24.01.2021, 3107 Zeichen

S&T: The technology group S&T AG plans to continue growing during the financial year 2021 and has once again announced ambitious targets for the current year. Sales are expected to increase by more than 15% to at least Euro 1,400 mn and profitability is expected to generate income of at least Euro 140 mn EBITDA. Earnings per share (EPS) are expected to increase to around Euro 1 in 2021. Due to solid order development, the company also confirms their Agenda 2023 targets of Euro 2,000 mn in revenue and Euro 220 mn EBITDA in profitability at an EPS of Euro 1.75. Hannes Niederhauser, CEO S&T AG: "Our business performed very well during the past Corona year, so we will actually slightly exceed the figures announced in our 2020 guidance. I am optimistic about the next few years and expect the profitable growth of recent years to continue based on our well-filled order books." The high-margin business segment "IoT Solutions Europe" will remain the profitability driver in 2021, while further improvement is also expected in 2021 from IoT business in North America with the business unit "IoT Solutions America". The successful PEC programme will continue to be implemented during financial year 2021 to contribute to increasing profitability and effectiveness as well as transparency.
S&T: weekly performance: 13.15%

Wienerberger: The Supervisory Board of world’s largest producer of bricks, Wienerberger AG, decided to prolong the term of office of Managing Board Chairman Heimo Scheuch (54) to five years. The CEO’s current term of office has thus been extended until December 31, 2025. Heimo Scheuch has held the position of Chairman of the Wienerberger Group since 2009 and has played a key role in shaping Wienerberger's development into a leading provider of smart, innovative solutions for the entire building envelope and infrastructure.
Wienerberger: weekly performance: 3.55%

Lenzing: Fibers producer Lenzing Group plans Upper Austria’s largest ground-mounted photovoltaic plant on an area of around 55,000 m². The groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled to take place in summer 2021. After the expected commissioning in the second half of 2021, the plant's output will amount to 5.5 MWpeak. With approximately 16,000 modules, the plant will generate nearly 5,500 megawatt hours per year. This corresponds to the average annual electricity demand of more than 1,700 households and is unique in Upper Austria on this scale. This project is part of Lenzing’s global energy concept, which aims to provide electricity from 100 percent renewable sources in order to reduce CO₂ intensity by 50 percent already in 2030 and to be globally climate neutral in 2050.
Lenzing: weekly performance: 11.32%

Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment: Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG (SBO), supplier of tools and equipment for directional drilling, said it met the challenges of 2020 with profound crisis expertise and targeted measures to reduce the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
SBO: weekly performance: -1.04%

(From the 21st Austria weekly https://www.boerse-social.com/21staustria (19/01/2021)

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