Markku Kalervo Hänninen

VA Technologie AG provides hydropower, metallurgy, power transmission and distribution and infrastructure. It constructs hydropower plants and supplies electrical power transmission and distribution systems. Its infrastructure services include electromechanical plant engineering. Its metallurgical unit VAI is a key player in engineering services for iron, steel and aluminum plants. The company is headquartered in Linz, Austria.

Formed in1946, Österreichische Industrieholding AG is the investment and privatisation agency of the Austria Republic.It stimulates and increases in the value of the investments for which it is responsible and on the other,it continually examines exit scenarios with the aim of achieving the partial or complete privatisation of those companies for which privatisation is envisaged.

Part of Beal, Teufelberger GmbH is a diversified, international group specializing in fiber ropes, steel wire ropes, and strapping. The company is based in Wels, Austria and was acquired by Beal on July 01, 1999. The Austrian company provides products and services for various industries such as commercial marine, construction, entertainment, equine, forestry, mining, and more. With over 225 years of tradition and success, Teufelberger is a family-owned business that has been run by the 7th generation of the Teufelberger family since its establishment in 1790. The CEO is Florian Teufelberger.

Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH engages in the provision of financing services for industrial research and development. It focuses its support on life sciences, information technology, material and production processes, energy and environment, mobility, space, safety and security, as well as human resources. The company was founded on September 1, 2004 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

AVI Alpenlaendische Veredelungs-Industrie GmbH operates a modern plant in Raaba for the industrial production of reinforcing products for the non-prestressed reinforcement, slab reinforcements. As early as 1949, AVI published the first standardized mesh programme for reinforcing mesh in Europe. It has blazed the trail in the sector of high-tensile steel and constantly developed novel products such as looped mesh, three-dimensional welded wire space frames and concrete reinforcing strips. Its products include truss girders, spacer strips and various other high-quality reinforcing.

TEUFELBERGER Holding AG engages in the manufacture of ropes, strapping, and twines. Its products include crane ropes, cable car ropes, industrial ropes, plastic strapping and baler twines. The company was founded by Hans Teufelberger in 1790 and is headquartered in Wels, Austria.

Part of AVI Alpenländische Veredelungs-Industrie GmbH, EVG Entwicklungs U Verwertungs Gesellschaft mbH is an Austrian company that specializes in manufacturing various welding and high-performance systems for the production of various grids in different series. The company is globally active and specializes in the development and construction of machines and systems for processing wire and reinforced steel. The CEO of the company is Klaus Ritter.

ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH provides electromechanical equipment and services for hydropower plants. It also engages in the development and construction of vertical and horizontal hydro generators, tube generators, turbo generators, as well as generators and motors for pump storage power plants. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Weiz, Austria.

Prinzhorn Holding GmbH engages in the packaging, paper and recycling industry. Its products include Hamburger Recycling Group, Hamburger Containerboard, and Dunapack Packaging. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Mitterbauer Beteiligungs-AG engages in the acquisition and management of participating interests in firms. The company was founded on November 6, 1980 and is headquartered in Laakirchen, Austria.

Rheinmetall Automotive AG manufactures, develops and supplies automotive parts and components. Its products include pistons, plain bearings, commercial diesel applications, actuators, emission control, solenoid valves and pumps. The firm’s brands include Kolbenschmidt, Pierburg and Motorservice. The company was founded by Karl Schmidt and Bernhard Pierburg in 1909 and is headquartered in Neckarsulm, Germany.

Va-Tech Voest Mce is an Austrian company that specializes in machinery and plant construction. The private company is based in Linz, Austria.

Stahl- und Walzwerk Marienhütte GmbH engages in the manufacture of concrete reinforcement steel products. It offers steel bars, rings, and round bars. The firm also markets gravel. The company was founded by Franz Großschädl in 1948 and is headquartered in Graz, Austria.