The document promotes investment in Carinthia, Austria by highlighting the region's strengths in innovation and research. It notes that Carinthia has a strong industrial economy and ranks highly in Austria for research and development investments. The region is home to several university and non-university research centers working in areas like smart systems, robotics, and materials science. The document argues that Carinthia provides a competitive, stable environment for businesses and offers investors services and support through its investment promotion agency.

1. June 2016
Andreas Griessler
Excellence in
Innovation and R & D.
Reasons to invest in
Austria|Carinthia.

2. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016 Slide 2
The BABEG
• Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion
and Public Shareholding
• 50 % state-owned
• 50 % region-owned
• Strengthening Carinthia as a research and
technology hub through
• (re)locating innovative companies
• shareholding
• development projects

3. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016 Slide 3
Austria: strong Economy
in the Heart of Europe
• Area: 83,872 km²
• People: 8.6 m.
• GDP growth: 1.5% (forecast 2016)
• GDP / capita: € 36.608
• R&D quota: 3.01% (forecast 2016)
GDP Industry: 27.9 %
GDP Services: 70.8 %
GDP Agriculture: 1.3 %

4. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016
Invest in an Industrial Country
Production sector as percentage of GDP, 2015
Slide 4
30.5
27.9
26.8
26.2
24.4
20.7
20.6
20.4
19.4
Germany
Austria
Japan
Switzerland
EU-28
USA
Netherlands
UK
France
Source: OECD, Eurostat 2016

5. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016
Top Industries in Austria
Industrial production in 2015, in billion €
Slide 5
33,40
14,45
13,94
12,83
12,45
9,59
8,10
7,49
7,21
5,47
Machinery / Metal goods
Chemicals
Electrical / Electronics
Vehicles
Gas / Heat supply
Food
Mineral oil
Wood
Mining / Steel
Building

6. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016
Highly Productive Employees
Labor productivity: GDP per person
employed in PPS, EU-28 = 100
Slide 6
263
132
130
128
124
124
108
107
107
100
Luxembourg
Ireland
Netherlands
Austria
Sweden
Germany
Great Britain
Euro area
France
EU-28

7. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016
Economic and Social Stability
Slide 7
• Reliable legal system
• Efficient public administration
• High personal security
• Very low strike rate
• Best quality of life

8. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016
Investor-friendly tax system
Slide 8
• Corporate tax rate: 25 %
• Modern group taxation
• Tax premium for R&D: 12 %
• No trade tax
• No net worth tax
• Double taxation treaties

9. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016
Research & Development
in Austria
Slide 9
• More than 10 billion EUR were invested in
R&D in Austria in 2015
• Patents registered in or forAustria: 2,642
(2013)
• With 3.01 % of GDP Austria is above the EU
average of 2.03 percent
• Tax premium for R&D: 12%

10. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016 Slide 10
Research par excellence in
Carinthia
• ranked 5th in Austria for investments in
R&D (2.90%) – €506.8m
• 280 companies active in R&D in Carinthia
(=75% investments in R&D)
• Examples: InfineonTechnologies Austria,
Lam Research, KapschTrafficCom, Flextronics
International

11. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016 Slide 11
• ASSIC, Austrian Smart System Integration Research
Center: smart systems integration
• CTR, CarinthianTech Research: smart sensors
• Joanneum Research Centre: robotics & mechatronics
• Josef-ResselCentre: high-frequency integrated
systems & circuits for wireless communication
• Lakeside Labs: self-organized systems, robotics,
mulit-UAV systems
• W3C, Wood Carinthian Competence Centre: material
research & process technology of wood & wood-
related ressources
Non-University Research
Excellence in Carinthia

12. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016
University Research
Excellence in Carinthia
• Alps-Adriatic-University Klagenfurt: systems
integration, social ecology, self-organized systems,
energy management
• University of Applied Sciences – Fachhochschule
Kärnten: technology, business, health and social
sciences, engineering & IT, architecture
Slide 12

13. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016 Slide 13
Industrial Parks in Carinthia
Industrial Park St.Veit
Renewable Energy
Surface area: ~ 50 ha
ca. 25 companies
Industrial ParkVölkermarkt
The first inter-municipal industrial
park in Carinthia
Surface area: ~ 54 ha
ca. 20 companies

14. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016 Slide 14
Technology Parks
in Carinthia
Lakeside Science &Technology
Park Klagenfurt:
ICT information and
communication technology
Surface area: 34.000 m2
Over 60 companies
HighTech CampusVillach:
electronics|microelectronics,
sensors and actuators
Surface area: ~ 4.000 m2
In future: ~ 16.000 m2
4 companies

15. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016
7 Reasons forYou to invest in
Austria|Carinthia
Slide 15
1. competitive technologies & innovative
business environment
2. qualified & flexible employees
3. high stability & security
4. central European location
5. huge market potential
6. multilingual workforce
7. land and property at moderate prices

16. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016
Attractive country for Chinese
companies
Slide 16

17. Andreas Griessler | BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding | June 2016
Free Investor’s service.
One smile to the customer
• information on the business location
• site research
• basic legal and fiscal advice, possible subsidies
and costs (business plan etc.)
• contact to funding bodies, professionals,
suppliers and banks
• coordinating authorisation processes
• coordination of personnel selection
Slide 17

18. June 2016
Andreas Griessler
Pfiati, Goodbye and 再见
See you soon in Carinthia!
BABEG –
Carinthian Agency for
Investment Promotion &
Public Shareholding