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Post Conference Trips
Thursday, 30 August 2001
Sight-seeing tour
White Horses, Brightly coloured Churches and Unique Rosé Wine, Western Styria
09.00 – 15.00
Everyone knows them - the famous Lipizzaner horses. Born jet black, these proud, majestic horses are at home here at the stud farm in Piber/Bärnbach. After three years and having turned snow-white, only the best can make their way to the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. A visit to the colourful Hunderwasser Church in Bärnbach, redesigned by the artist bearing the same name, is definitely worth the trip. Afterwards you can enjoy the region which is home to the rosé-coloured wine called "Schilcher" and visit the idyllic village of Stainz and its castle.
Half day excursion, EUR 39,-- per person (minimum number of participants: 20)
Length about 6 hours
Included: Bus transfer, tour guide, admission and tour in Piber and Bärnbach, Schilcher wine country, stop at a "Buschenschank" (wine tavern selling home-made products) for a "Brettljause" (assorted cold cut platter) and a glass of wine.
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Visiting Companies
Traktionssysteme Austria GmbH at Wiener Neudorf (near Vienna)
08.30 - 14.30 (Vienna Airport, approximately)
Traktionssysteme Austria GmbH, formerly known as ABB Verkehrstechnik GmbH, is an independent company since the management-buy-in in the year 2000, it made a turnover of EUR 25 million, with 137 employees that year. Traktionssysteme Austria GmbH offers engineering and design of air- and liquid-cooled AC-traction-drives, gear units and integrated drive systems, as well as service like maintenance, repair and logistics. In their fields of activity, Traktionssysteme Austria GmbH has a number of references in Europe and all over the world. They supplied drives and gear units for locomotive engines of OeBB, DB, OSE, NS, SBB, as well as for local transport authorities in Helsinky, Sidney and much more.
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Half day excursion, EUR 50,-- per person. Limited number of visitors allowed.
Included: Bus transfer form Graz to Traktionssysteme Austria GmbH in Wiener Neudorf, guided tour approximately 1 hour. invitation to a lunch, bus transfer to Vienna Airport, or via Vienna Airport back to Graz.
VOEST-ALPINE, Leoben/Donawitz
08.30 - 15.30 (Vienna Airport, approximately)
The importance of the
Austrian steel industry is largely based on the traditional
expertise (e.g. LD process) found in Leoben/ Donawitz region. The
works nearby the Ore-mountain produces and refines iron since
1881.
VOEST-ALPINE Stahl Donawitz GmbH runs the oldest operation LD
steel mill in the world, now being re-established with the most
modern design.
Delivered volume 1997/1998: 1052 million metric tons crude steel;
employees: 1027
VOEST-ALPINE Schienen GmbH & Co KG comprises high-tech rails
in unwelded delivery lengths of up to 120 meters, flat-bottom,
grooved and crane rails in all desired steel grades or in HSH
(Head Special Hardened) grades. Construction rails in all desired
steel grades, point rails in HSH qualities as well as permanent
way steel shapes in all desired steel grades are beeing produced.
Delivered volume: 313300 metric tons rails; employees: 439
The VOEST-ALPINE AUSTRIA Draht GmbH comprises high quality wire
rod, extruded wires (cold extrusion, wore rope and spring steel),
pre-stressed concrete braided wire, rope and reinforcing wire
mesh. Delivered volume: 478000 metric tons wire; employees: 747
For further information please visit : http://www.voest.at.
Half day excursion, EUR 55,-- per person. Limited number of visitors allowed.
Included: Bus transfer from Graz to VOEST-ALPINE Leoben/Donawitz, guided tour approximately 2 hours, invitation to a lunch, bus transfer to Vienna Airport, or to Graz Airport.
MAGNA STEYR FAHRZEUGTECHNIK, Graz
08.30 - 12.00 (Graz Airport, approximately)
Since 1998 the
Steyr-Daimler-Puch Fahrzeugtechnik (SFT) in Graz has been a
company of Magna International Inc., Toronto. SFT is a highly
experienced and successful system partner to the automotive
industry worldwide. SFT develops and manufactures complete
vehicles and automotive components, systems and modules.
The following successful models are currently being produced by
SFT at the Graz-Thondorf location: Mercedes Benz (G-class), Jeep
Grand Cherokee, the 4matic four wheel drive models of the
Mercedes-Benz E-class and the Mercedes-Benz M-class. In the year
2000 a total of some 85.000 vehicles of these models rolled off
the assembly lines in Graz.
Employees: 4.799
Please visit for further information: http://www.sft.at.
Half day excursion, EUR 29,-- per person. Limited number of visitors allowed.
Included: Bus transfer to the fabrication site, guided tour approximately 1 hour, bus transfer to Graz Airport and to the centre of Graz.
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Friday, 31 August 2001
Non guided
tour "Aegydi" market (free of charge, but may become
expensive due to nice shopping possibilities).
Open air flea market: Everything from A to Z: Antiques
to Zero- value goods)
Graz, Fröhlichgasse
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