Business Upper Austria - Upper Austria Business Agency
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2014 |
| Seat | Linz , Austria |
| management | Werner Pamminger |
| Number of employees | 130 (2018) |
| Branch | Business and economic advice |
| Website | www.biz-up.at |
The Upper Austrian Business Agency - Business Upper Austria , headquartered in Linz is a company of the State of Upper Austria to develop and safeguard the business location Upper Austria as well as for cooperation and funding advice.
history
In 1991, the then Regional Economic Councilor Christoph Leitl founded the Upper Austrian Technology and Marketing Corporation (TMG). The shareholders were the State of Upper Austria with 53%, the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labor and Economic Chamber with 15% each, the Upper Austria Industrial Association and the City of Linz with 5% each, the Upper Austria Chamber of Agriculture with 3%, the City of Steyr with 2%, and the Wels Economic Advisory and Settlement Company GmbH and Ennshafen OÖ GmbH each 1%. Of the founding shareholders, the state of Upper Austria (65%), the Chamber of Labor and Commerce with 15% each and the Federation of Industrialists with 5% are still on board.
In January 1999 the Upper Austrian Landtag decided to start the “Strategic Program Upper Austria 2000+” - a five-year technology offensive - which at the time was endowed with one billion schillings . Competence centers, clusters (company-specific specialist networks), technology, innovation and start-up centers should be promoted, and technical college courses should be expanded. TMG was commissioned with the implementation.
Since the Austrian economy is mainly based on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the cluster method was chosen. This was developed by the American scientist Michael E. Porter and enables cooperative collaboration between independent companies along value chains. The clusters and networks were located in those branches of the economy in which Upper Austria is a top location on a broad basis. The strategy also pursued the goal of networking research and education more closely with business.
In December 2005, the clusters were spun off into Clusterland OÖ GmbH.
In 2013, the new regional councilor for economic affairs, Michael Strugl, wanted to turn TMG and the various subsidiaries into a single, powerful location agency. The renewal process lasted around a year until the merger of TMG and the subsidiaries CATT Innovation Management GmbH, Clusterland OÖ and OÖ Wirtschaftspark GmbH in 2014.
The company has been called Business Upper Austria - OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH since March 2015. The Upper Austrian Research (UAR) research company was also integrated into Business Upper Austria in 2017. On January 1, 2019, Regionalmanagement OÖ GmbH (RMOÖ) became a subsidiary in Upper Austria. Business Upper Austria location agency incorporated. The Upper Austrian regional associations and the social partners as direct owners of the RMOÖ left the RMOÖ. Today the following clusters and networks belong to the Upper Austria. Business Upper Austria location agency:
- Automotive Cluster (AC)
- Cleantech Cluster (CTC)
- IT cluster (ITC)
- Plastic Cluster (KC)
- Food Cluster (LC)
- Mechatronics Cluster (MC)
- Furniture and Timber Construction Cluster (MHC)
- Medical technology cluster (MTC)
- Human Resources Network (NHR)
- Hagenberg Software Park (SWPH)
tasks and goals
Business Upper Austria, as the location agency of the state of Upper Austria, sees itself as a contact for companies for investment and innovation projects. The company's goals are:
- Securing, strengthening and developing Upper Austria as a business and job location, including the international positioning of the business and job location;
- Creation and further development of infrastructure for investment, innovation and technology in Upper Austria;
- Promotion of business settlement and the expansion of existing businesses including the exploration, securing, planning and development (possibly also acquisition and exploitation) of suitable business settlement areas;
- Support of innovation and technology transfer.
Business Upper Austria is funded mainly from funds from the State of Upper Austria. The agency has the mandate of state politicians to secure, strengthen and further develop the business location Upper Austria and to position it internationally. Business Upper Austria plans and develops business settlement areas and supports innovation and technology transfer. The location agency sees itself as a consulting service provider for companies - as a one-stop shop from the business idea to the market.
Business Upper Austria builds and operates clusters and business parks as well as impulse centers such as technology, innovation, service and start-up centers. The location agency operates marketing and knowledge management for the business location Upper Austria. She advises Upper Austrian companies and research institutions in connection with regional, national and international funding programs and potential investors. Business Upper Austria brings funding agencies and applicants together and supports the cooperation between business, social partners, science, regional authorities and national and international business agencies.
Shareholder
- OÖ Landesholding GmbH (65%)
- Chamber for workers and employees for Upper Austria (15%) corporation under public law
- Upper Austrian Chamber of Commerce (15%) corporation under public law
- Association of the Austrian Industry Regional Group Upper Austria (5%)
Supervisory boards
- Regional Councilor for Economic Affairs Markus Achleitner (Chairman)
- President Doris Hummer (1st deputy)
- President Johann Kalliauer (2nd deputy)
- President Axel Greiner
- Kuno Haas
- Deputy Governor Christine Haberlander
- Director Josef Kinast
- Hans-Karl Schaller
- Christian Schreiberhuber
- Christian Maurer, Business Upper Austria - OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH (delegated by the works council)
- Jürgen Bleicher, Business Upper Austria - OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH (delegated by the works council)
- Gerhard Buchberger, Business Upper Austria - OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH (delegated by the works council)
- Martina Eckerstorfer, Business Upper Austria - OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH (delegated by the works council)
- Rainer Edelsbrunner, Business Upper Austria - OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH (delegated by the works council)
- Markus Roider (no voting rights)
Holdings
- Techno-Z Braunau Technologiezentrum GmbH (72.5925%)
- Tech Center Linz - Winterhafen Errichtungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (33.3333%)
- Techno-Z Ried Technologiezentrum GmbH (53.549%)
- TGZ Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Schärding GmbH (51.7634%)
- Upper Austrian Research GmbH (100%)
- Technology and Innovation Center Kirchdorf GmbH (40.2597%)
- TIC Technology & Innovation Center Steyr GmbH (25.0028%)
- TIZ Landl - Grieskirchen GmbH (33.3333%)
- Technology Center Inneres Salzkammergut GmbH (9.8127%)
- Tech2b Inkubator GmbH (50%)
- Technology and Service Center Ennstal GmbH (56.4972%)
- Technologiezentrum Mondseeland GmbH (22.0794%)
- Regional Management Upper Austria GmbH (100%)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Province of Upper Austria (publisher): 1992 to 2007: 15 years TMG , Compass Verlag GmbH: Firmen-Compass (commercial register as of February 1, 2018), accessed on January 17, 2019
- ↑ OÖ Nachrichten: TMG has a new structure and also gets a new name , accessed on January 17, 2019
- ↑ Upper Austria News: The location agency is now called “Business Upper Austria” , accessed on January 17, 2019
- ↑ ooe.orf.at: TMG becomes "Business Upper Austria" , accessed on January 17, 2019
- ↑ OÖ Nachrichten: UAR will again be part of "Business Upper Austria" , accessed on January 17, 2019
- ↑ OÖ Nachrichten: How the realm of participation in the province of Upper Austria is slowly changing " , accessed on January 17, 2019.