-09-25T06:00:00Z

Erste Group plans a voluntary cash offer to raise its 49% stake in Poland's Erste Bank Polska (formerly Santander Bank Polska) to above 50% but no more than 75%, buying between 1% and 26% of the share capital. The price of PLN 713.60 a share is well below the 25.09 closing price (PLN 807.60); the offer is due to launch in early November 2026, will be funded from own resources and needs approval from Poland's financial regulator. The formal notice under Polish law followed on 28.09.2026 (Erste Group ad hoc via Reuters/PTA, 25.09.2026; Bankier.pl, 28.09.2026). Update (30 October 2026): the Polish financial regulator KNF has approved the tender offer; it launches on 2 November 2026 with the subscription period starting on 3 November 2026. Erste holds 49% and may increase its stake to no more than 75% (xyz.pl, 30 October 2026). — Sources: https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026-09-25:newsml_Pexsd4Ppa:0-pta-adhoc-erste-group-bank-ag-erste-group-to-launch-a-voluntary-tender-offer-to-increase-its-shareholding-in-erste-bank-polska/ · https://xyz.pl/?p=269805

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:7ceb1643:en 2026-09-24T06:00:00Z

Belgian frozen-vegetable group Ardo is giving up its processing and packing plant in Groß-Enzersdorf (Marchfeld, Lower Austria): vegetable processing will run until December 2026, after which the lines will be shut down step by step; from August 2027 Ardo intends to run only its sales operation in Austria. Around 190 employees, for whom a social plan is being negotiated, and 50 seasonal agency workers are affected; according to the company, modernising the plant, founded in 1965, would have cost more than €100m (ORF Lower Austria, 24 September 2026; second source: OTS release by the Austrian branded goods association, 25 September 2026). — Source: https://noe.orf.at/stories/3372514/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:9eec4222:en 2026-09-14T06:00:00Z

Wiener Börse AG has acquired an 80% majority stake in Hamburg-based North Data GmbH, a search platform for European company data that aggregates information from more than 160 public sources (registers and EU databases) on some 100 million companies across 26 European countries. The price was not disclosed; the acquisition is intended to strengthen the exchange's off-exchange transparency and data business (Wiener Börse AG, 14 Sep 2026). — Source: https://www.wienerborse.at/news/wiener-boerse-news/wiener-boerse-staerkt-mit-uebernahme-north-data-ausserboersliche-transparenz/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:d63e0e8c:en 2026-09-11T06:00:00Z

ÖBB has completed the upgrade of the new Kundl–Baumkirchen line in the Tyrolean Lower Inn Valley, which has formed the backbone of the valley's rail infrastructure since 2012 and is part of the northern access to the Brenner Base Tunnel. After 64 days of works starting on 10 July 2026, all trains in the Münsterertunnel and Terfenertunnel (about 16 km long according to ÖBB) now run on ETCS only, the light signals have been removed and block sections shortened, so that more trains can run at shorter intervals. At Vomp, ÖBB and Brenner Basistunnel SE equipped an overtaking station: about two kilometres of the tunnel had already been prepared with two extra tracks, and eight switches and modern rail technology have now been added so that freight trains can give way to faster passenger trains. Long-distance trains used the existing surface line during the closure; the restrictions on regional services end on 14 September 2026. (LOK Report, 9 Jul and 11 Sep 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-upgrade-der-oebb-tunnel-im-unterinntal-abgeschlossen.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-neuer-ueberholbahnhof-im-bahntunnel-bei-vomp.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:af3432ef:en 2026-09-10T06:00:00Z

ÖBB has built and presented a maintenance hall for its new double-deck fleet in Angerer Strasse in Vienna-Floridsdorf; on around 16,500 m² the new Cityjet and Railjet double-deck trains will be serviced and inspected. The site cost around EUR 100 million and around 150 staff are to work there; Vienna's deputy mayor for economic affairs, Novak, speaks of new high-quality jobs. The hall has eight tracks (seven for maintenance, one for heavy components) and an underfloor whole-train lifting system that raises a six-car train weighing up to 327 tonnes in about three and a half minutes. (LOK Report, 10 Sep 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-oebb-praesentieren-neue-servicestelle-fuer-doppelstockflotte-in-wien-floridsdorf.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c39a061f:en 2026-09-10T06:00:00Z

Austrian sugar, starch and fruit group AGRANA announced on 10 September 2026 that it will acquire Lower Austrian flavourings maker esarom (based in Oberrohrbach, second site in Rückersdorf) for an enterprise value of around EUR 150 million, equivalent to 9.0 times the agreed EBITDA. esarom generated revenue of about EUR 112 million in 2025 with just under 400 employees. The purchase agreement is to be signed shortly; completion is subject to antitrust clearance and expected at the start of the 2027/28 financial year (March 2027). — Source: https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/21360068-agrana-150-millionen-uebernahme-aromenhersteller-esarom

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:8f444601:en 2026-09-05T06:00:00Z

Since 5 September 2026 line 18 has run over the new roughly 3.1 km section from Schlachthausgasse (U3) through the Prater to Stadion (U2), linking Burggasse-Stadthalle (U6), Westbahnhof and the main station directly with the stadium (main station–Stadion about 25 minutes). Seven new stops, 70 m of grass track, about 10,300 m² of new green space, some 200 trees and 2,150 m of new cycle paths; Wiener Linien expects six million passengers a year. The Prater section Stadionallee/Meiereistraße is closed to general motor traffic. — Source: https://www.wienerlinien.at/web/wl-en/news/new-route-tram-18

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:d1729a99:en 2026-08-05T06:00:00Z

On 5 August 2026 Vienna-based medical technology company P&F Products & Features GmbH announced the acquisition of AVVie GmbH, combining AVVie's research and development infrastructure and intellectual property with its own capabilities. At the heart of the deal is the AngelValve transcatheter platform for treating mitral valve regurgitation, which according to the company affects more than 13 million people in Europe and the United States. Financial terms were not disclosed (P&F press release distributed via PR Newswire). — Source: https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-08/69226272-p-f-products-features-gmbh-announces-acquisition-of-avvie-gmbh-008.htm

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c0b4c4c9:en 2026-07-30T06:00:00Z

Follow-up to the mandatory offer of 29 June 2026: on 30 July 2026 Kontron announced the result of the closed acceptance period. A total of 12,289,840 shares were tendered, an acceptance rate of around 19.5%. After completion of the transaction ENNOCONN will not hold a majority of the voting rights in Kontron — the management and supervisory boards had expressly recommended against accepting the offer. At the same time a foreign direct investment (FDI) review was opened at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy under the Foreign Trade and Payments Act, examining whether the acquisition affects Germany's security or public order. According to the company the duration of that procedure cannot be reliably estimated; since shareholders retain withdrawal rights until all regulatory approvals are in place, the final stake may still change. Update (10 August 2026): Kontron reported that all offer conditions have been met — Germany's foreign investment (FDI) clearance has been granted, considerably earlier than Kontron had previously thought possible. According to ENNOCONN the offer will settle on 20 August 2026; there has been no material shift in the shares tendered. Before settlement ENNOCONN holds 48.36% of Kontron shares per its shareholding notification and will not hold a majority of the voting rights after completion either. No further increase in the stake is planned; Kontron remains independent and intends to deepen its cooperation with Foxconn/ENNOCONN to realise EUR 40m in synergies over the medium term. Update (24 August 2026): The mandatory offer settled on 20 August 2026; according to finanztrends.de 12,238,502 Kontron shares were transferred to ENNOCONN. ENNOCONN thus holds about 48.36% and no voting majority; the process is complete and no further stake increase has been announced. — Source: https://www.onvista.de/news/2026/07-30-eqs-news-kontron-ag-annahmefrist-fuer-das-pflichtangebot-ist-beendet-einleitung-eines-fdi-ueberpruefungsverfahrens-keine-mehrheit-fuer-ennoconn-0-37-26537892

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:26302bf7:en 2026-07-29T06:00:00Z

US drone and robotics maker Red Cat Holdings clarified on 29 July 2026 that it had withdrawn its non-binding preliminary offer for Austrian specialist engine manufacturer Steyr Motors AG; no active offer remains. Steyr shares, listed in Vienna and Frankfurt, fell on the news, while Red Cat stock lost around 4.4%. — Source: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/29/3334919/0/en/Red-Cat-Issues-Statement-Regarding-Steyr-Motors-AG.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:86862c71:en 2026-07-27T06:00:00Z

Lenzing AG will phase out fibre production at its Heiligenkreuz site in Burgenland by the end of 2026 and then seek to sell the site; 285 employees are affected and covered by an existing redundancy agreement. The move is part of the 'Grow Nonwovens, Reset Textiles' programme presented on 27 July 2026, which concentrates fibre production on selected core sites. Group-wide headcount is to fall by around 2,000 by the end of 2027 from about 8,100 employees (7,700 full-time equivalents at the end of 2025); the plan is flanked by a capital increase of up to €300m and new credit facilities of up to €300m. Second source: ORF Burgenland. UPDATE (3 August 2026): Lenzing convened an extraordinary general meeting for 25 August 2026 to decide on the capital increase of up to €300m — part of a financing package totalling around €600m. Update (21 October 2026): Lenzing has completed its capital increase: 99% of the roughly 34.4 million new shares at €8.65 were taken up through subscription rights and the consortium banks sold the rest in the market; gross proceeds were €301.2m (FashionUnited, 21 October 2026). — Sources: https://www.salzburg24.at/news/oesterreich/lenzing-baut-2000-jobs-ab-wichtiges-werk-steht-zum-verkauf-art-333198 · https://fashionunited.de/nachrichten/business/lenzing-kapitalerhohung-bringt-rund-301-millionen-euro/2026102169008

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:e4bb9038:en 2026-07-24T06:00:00Z

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) announced on 24 July 2026 that as of the 09:00 cut-off it held acceptances for 10,720,331 Addiko shares — 55.58% of all shares covered by the offer. That passed the minimum acceptance threshold of more than 55% and effectively secured control. The figure includes 1,878,167 shares held by Alta Group d.o.o. (9.63% of share capital); no withdrawal declarations had been received by the cut-off. The voluntary takeover offer published on 14 May 2026 under section 25a of the Austrian Takeover Act offers €26.50 per share (raised in May from an original €23.05), and the initial acceptance period ended on 22 July 2026. Update: after the acceptance period closed on 29 July 2026 at 17:00, RBI reported acceptances for 10,831,435 shares, or 56.16% — the final result came earlier than initially announced and confirms that the 55% threshold was passed. Settlement, the statutory grace period and completion are still outstanding. UPDATE (3 August 2026): RBI formally published the result and opened the statutory sell-out period, which runs from 3 August 2026 until 5.00 p.m. CET on 3 November 2026. Addiko shareholders who had previously accepted the competing offer from Nova Ljubljanska banka may switch to the RBI offer during this period by written declaration to their custodian bank. Update (offer document of 3 Aug 2026): All closing conditions must be satisfied by 14 May 2027 at the latest. — Source: https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/EQS_20260724_EQS0001/eqs-news-rbi-zum-zwischenstand-der-annahme-des-freiwilligen-oeffentlichen-uebernahmeangebots-fuer-saemtliche-addiko-aktien-zum-24-juli-2026

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:114d44ad:en 2026-07-21T06:00:00Z

Family-owned VALETTA broke ground on 21 July 2026 for the expansion of its production site in Linz: usable space grows by 10,000 m² to a future 16,000 m², with a 16-month construction period during ongoing operations and completion at the end of 2027. The project includes photovoltaics and thermal insulation; the focus is on securing existing jobs, with no specific hiring figures announced. — Source: https://www.presse-nachrichten.de/2026/07/21/spatenstich-in-linz-valetta-investiert-7-millionen-euro-in-neue-produktionsstaette/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:fe33893e:en 2026-07-20T06:00:00Z

bp is selling its Austrian filling-station and EV-charging business with around 250 sites (about 115 of them company-owned) to Switzerland's volenergy AG, part of the Volare group; the purchase price was not disclosed. The bp brand will remain at the stations under a licence agreement. Completion is expected by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. The sale follows bp's exits from fuel retail in the Netherlands (2025), Turkey (2024) and Switzerland (2022). — Source: https://www.bp.com/de_at/austria/home/presse/press-releases/2026-07-20-bp-schliesst-vereinbarung-zum-verkauf-an-volenergy-ag.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:2d6a12bd:en 2026-07-16T06:00:00Z

Bankruptcy proceedings have been opened at the Leoben regional court against Styrian temp-staffing firm Phoenix – Personal & Logistik GmbH, affecting 93 workers (7 direct employees, 83 leased workers) and around 128 creditors. Liabilities of roughly €2.6 million stand against assets of only about €625,000; whether the business will be continued or liquidated remains open according to the filing. Second source: AKV creditor protection association. — Source: https://www.meinbezirk.at/leoben/c-wirtschaft/leobener-personal-firma-pleite-dutzende-mitarbeiter-betroffen_a8802273

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:141e5f3b:en 2026-07-14T06:00:00Z

US software provider VisualLogix (New York) acquires refyne Group, a DACH provider of integrated CAD, CAM, thermal analysis and ERP solutions for wood, metal and facade fabricators (products incl. Athena, TrunCAD, flixo, Triviso). Price undisclosed; completion status not specified in the release. Further consolidation of the European fabrication-software market. — Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/visuallogix-strengthens-european-presence-and-engineering-software-portfolio-through-acquisition-of-refyne-group-302825392.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:6b85ac20:en 2026-07-14T06:00:00Z

Nationwide programme to strengthen the population's digital skills; partners include major US tech companies alongside domestic providers. Second source: brutkasten.com. — Source: https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20260714_OTS0070/proell-gratis-digitale-bildung-fuer-jede-oesterreicherin-und-jeden-oesterreicher

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:4d38237e:en 2026-07-14T06:00:00Z

Austria's last remaining envelope manufacturer announced on 14 July that it will cut production capacity and staff at its Hirm site, citing a European envelope market shrinking by around 7 percent annually and rising production costs. An early-warning notice has been filed with the AMS labour office; the exact number of job cuts (the site employs over 70 people in total) is still being negotiated with the AMS and the works council. Second source: heute.at. — Source: https://burgenland.orf.at/stories/3362689/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c098b32c:en 2026-07-13T06:00:00Z

The European Investment Bank has signed a loan of €450 mn for OMV's green hydrogen plant in Bruck an der Leitha — the largest single EIB financing in the Austrian energy sector. The plant, currently under construction with a 140 MW electrolyser, is set to produce up to 23,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year for the Schwechat refinery from the end of 2027 and to save up to 150,000 tonnes of CO2 annually. — Source: https://www.eib.org/en/press/all/2026-248-eib-provides-eur450-million-financing-for-omv-s-flagship-green-hydrogen-project

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:dc55efa6:en 2026-07-09T06:00:00Z

Focus on AI and cloud, with Phase 1 opening from 2027 and around 100 direct jobs; critics warn of high electricity and cooling-water demand (Enns river), while the province points to additional generation and storage capacity. — Source: https://ooe.orf.at/stories/3361946/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c3f308b5:en 2026-07-07T06:00:00Z

EQT is buying Corza Medical's business built around the TachoSil haemostatic patch, with manufacturing in Linz and about 400 staff worldwide; no price or revenue was given and closing is expected in Q4 2026 (EQT, 7 July 2026). Update (23 September 2026): the European Commission cleared the deal as case M.12554 (European Commission, Daily News, 23 September 2026). — Sources: https://eqtgroup.com/news/eqt-to-acquire-the-tachosil-biosurgery-business-from-corza-medical-2026-07-07 · https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_26_1951

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:65aa8fd8:en 2026-06-29T06:00:00Z

Taiwanese industrial computer maker ENNOCONN published a mandatory offer of EUR 23.50 per share to shareholders of Linz-based IoT and embedded computing group Kontron on 29 June 2026, after crossing the 30% voting rights threshold. On 8 July 2026 Kontron's management and supervisory boards issued a joint reasoned statement recommending shareholders reject the offer: the price is not financially adequate, contains no premium and falls well short of analyst price targets (averaging EUR 30.29). The acceptance period ended on 27 July 2026; completion is subject to merger control clearances in Germany and the US and foreign investment clearances in Germany, France, Austria and Taiwan. Added retrospectively: the transaction had not previously been tracked. — Source: https://www.kontron.com/de/medien/nachrichten/kontron-ag-vorstand-und-aufsichtsrat-empfehlen-aktionaren-das-pflichtangebot-der-ennoconn-corporation-nicht-anzunehmen?eqs=962683716

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:4f19dc62:en 2026-06-22T06:00:00Z

PJ Monitoring (PJM) has put a new digital production hall into operation at its Graz production site for the WaggonTracker, its system combining automatic brake testing and condition monitoring for freight wagons; the company says capacity rises sharply, and every unit undergoes a 48-hour final test. The existing hall will in future be used for development and prototype building; because the development team has grown within 1.5 years, PJM also took additional offices in the nearby Science Tower. The report gives neither an investment amount nor a headcount (LOK Report, 22 Jun 2026). Update (22 June 2026): PJ Monitoring has put its new digital production hall in Graz into operation. (LOK Report, 22 June 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/industrie/pjm-neue-digitale-produktionshalle.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c4663792:en 2026-06-17T06:00:00Z

On 17 June 2026 the Council of Ministers adopted the ÖBB framework plan for 2027 to 2032: it provides for investments of around EUR 19.5 billion in new construction, upgrades and train protection on the rail network, plus around EUR 5 billion for maintenance. The federal government will invest more than EUR 3 billion a year in 2027–2029, then EUR 3.2 billion (2030), EUR 3.3 billion (2031) and EUR 3.8 billion (2032). Because the 2027/2028 double budget leaves around EUR 500 million less for those two years, the government pushes the Vienna airport link (Flughafenspange) back by two years to 2037 and keeps the Brenner northern access at 2039; the Nordbahn (2034) and the Puchberg line are completed sooner, while Meidling–Mödling (2037) and the Köstendorf–Salzburg expansion (2046) come later. Overall, 87% of the previous projects continue on schedule, and ÖBB chief executive Matthä says every project already started will be completed. (LOK Report, 18 Jun 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-bundesregierung-beschliesst-oebb-rahmenplan-2027-2032.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-oebb-rahmenplan-2027-2032-19-5-mrd-euro-fuer-ein-leistungsfaehiges-bahnnetz.html · https://infrastruktur.oebb.at/de/projekte-fuer-oesterreich/rahmenplan · https://infrastruktur.oebb.at/de/dam/jcr:e09950c5-7298-44a0-82b5-29becf5a9856/2026_06_10_RP27_Präsentation

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:bf2b2cf3:en 2026-06-05T06:00:00Z

ÖBB-Infrastruktur has completed the second of the two new bridges over the Salzach at Eschenau; the first entered service in July 2025, and both replace structures about 100 years old, one for each track. A load test with three locomotives weighing about 250 tonnes in total confirmed the fitness for service of the 62 m steel structure, which spans the Salzach at a height of around 12 m. Because of final works, there may still be restrictions between Schwarzach and Saalfelden until 3 July 2026; the report gives no costs. The date is the day of the report; the article does not give an exact completion date. (LOK Report, 5 Jun 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-erfolgreicher-belastungstest-der-zweiten-bruecke-in-eschenau-mit-250-tonnen.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:1a87ed86:en 2026-06-02T06:00:00Z

The WKÖ is cutting around 200 of about 800 full-time positions in its federal organisation by the end of 2027, one in four jobs. The reform is intended to relieve businesses of €100 mn per year in the long term. — Source: https://orf.at/stories/3432180/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a1f3936c:en 2026-05-27T06:00:00Z

ÖBB-Technische Services has broken ground on a new service hall in Raimundstrasse in Linz, where electric multiple units for long-distance and regional services will be maintained in future, including the new Cityjet M for Upper Austria. The hall, with a green roof and an area of about 11,000 m², accommodates seven trains on five tracks and is financed by ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG. More than EUR 100 million is being invested, 110 additional people will work at the new site, and commissioning is planned for mid-2028. The date is the day of the report; the article does not give the exact date of the groundbreaking. (LOK Report, 27 May 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-neue-massstaebe-in-der-zugwartung-spatenstich-fuer-servicestelle-in-linz.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:ee836c7d:en 2026-05-22T06:00:00Z

Implementation step of the merger: Over the Whitsun weekend 22–25 May 2026, the comprehensive IT/technical consolidation of Salzburger Sparkasse with Erste Bank took place (including IBAN changes for customers). — Source: https://expert-zoom.com/at/nachrichten/salzburger-sparkasse-erste-bank-fusion-iban-mai-2026

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:01abd53b:en 2026-04-21T06:00:00Z

Schmitz Cargobull is buying the remaining shares in lightweight trailer maker Berger Fahrzeugtechnik, in which it has held 49% since 2024; the shareholders around Gerhard Berger are selling their remaining stakes. Products, contacts and service are to stay unchanged, and closing is subject to antitrust approval (Verkehrsrundschau, 21 Apr 2026). Update (22.10.2026): The European Commission cleared the acquisition of sole control under the simplified procedure without competition concerns (case M.12490); completion is not confirmed. Late addition: not previously recorded. — Sources: https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/nfz-fuhrpark/schmitz-cargobull-uebernimmt-berger-komplett-3793713 · https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_26_2236

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a3824607:en 2026-04-10T06:00:00Z

On 10 April 2026 Stadler opened a new hall in Obersiebenbrunn in the Marchfeld region for the commissioning, approval and servicing of rail vehicles. It was built on the former AGRANA site as an extension of the existing private siding and comprises a hall about 225 m long and roughly 4,600 m² in area, offices and a tent hall used for storage; construction with STRABAG took seven to eight months according to the reports. The Westbahn's high-speed trains have been maintained there since March 2026, and the facility is meant to be open to all operators of Stadler vehicles in future. The reports give no figures for the investment or for new jobs. (LOK Report, 10 Apr 2026) Update (10 April 2026): Stadler has opened its new maintenance hall in Obersiebenbrunn near Vienna. (LOK Report, 10 April 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-stadler-eroeffnet-werkhalle-in-obersiebenbrunn-bei-wien.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-lh-mikl-leitner-eroeffnet-neue-stadler-werkhalle-im-marchfeld.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:8245915c:en 2026-03-11T06:00:00Z

The package bundles rail and road projects: the Container Cargo Terminal in Wolfurt is to reach 76% more capacity once fully expanded (454,000 tonnes a year), technical implementation of remote-controlled crane operation starts in 2026, and a third gantry crane has been ordered. In Bregenz Hafen, a platform extended to 220 m and an underpass with a lift are being built, and the new Feldkirch-Tosters stop is due to open from October 2026 as part of the renovation of the Feldkirch–Buchs line. For the double-track expansion at Klosterbogen near Bludenz, the end of the environmental impact assessment is expected in spring, with construction planned from the turn of the year; ASFINAG intends to reopen the Pfänder Tunnel after the renewal of its safety systems in October 2026 and to finish the Walgau-Süd rest area in March 2027. (LOK Report, 11 Mar 2026; second source: APA-OTS, 10 Mar 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/65775-oesterreich-mobilitaetspaket-staerkt-bahn-strasse-und-innovation-in-vorarlberg.html · https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20260310_OTS0107/rund-1085-milliarden-euro-fuer-vorarlberg-mobilitaetspaket-staerkt-bahn-strasse-und-innovation

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c4e2be27:en 2026-01-30T06:00:00Z

ÖBB replaced the more than 60-year-old steel railway bridge at Rauchmühle in eastern Innsbruck, which carried about 270 trains a day on the western main line (Weststrecke), with a concrete bridge. The deck (about 1,400 tonnes including auxiliary structures, 29 m span, 325 m²) was cast beside Hallerstrasse and moved about 100 metres across the road onto its abutments on 18 January 2026 using self-propelled transporters. The line between Rum and Innsbruck Hbf was closed from 7 January 2026 (23 days, up to 90 replacement buses); after a load test with two locomotives on 29 January 2026, about 270 trains a day were due to run over the new bridge again from 30 January 2026, and ÖBB gives no cost figure (LOK Report, 29 Jan 2026). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/64779-oesterreich-belastungstest-rauchmuehlbruecke.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/64496-oesterreich-spektakulaerer-oebb-brueckenschlag-ueber-die-hallerstrasse.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/64022-oesterreich-tragwerk-fuer-die-neue-rauchmuehlbruecke-zeitgerecht-vorgefertigt.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:fb5ec707:en 2026-01-19T06:00:00Z

Wiener Linien opened the new U2 station Lina-Loos-Platz between Aspernstrasse and Hausfeldstrasse in Vienna's 22nd district on 19 January 2026, taking the city's metro network to 110 stations and the U2 between Seestadt and Karlsplatz to 21. The shell dates from the 2013 U2 extension to Seestadt; fitting-out ran from 2021 alongside normal service and covered stairways, an island platform, two bicycle garages, two lifts and rooftop solar panels. The station serves the Oberes Hausfeld development area, where about 3,700 homes on roughly 26 hectares are planned for around 8,000 residents; the report gives no construction cost (LOK Report, 19 Jan 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/64511-oesterreich-u2-lina-loos-platz-ist-die-110-u-bahn-station.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:0d255eca:en 2026-01-09T06:00:00Z

The Constitutional Court (VfGH) declared the Salzburg state government's order for the 10 November 2024 referendum on extending the local railway to Hallein (S-LINK) unlawful in rulings dated 9 December 2025 because the question was unclear; 53.3% had voted no at the time. The state of Salzburg nevertheless wants no new vote and will not pursue the project, according to deputy governor Stefan Schnöll. The association Die Rote Elektrische considers the referendum not legally binding and demands that the Stadtbahn Salzburg project company resume its work (LOK Report, 9 Jan 2026). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/64278-oesterreich-vfgh-gibt-anfechtung-der-volksbefragung-zur-salzburger-lokalbahn-s-link-statt.html · https://www.vfgh.gv.at/downloads/VfGH-Erkenntnis-V-228_2025-vom-09.12.2025.pdf · https://www.vfgh.gv.at/downloads/VfGH-Erkenntnis-W-III-2_2024-vom-09.12.2025.pdf

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:27c35594:en 2025-12-18T06:00:00Z

ÖBB Technische Services has broken ground on a 127-metre service hall with three tracks for Interregio and regional trains in Salzburg's Lastenstrasse. About EUR 50 million is being invested, financed by ÖBB-Personenverkehr; 50 new jobs are created, bringing the Salzburg workshops to 150 employees. Commissioning is planned for December 2027, and a photovoltaic plant is expected to produce more than 300 MWh a year (LOK Report, 18 Dec 2025). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/63992-oesterreich-spatenstich-fuer-zug-servicestelle-in-salzburg.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:28264652:en 2025-12-14T06:00:00Z

Since 14 December 2025, the Koralm Railway connects Graz and Klagenfurt via a new 127 km, double-track, electrified line built for speeds up to 250 km/h. Its centerpiece is the 32.9 km Koralm Tunnel, which drastically cuts travel time between the two provincial capitals. Construction took about 27 years, with ÖBB citing total costs of roughly EUR 6 billion. Update (6 Dec 2025): ÖBB puts total investment in the Koralmbahn at about EUR 5.9 billion; the first cost estimate in 2005 was about EUR 5.4 billion, and adding project parts included later, such as the Feldkirchen–Weitendorf section, also gives EUR 5.9 billion (report of 21 Oct 2025). Freight trains of ÖBB Rail Cargo Group have been running on the line since early November 2025 (one of the first, a single-wagon train, on 4 November), each train can carry 250 to 280 t more and up to 300,000 train-kilometres a year are saved. For passengers, the RJX journey from Graz to Klagenfurt falls from over two hours to 41 minutes; the opening is celebrated in both provincial capitals on 12 December 2025, and regular service follows at the timetable change on 14 December 2025. (LOK Report, 21 Oct, 4 Nov, 5 Nov and 6 Dec 2025) Update (13 Feb 2026): According to ÖBB the new line is 130 km long with 12 tunnels (50 km in total), more than 100 bridges and 23 stations; about EUR 5.9 billion was invested, and the EU co-financed it with more than EUR 600 million (including EUR 543 million from NextGenerationEU). In the first hours after service began on 14 December 2025, about 30 trains and roughly 10,000 passengers used the line. Freight has been running since 1 November 2025: in a little over 100 days about 1,050 freight trains with more than 21,000 wagons and over one million tonnes of goods ran over the route, whose maximum gradient of 10 instead of 16 per mille allows heavier trains; together with the existing line over the Neumarkt saddle the southern axis now has four tracks (up to 30% more capacity) (LOK Report, 12 Dec 2025, 14 Dec 2025 and 13 Feb 2026). Merged (06.10.2026): the entry ec747eec on the Koralm Tunnel, initially recorded separately, has been merged into this one. The roughly 32.9 km base tunnel under the Koralpe between St. Andrä (Carinthia) and Frauental an der Laßnitz (Styria) is Austria's longest railway tunnel; construction began in December 2008, the final breakthrough came in 2020, the shell was completed in May 2022, and it was formally opened on 12.12.2025. — Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koralm_Railway · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/63632-oesterreich-startschuss-fuer-koralmbahn-in-graz-und-klagenfurt.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/65127-oesterreich-100-tage-gueterverkehr-auf-der-koralmbahn-1-050-zuege-mit-ueber-21-000-wagen-in-100-tagen.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/62818-oesterreich-feierliche-eroeffnung-der-koralmbahn-in-graz-und-klagenfurt.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/62790-oesterreich-volle-fahrt-fuer-den-gueterverkehr-auf-der-neuen-koralmbahn.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/62410-oesterreich-koralmbahn-punktlandung-bei-investitionskosten.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/63854-oesterreich-rekordstart-auf-der-neuen-koralmbahn.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/63816-oesterreich-neues-bahn-zeitalter-beginnt-feierliche-eroeffnung-der-koralmbahn.html · https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koralmtunnel

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:6ac31c99:en 2025-12-14T06:00:00Z

The new facility for stabling and servicing regional trains east of Wien Floridsdorf went live with the timetable change on 14 December 2025; it is tailored to the longer Cityjet double-deck trains (109 sets for Vienna and Lower Austria). ÖBB built it between October 2022 and autumn 2025 on existing railway land: about 3 km of usable track with overhead line and safety systems, cleaning and waste-disposal facilities, an operations building and a tunnel to the ÖBB-Produktion site. It belongs to the S-Bahn Wien Upgrade programme, and a maintenance hall for ÖBB Technische Services was planned on the site by spring 2026. The report states no investment sum (LOK Report, 19 Dec 2025). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/64021-oesterreich-neue-abstellanlage-in-floridsdorf-geht-in-betrieb.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:9f54d549:en 2025-11-29T06:00:00Z

On 29 November 2025, the new "Neutorlinie" of the Graz tramway network went into service, connecting Jakominiplatz with Annenstraße via Neutorgasse. The new route relieves the previous alignment through Herrengasse in Graz's city centre from through traffic. Line 17 operates on the new route during the day, while line 16 takes over in the evenings, on weekends and on public holidays. — Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Graz

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c8bb1ce6:en 2025-11-20T06:00:00Z

The amendment folds the six high-capacity line ordinances issued since 1989 into the act and designates certain connections directly there, without the detour of an ordinance. Transport Minister Peter Hanke argues that, especially in environmental impact assessments, it was previously hard to tell whether a route legally counted as a high-capacity line, which had led to costly delays in rail expansion. The Greens did not vote in favour because their concerns about the discretionary wording of some provisions remained; ongoing procedures stay unaffected, according to a committee finding. (LOK Report, 21 Nov 2025) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/63268-oesterreich-breite-mehrheit-fuer-novelle-zu-bahn-hochleistungsstrecken.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:ef2e210b:en 2025-11-20T06:00:00Z

AVL is cutting a further 100 jobs in Graz (out of around 3,600 employees at the site). Hundreds of cuts had already been announced in summer 2025. The automotive supplier is suffering from a sales slump and the transformation of the industry. — Source: https://kurier.at/wirtschaft/avl-graz-stellen-abbau-kuendigungen/403104926