World Champion Austria 2024 - The Yearbook on the Business Location

The compendium “World Champion Austria 2024 – The Yearbook on Business Location”, published by medianet Verlag, approaches the current situation of domestic companies in a special way. For the second time, author Alexander Haide asked three dozen CEOs of companies from a wide range of industries to interview. The thematic range extends from biotech to the world's most efficient heat pump in its class and the commercial balance of the Salzburg Festival to the logistics giant Rail Cargo. Interviews with economic experts and politicians complete the spectrum. This gives a good overall picture of the economic situation of important companies in the country - from start-ups to large corporations.

What makes the companies at the forefront of their industries, what are their secrets to success and what challenges do they face in the future? Did you know that the Tyrolean tourism company Feratel not only has more than 1,000 weather cameras in 14 countries, but is also one of the most important service and marketing providers in domestic tourism? Also in Tyrol, two young engineers independently developed a new generation of heat pumps that are among the most efficient in their class in the world. The developer the lambda heat pump explains the successful concept.

The new head of Austrian advertising, Astrid Steharnig-Staudinger, comes out as an “enthusiastic Austrian advertiser” and is “looking forward to this wonderful task and the challenge”. In the world champion interview, she reveals how she wants to position domestic tourism. With the AI ​​system “deepassist”, the Viennese company of the same name was able to establish itself among the Place top 5 in the world. Founder and CEO Roland Fleischhacker reveals where AI has long been used in everyday life and what it can and cannot do. Three graduates from Vienna University of Technology have put a bioreactor into operation in Meidling. The results of Novoarc's research are expected to replace the tip of certain medications with a tablet in the foreseeable future.

These are just five of a total of 36 interviews that take readers on an exciting and interesting journey through the Austrian economy, spiced up with one or two very personal comments from the CEOs. Spoiler: The mood in the country is not as bad as many people think.