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Andritz: International technology Group Andritz has received an order from BCNonwovens, Spain, to supply a neXline spunlace line as a turnkey project to meet growing needs from customers globally. The line is scheduled for start-up early in 2021. This new state-of-the-art line will help BCNonwovens to better serve its customers and position the company for current and changing requirements in the marketplace.
Andritz: weekly performance: -0.77%

Semperit: The publicly listed Semperit Group significantly improved its profitability on EBITDA and operating EBIT level in the past fiscal year 2019 due to the ongoing transformation programme. EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) rose from Euro 46.4 mn in the fiscal year 2018 to Euro 67.8 mn in the fiscal year 2019. Whereas revenue decreased by 4.3% to Euro 840.6 min compared with the same period of the previous year. “In 2018 and 2019, we improved in each of the eight quarters compared to the same period of the previous year. This was achieved despite a noticeable drop in revenue due to the economic situation,” says Martin Füllenbach, Chairman of the Management Board of Semperit AG Holding. “The industrial business has been successfully restructured to the greatest possible extent and the strategic realignment of the Semperit Group has been initiated. Currently, however, all our attention is focused on protecting the health of our employees around the world and on the crisis management in connection with the coronavirus, the consequences of which cannot be assessed in any way at present.”
Semperit: weekly performance: -1.52%

Immofinanz: The government authorities in all countries where Immofinanz owns and operates retail properties have recently imposed restrictions and implemented various measures to contain Covid-19. These measures affect retail facilities. The companies standing investment portfolio totalled approximately Euro 4.7 bn as of 31 December 2019: roughly Euro 3.0 bn, or 64%, of office properties and Euro 1.7 bn, or 35%, of retail properties. It is too early to estimate the impact of the current situation or temporary individual support measures over which the Immofinanz Group will possibly decide in the future. In order to largely offset potential, temporary declines in rental income from the retail business on a cash flow basis, a cost savings programme has already been implemented, the real estate company said.  It includes, among others, the postponement of non-essential investments as well as the reduction of overheads. In addition, all economic support measures announced by the various national governments will be evaluated.
Immofinanz: weekly performance: -21.60%

Strabag: Strabag, the largest Austrian construction company, said it is applying for short-time work in Austria, initially for a period of three months, as an immediate response to the revision made yesterday, Thursday, to the federal short-time work directive (KUA-COVID-19). “With the new framework for short-time work, the government, responding in part to public pressure, has worked out a solution that is acceptable and reasonable for all involved. The spectre of across-the-board layoffs is thus off the table, and I am very happy about that. We have always seen short-time work at acceptable terms as the preferred solution – these conditions now exist. Until they did, we had to reduce the risk to our company with its thousands of jobs. This is why, as a precautionary measure, we had initially pre-registered our employees with the national employment agency’s early warning system,” says Thomas Birtel, CEO of Strabag. 
Strabag: weekly performance: -27.35%

(From the 21st Austria weekly https://www.boerse-social.com/21staustria (20/03/2020)

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