Linz AG
| LiNZ AG for energy, telecommunications, traffic and municipal services
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 2000 through merger |
| Seat | Linz , Austria |
| management |
Erich Haider , CEO Klaus Luger , Chairman of the Supervisory Board |
| Number of employees | 3020 |
| sales | 748 million euros |
| Branch | Public utility company |
| Website | www.linzag.at |
| As of March 5, 2018 | |
The Linz AG (proper spelling LINZ AG ) is a city-owned Linzer Holding , energy supply, municipal services and public transport in Linz and another 115 municipalities in Upper Austria offers. It emerged in October 2000 from the former individual companies Elektrizitäts-, Fernwärme und Verkehrsbetriebe AG (ESG) and Stadtbetriebe Linz (SBL).
In 2015, Linz AG generated sales of around 697 million euros.
GmbHs within Linz AG
Linz AG is divided into three companies that deal with the supply of electricity and district heating as well as local public transport. These are the
- Linz Strom GmbH, the
- Linz Gas / Wärme GmbH and the
- Linz Linien GmbH.
The fourth GmbH, Linz Service GmbH, deals with all other services and infrastructure matters that are the responsibility of Linz AG. The fifth GmbH is Management Linz GmbH, which deals with the company's internal services.
Linz Strom GmbH
Linz AG operates an 8,021 km long power transmission network, 27 substations and more than 3,000 transformer stations in order to guarantee the power supply for around 242,000 customers in Linz and 82 municipalities. In addition, two district heating plants, a biomass power plant and four smaller hydropower plants (up to 9 MW) are used to generate their own electricity.
Within Linz Strom GmbH there are the following business areas: asset service (electricity distribution), energy generation (with the district heating plants Linz-Mitte and Linz-Süd and the biomass power plant), energy management and telecommunications. Electricity is sold through the Enamo subsidiary.
Telecommunications division
As an information and communication provider, Linz AG Telekom is an independent division of Linz Strom GmbH. With around 100 employees and a fiber optic network with a total length of 2000 km, which has been expanded since 1986, it is one of the largest domestic fiber optic network operators.
The core supply area extends to the Upper Austria region. Thanks to national and international partner networks, complete solutions from Linz AG Telekom can also be implemented throughout Austria and internationally. The range of services includes business IT solutions from the areas of networking & internet, telephony & video, security & monitoring as well as housing & hosting for medium-sized and large companies. The company has certifications in the areas of information security management system (ISO / IEC 27001: 2013), quality management system (ISO 9001: 2015) and security management system (ISO45001: 2018).
Linz AG Telekom also makes a contribution to its social responsibility. Linz AG Telekom is taking part in an EU-wide project initiated in 2012 on the subject of “energy-saving behavior as a contribution to climate protection”: the “eSESH - Saving Energy in Social Housing with ICT” project aims to increase the energy awareness of tenants and thus save energy in the long term become.
Linz Gas / Warmth GmbH
Linz AG's natural gas network supplies Linz and 29 other municipalities with natural gas. Linz Gas Vertrieb GmbH & Co KG is the natural gas supplier to Linz AG and supplies customers in these communities as well as customers who make use of the liberalized natural gas market from all over Austria.
With district heating from the three district heating plants and biomass power plant Linz and 26 further municipalities are supplied. District heating was first started on October 1, 1970 by the Linz-Mitte district heating power station.
Linz Linien GmbH
The subsidiary Linz Linien GmbH operates the Linz tram , the Pöstlingbergbahn , the Linz trolleybuses and the city bus routes . 188 vehicles transport over 113 million passengers annually on the 33 lines (4 tram lines, Pöstlingbergbahn, 4 trolleybus lines, 10 regular bus lines, 5 express bus lines and 9 district bus lines). The route network in Linz covers around 210 kilometers. Broken down into the individual lines, the tram lines have the highest number of passengers, with line 1 (University to Auwiesen) carrying the most people with 23.2 million people. It is followed by Line 2 (University to solarCity) with 22.6 million passengers, Line 4 (Landgutstraße to Traun Castle) with 10.5 million passengers and Line 3 (Landgutstraße to Trauner Kreuzung) with 8.7 million passengers. The figures given relate to the 2018 financial year (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018). In addition to the 33 lines mentioned, night lines have also been running in the morning hours on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays (between the end of operation at around midnight and start of operation at around 4:00 a.m.). In December 2016, the night lines were completely redesigned and now have a new line identifier, each starting with "N8" ("night"). The Linz Lines also include the Linzer Grottenbahn on Pöstlingberg .
In the summer of 2009, on the occasion of the Capital of Culture year, the stop information for line 3 was announced in dialect for the first time. New artistically designed tickets were also issued and new uniforms were used.
In August 2010, the company received the 30,000 bus from the Citaro series .
Linz Service GmbH
Linz Service GmbH is responsible for municipal services and infrastructure. Linz Service GmbH includes the municipal business areas of water supply, sewage disposal, waste disposal, port, baths, funerals & cemeteries and IWA. The Österreichische Donaulager GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Linz Service GmbH, is closely connected to the port of Linz.
GB water supply
From six waterworks (Scharlinz, Goldwörth, Plesching, Fischdorf, Heilham and Haid) the water supply for Linz and 21 contracting municipalities is taken care of via a water network. The water production in the 2011/12 financial year was around 20.3 million m³. In addition to water production, to which u. a. the waterworks belong, there are also the departments of water distribution in Linz, water distribution in surrounding communities and the department of planning and documentation.
GB sanitation
The wastewater is directed to the Asten regional sewage treatment plant via a 1108 km long sewer network (572 km of which in Linz) ; the wastewater from the regions north of the Danube is pumped through the Danube culvert . A total of 41 municipalities are connected to the sewage network. In addition to the Asten regional sewage treatment plant, other departments in this business area include property drainage, the municipal sewer construction yard and the sewer construction and planning department.
GB waste disposal
The Asten landfill (HMD Fisching) is also operated by Linz AG - Linz Service GmbH. In the 2011/12 financial year, 38,717 t of residual waste, 12,232 t of organic waste and 17,130 t of waste paper were disposed of.
This business area also includes four waste material collection centers (ASZ Wiener Straße, ASZ Mostnystraße, ASZ Nebingerkussy and ASZ Dallingerstraße), a mechanical-biological waste treatment plant (MBA), the residual waste processing plant (RABA) opened in 2012 and a bio-waste composting plant.
GB baths
Linz Service GmbH also manages four indoor swimming pools with saunas (Parkbad fitness oasis, Hummelhof wellness oasis, Schörgenhub adventure oasis, Biesenfeld family oasis) - three of them with an attached outdoor pool and a sauna facility (Ebelsberg sauna oasis). In addition, there are seven smaller children's outdoor pools and three swimming lakes ( Pichlinger See , Pleschinger See , Kleiner Weikerlsee ).
Linz Service GmbH also operates two ice rinks, three artificial ice rinks and the camping and tent site at Pleschingersee.
GB burial and cemeteries
The four cemeteries owned by the City of Linz Stadtfriedhof Linz / St. Martin , Urnenhain Urfahr , Urnenhain Kleinmünchen and Bergfriedhof Pöstlingberg are under the administration of LINZ AG. The total area of the cemeteries is around 675,000 m².
At the Urnenhain Urfahr, Linz AG operates a crematorium with 2 ovens, 38 cooling chambers and 8 custody rooms with a subsequent farewell room. Around 3,000 cremations are carried out each year, and the capacity is sufficient for 3,600 cases per year.
GB port
Around 3.1 million t of goods are handled annually in the Linz trading port (as of the 2011/12 financial year). The storage area of Linz AG is 48,000 m² covered area and 7,500 m² open storage area. Around 210,000 containers (TEU) are handled here every year.
One of the port's attractions is the MS Eduard , an icebreaker ship that can also be rented for port tours.
GB IWA
In addition, as the smallest business division of Linz Service GmbH, the Institute for Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment and Research (IWA for short) is operated, which conducts drinking water and wastewater analyzes, emission measurements, soil analyzes and the like. v. m. on behalf of Linz AG, but also for private individuals and commercial and industrial companies.
Management Service Linz GmbH
This GmbH performs internal tasks. Construction projects, such as the construction of the new main library, are also part of the Managementservice Linz GmbH division as subsidiaries. The following service areas are located there: information management, procurement, facility management, customer service and construction management.
Linz AG Holding
Linz AG Holding stands above these five GmbHs. This also performs internal tasks and includes the core areas of corporate development, marketing, finance, human resources, law, auditing and public relations.
Holdings
Linz AG holds numerous investments in other private and public companies. Among other things, Linz AG has a 10.31% stake in Energie AG Oberösterreich. At the moment, 21% of the shares in Oberösterreichische Ferngas Aktiengesellschaft are held. Also at the LIWEST Cable Media GmbH , a regional cable television providers that Linz GmbH holds AG via the management service Linz a 87% share. Linz AG itself is a 100% subsidiary of the city of Linz.
History of the predecessor company ESG
TEG and forerunner (1880 to 1923)
The operating company of the Linzer Pferdetramway (opened in 1880) was the Linzer Tramway Gesellschaft , renamed Tramway Linz-Urfahr, L. Ph. Schmidt & Cie . In 1885 . In 1887 the Linz merchant Hermann Hofmann bought the company, which now operated under Tramway Linz – Urfahr, H. Hofmann . Hofmann sold the tramway in 1896 to the Consortium for the construction of electrical systems in Linz. In 1897 the Tramway- und Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft Linz – Urfahr (TEG) was founded, which took over the power plant and the electric tram with all rights and obligations from the consortium .
ESG (1923 to 2000)
On June 5, 1923, the company was renamed Electricity and Tram Company Linz (ESG). In 1939 the company was changed to Linzer Elektrizitäts- und Straßenbahn Aktiengesellschaft due to the German Stock Corporation Act. In 1975, for tax reasons, the company was transferred to the Linzer Elektrizitäts-, Fernwärme- und Verkehrsbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft, founded on December 12, 1975 . The old company was to a small extent (1.8%) privately owned, which is why some tax and fee exemptions could not be used. The new ESG (the abbreviation was retained) belonged 100% to the city of Linz.
Forerunner company SBL - Stadtbetriebe Linz GmbH
The second predecessor company of Linz AG was SBL-Stadtbetriebe Linz GmbH. These were founded in 1970 and emerged from the former municipal utilities. The SBL comprised the following business areas: water, sewage, waste, port, baths, funerals and cemeteries, IWA, which are now part of Linz Service GmbH. In addition, there were the business areas of gas, installation (both today in Linz Gas / Wärme GmbH), construction management and central workshops and vehicle fleet (both today in Managementservice Linz GmbH).
Shortly before the merger with ESG to form Linz AG, SBL took over the care of the cemeteries (previously only funerals) in 1997 and in 1999 the waste division was incorporated (by the magistrate).
In the municipal utilities (forerunner of the SBL before 1970) there were still the areas of urban folk kitchens and the urban slaughterhouse.
criticism
In 2015, LINZ AG received the negative Big Brother Award in the category authorities and administration , for the mandatory switch to smart meters .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Company LINZ AG for energy, telecommunications, traffic and municipal services in Linz . Commercial register data Creditreform / firmenabc.at
- ↑ LINZ AG - Annual Report 2017 , accessed on March 5, 2018
- ↑ EU project: Less energy consumption in new houses (PDF; accessed on March 5, 2018)
- ↑ “Made in Europe”: LINZ AG TELEKOM project “eSESH” nominated for presentation in the EU Parliament in Brussels (October 24, 2012)
- ↑ 113 million passengers mean a record high , Oberösterreichische Nachrichten from December 28, 2018, accessed on March 31, 2019
- ↑ https://www.linzag.at/portal/de/privatkunden/unterwegs/fahrplan___netz/nachtverkehr
- ↑ http://www.evobus.de/inter-evobus/0-674-399759-49-1323831-1-0-0-0-0-1-6990-0-0-0-0-0-0 -0-0.html
- ↑ derStandard.at - Big Brother Awards go to Mikl-Leitner and Facebook . Article October 25, 2015, accessed October 25, 2015.
Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 50.5 ″ N , 14 ° 18 ′ 33.8 ″ E