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Trenkwalder-Gruppe
The Client: Trenkwalder is an international company operating in 20 countries in the temporary staffing sector with market leadership in Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. With around 65,000 employees, it generates annual sales of around EUR 1.0 billion. The Project (Rent-a-CRO): The economic downturn in Q4/2008, which followed a phase of strong (in)organic growth, posed…
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Trivest AG
The Client: Trivest AG (Austrian family-owned company) looks back on 100 years of entrepreneurial tradition and has produced a renowned portfolio of internationally operating companies. With more than 650 employees, the group focuses on innovation and quality. A group acquired years ago (companies in Austria and Germany) with a business focus on hardware trading, service…
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SWH-Gruppe
The Client SWH Group is a company focused on its core businesses of heat and green power generation. The group operates 27 district heating plants throughout Austria in medium-sized towns such as Obertauern, Bischofshofen, Amstetten and ensures the heat supply for about 2,000 households and industrial customers. In addition, the group is also active in…
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VOGLAUER
The Client: VOGLAUER Möbelwerk Gschwandtner und Zwilling GmbH & Co KG, based in Abtenau in Salzburg, produces high-quality natural wood furniture with an export quota of 80%. A further business field is the European-wide total interior equipment of hotel enterprises in the premium segment. The company employs about 400 people with an annual turnover of…
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Reisewelt
The Client: Headquartered in Linz, Reisewelt is one of Austria’s largest travel agencies with 28 offices, two event divisions (individual and group travel) and a flight division. Sales in 2017 were € 79 million, and the market share was 37% in Upper Austria in the agency. Reisewelt is a subsidiary of RLB Upper Austria and…
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Richard Bittner
The Client: Richard Bittner AG is an internationally active group of companies in the field of herbal medicines. The group develops, produces and markets high-quality, pharmacy-exclusive and innovative products in Austrian pharmacies and is a reliable partner in health management, prevention and therapy for patients, pharmacists and doctors. The portfolio includes modern preparations for a…
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Roncalli
The Client: Founded and managed by Bernhard Paul in 1976, the Cologne-based group of companies includes the renowned Circus Roncalli, the Varieté Theater Apollo in Düsseldorf, a large event and market department, and the Villa Eliana event location in Mallorca. Roncalli employs around 170 staff plus numerous artists and generates annual sales of EUR 24…
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Salzburger Aluminium Group
The Client: The Salzburger Aluminium Group (SAG) with its subsidiaries is an internationally successful manufacturer of high-quality aluminum components for the automotive, commercial vehicle and railway industries. Due to a massive drop in demand in connection with the global economic crisis, sales fell from EUR 339 million in 2008 to EUR 170 million in 2009.…
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Duktus-Gruppe
The Client: The Duktus Group develops, produces and markets high-quality ductile iron systems for water transport. Duktus employs more than 300 people at its production site in Wetzlar, Germany and in sales subsidiaries in Europe and the Middle East. With a group turnover of over 100 million euros, Duktus is one of Europe’s largest suppliers…
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EMCO
The Client: The EMCO Group, headquartered in Hallein near Salzburg, has become one of the leading machine tool manufacturers in Europe, producing high-quality turning and milling machines in Austria, Italy and Germany. The group employs approximately 630 people with annual sales of around EUR 160 million. Until December 2011, the group belonged to the insolvent…