1. Business Location Austria
Birgit Reiter-Braunwieser, ABA – Invest in Austria
Vienna,
Business Location Austria

2. You Know Austria Like This…

3. … or Like That…

4. … or Like That…

5. … but Best Like That

6. Welcome to the „real“ Austria!

7. Strong Economy in the Heart of Europe
# 4 purchasing power in the EU
GDP / capita: € 36,608
Highly developed industrial country
Production sector: 27.9% of GDP
Export-oriented economy
Export quota: 53.4% of GDP
High-tech location
R&D quota: 3.07% of GDP (forecast 2016)

9. Startups Building on Old Strengths
Austria – Country of Inventors
Kaplan Turbine
Basic oxygen steelmaking (LD)
PH-stable penicillin (Kundl)
First Porsche was produced in Gmünd (Carinthia)
Birth-control pill

10. Startups Building on Old Strengths
Austria – country of hidden champions
Doka
Doppelmayr
Emco
Pewag
Plansee
Remus

11. Austria – Startup Hotspot
Competitive technologies & innovative business environment
Access to talents: High educational level; multi-linguistic; diverse background
Market access: Central European location
Investment-friendly tax system – 12% tax credit for R&D expenses
Differentiated funding system
Incubators, accelerators, coworking spaces
Access to Finance (early-stage investors, business angels, venture capital etc.)
Reliable legal system, efficient public administration
High personal security
Central European location
Easy market access (incl. 100 million in German speaking market)
Huge market potential
Vienna: top HQ conference city
High stability and security, legal stability (secure energy supply, no interruptions)
Great technologies and inovative business environment / productivity
Very stable business location / legal stability / safe
Many Japanese companies successfully operate in Austria: Bridgestone HQ, Horiba, Panasonic Electric Works, Sony, DIC, Sun Chemcial, Lutz Benda, Lexedis/Toyoda Gosei, Sanki Engineering
Efficient public administration
Excellent labour relations / no strikes
Cost effective( high productivits
Top logistics
Also your investment is safe! 11

12. Interested? For further information please contact
Birgit Reiter-Braunwieser
Tel:
b.reiter-