The Austrian region of the Salzkammergut is renowned for its fabulous scenery and diverse culture, making it a great place to live or go on holiday.
The Salzkammergut is also a great place for tinkering, crafting and inventing things, and companies with international reputations as global leaders in their sector have found a home in the area. They are developing excellent products; some have been established for a great many years, but what makes all of them successful is a magical blend of tradition and innovation.
The European Capital of Culture 2024 title has provided a perfect opportunity to highlight a range of different aspects of the region. The “Culture meets Internationalisation and Innovation” video project is concentrating on the area as a business location and has turned its lens on 14 internationally successful companies. What makes them – and the Salzkammergut – so unique?
GREEN International Absturzsicherungs GmbH develop safety technology for roofs, facades and industrial applications, adhering to the strictest safety standards and setting the pace worldwide with six global patents.
The firm’s work safety systems are bespoke products that can be customised to suit a range of different substrates; their single anchor points provide the highest levels of safety and the rope systems offer maximum freedom of movement for work on roofs and facades.
GREEN’s safety roof hooks are suitable for a range of roof coverings and ensure protective equipment and ladders are securely fastened.
RECOM Power producers power supply solutions, specialising in AC/DC and DC/DC converters. The company has a global footprint and serves a wide range of sectors, including medical technology, industrial infrastructure and mobility. RECOM provides a broad spectrum of bespoke products from high-performance applications to compact solutions.
One of the firm’s core competencies is the manufacturing of power supplies for medical devices, although RECOM places great importance on output density, safety and reliability for all its products, setting international standards.
Gmundner Keramik Manufaktur are all about handcrafted traditional tableware and have become particularly well known for their “flamed series”, a technique in which colours are not painted on but applied using flowing strokes of fine applicators. This demanding skill is practised nowhere else in the world and was recently recognised by UNESCO as an example of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The company was founded in 1492 and now sets great store by its artistic interpretations, sustainability and handcrafting skills; Gmundner Keramik’s timeless designs have delighted customers all over the world.
Having begun some 100 years ago as a simple boat-building company, Frauscher Bootswerft is now an internationally successful firm.
Frauscher produce a broad palette of products and their technology always has its finger on the contemporary pulse, producing its first electric boats in the 1950s, the world’s first hybrid-motor sports boat in 2008 and the first hydrogen-powered electric boat a year later.
All the boats are developed, designed and built in Austria, and every Frauscher vessel is born of excellent craftsmanship, many years of experience and the courage to drive innovation.
The video project is a cooperative production by the Upper Austria Export Centre and ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA.
