THE ELECTRICAL

AND ELECTRONICS
INDUSTRY 2008

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 CONTENTS

02 Preface to the Annual Report

04 2008 at a Glance

05 THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY 2008

06 Report of the Austrian Electrical
and Electronics Industry
10 Foreign Trade by Country Groups
11 Exports/Imports by Country

12 SECTORS IN THE ELECTRICAL AND

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
13 Sector Share of Production
14 EEI Sectors – Facts and Figures

21 FEEI – CORE ISSUES AND SECTORS

22 FEEI and Network Partners
26 Activity Report 2008: FEEI Sectors
46 Organizational Chart
50 FEEI and Network Partners – The Team
59 Partners in Europe

62 OFFICERS
63 FEEI Association Committee and
Country Representatives

68 MEMBER COMPANIES
69 Members from A to Z

76 PETER DUNKL:
INTERMEDIA GRAND VINYL BLUE VI
77 On the visual meaning of my work
78 Bibliography

80 Imprint

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 THE ART OF INNOVATION

Like artists, entrepreneurs have an obligation to innovate.

Both are creators, or innovators. Their main task is not to
invent something new but to create innovations by reinter-
preting the old or the familiar and/or placing it in a new
context. (Boris Groys)

Thus the result of innovations is something “novel” that

is markedly different from the previous state. This novelty
must be recognised, must be consciously perceived. The
novelty ultimately consists in the fact that ends and means
are connected in a form that was previously unknown.
(Jürgen Hausschildt)

Constant renewal is therefore the lifeblood of both business

and art. Whether in the form of continuous further develop-
ment of products, processes or structures; through the
modernisation of standards; or by the use of new configura-
tions, new materials or new technical levels.

New values are created through innovation – in business

as well as in art and culture.

The electrical and electronics industry is not only the most

research-intensive Austrian industry sector, but also one
of the most innovative. On average, 80% of EEI companies
regularly bring innovative products to market or implement
noticeably improved processes and in this way have major
effects on the Austrian economy.

The process of creating “Intermedia Grand Vinyl Blue VI”,

the picture by Peter Dunkl that was commissioned by
FEEI, was documented in the Annual Report 2008, and
the artwork has been on display in the association’s foyer
since May 2009.

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 PREFACE TO THE ANNUAL REPORT 2008
DEAR READERS,
The global economic slowdown that started in the middle
of 2008 also had a strong impact on the development of
the Austrian electrical and electronics industry (EEI) last year.
Although the majority of the over 300 companies in the
industry posted a positive result up until September 2008,
by the fourth quarter the industry’s growth barometer had
fallen significantly as a result of the global economic crisis.
Nearly all of the important factors driving the positive devel-
opment of the electrical and electronics industry collapsed
during this period. From October to December 2008, the
industry’s exports fell by 6.2% in comparison to the same
period of the previous year. At the same time, order intake
declined by 20% as a result of investment projects being
shelved. Under these difficult conditions, the electrical and
electronics industry’s production value fell to € 11.8 billion,
a 2.4% decline in comparison to 2007. The difficult situa-
tion is also reflected in workforce numbers. Nearly 3,000
internal and external staff were made redundant from July
to December 2008.
The crisis also continued into the first quarter of 2009.
Economic research institutes are estimating a total decline in
GDP of 2.2% for the current year (WIFO forecast March
2009). The heavily export-oriented electrical and electronics
industry will not be able to sidestep this negative develop-
ment. According to the FEEI economic survey from March
2009, most companies are expecting further production
and workforce cuts in the coming months due to lower order
volumes and decreasing export demand.
Particularly in difficult economic times, the performance
of the highly export-oriented electrical and electronics indus-
try is determined by whether or not the companies in the
industry can successfully position themselves in the global
competitive arena. For this reason, it is essential that the
Association remain involved in shaping the economic and
legal framework conditions and that it continue to handle
the topics that are critical to improving the industry’s innova-
tive strength, securing Austria’s position as a business
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location and consequently ensuring the industry’s ability to
create added value.
In order to stay as market-oriented and flexible as possible
and represent the interests of its members, the FEEI con-
centrates its member support services on the six essen-
tial core issues in the electrical and electronics industry:
labour relations, research and development, energy, health,
telecommunications and transport infrastructure, and the
environment. Important successes were achieved in most
of these fields in 2008. In labour relations, for example,
following the standardisation of the compensation system
in 2004 and of business travel regulations in 2006, negotia-
tions with the unions regarding uniform working hours
continued and were successfully concluded in April 2009.
This third, important step in the harmonisation of the collec-
tive agreements between wage-earning staff and salaried
staff confirms once again that the electrical and electronics
industry is a forerunner in creating modern framework con-
ditions under labour law.
In addition to the services offered in the form of lobbying,
members can also take advantage of a wide range of con-
sultation and other services that are custom tailored to
meet the specific needs of sectors or even individual com-
panies. With direct access to the content of the FEEI’s core
areas, members can enjoy numerous additional benefits.
These include close contact with social partners and deci-
sion-makers from the world of politics and business, lobby-
ing at a national and European level and expertise in the
field of research and development. Since 1997, sales in
these services have developed extremely well, posting a
90% increase from 1997 to the present and accounting for
65.4% of the FEEI’s total budget last year.
Activities to establish the FEEI network also continued in
2008, with a focus on expanding the transfer of knowledge
between the 21 organisations in the network. All network
partners work independently on specific topics that are
highly relevant for the electrical and electronics industry.
In order to provide efficient service to the member compa-
nies, the FEEI network groups together various measures
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The Electrical and Electronics Industry 2008
Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies

f.l.t.r.: Lothar Roitner, Albert Hochleitner

related to individual topics, facilitates the exchange of We look forward to successfully continuing our positive
expert knowledge and makes use of joint resources. The cooperation in the future and would like to thank all our
implementation of the EU Battery Directive in Austrian members and partners for their trust in us.
federal law and the topic of energy and energy efficiency
were two important focuses of the network’s activities
in 2008.

The electrical and electronics industry will face great eco-

nomic challenges in 2009. The FEEI’s highest priority is
therefore to support and stand by its member companies Albert Hochleitner Lothar Roitner
during these difficult times. With its current strategic Chairman of the FEEI Managing Director of the FEEI
approach and the issues it focuses on, the Association
has created the ideal framework conditions for providing
efficient, high-quality support to its members. Vienna, June 2009

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 2008 AT A GLANCE

PRODUCTION1 SALES2

Year in € 1,000 Change Year in € 1,000 Change

2004 9,697,529 7.7% 2004 11,574,122 6.1%

2005 10,096,186 4.1% 2005 12,655,751 9.3%
2006 11,376,790 12.7% 2006 14,166,095 11.9%
2007 12,123,025 6.6% 2007 15,232,441 7.5%
2008 3 11,827,649 –2.4% 2008 3 15,480,024 1.6%

EXPORTS4 MARKET

Year in € 1,000 Change Year in € 1,000 Change

2004 7,381,200 8.7% 2004 9,823,545 6.6%

2005 7,671,283 3.9% 2005 10,313,867 5.0%
2006 7,991,985 4.2% 2006 11,201,308 8.6%
2007 8,835,743 10.6% 2007 11,725,448 4.6%
2008 3 8,267,081 –6.4% 2008 3 10,801,909 –7.9%

WORKFORCE5

Year Companies Salaried staff Wage-earning staff Employees Change

2004 309 30,111 27,168 57,279 1.7%

2005 296 30,318 26,240 56,558 –1.3%
2006 326 32,280 27,026 59,306 4.9%
2007 331 33,543 26,943 60,486 2.0%
2008 3 285 33,475 27,159 60,634 0.2%

1
Production sold, using the commodity approach
2
Sales of companies, using the activities approach
3
Preliminary result
4
Share of exports in production as calculated by FEEI
5
Employees by company definition, at year-end

Notes on the statistics:

Sources: Statistik Austria and the ISIS database; FEEI calculations

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 THE ELECTRICAL
AND ELECTRONICS
INDUSTRY 2008

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 REPORT OF THE AUSTRIAN ELECTRICAL
AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
Austria’s economy grew by 1.8% in real terms in 2008. The
Austrian electrical and electronics industry also sustained
its growth course from the last four years until the autumn
of 2008. However, the long-lasting favourable economic
conditions declined abruptly when the real estate bubble
burst, and an economic crisis ensued at the end of 2008.
Although production value increased slightly from January
to September 2008 (by 0.4%), the significant decline of
9.8% in the fourth quarter of the year resulted in an overall
decrease of 2.4% in nominal terms, putting production value
at € 11.8 billion in 2008. In light of the 6.6% rise in produc-
tion in 2007 and the positive results from the previous years,
production development was satisfactory overall in 2008.
Many sectors enjoyed a positive trend in production up
until the end of 2008, with particularly good results posted
in energy technology; motors, generators and transformers;
and electricity distribution and control apparatus. The situa-
tion became critical for electronic component manufacturers
and was quite grave for component manufacturers for the
automotive industry.
In general, the electrical and electronics industry saw good
order volumes for the first three quarters of 2008, but these
dropped sharply in the fourth quarter. Investment projects
were shelved and demand deteriorated abruptly in the fourth
quarter as a result of uncertainty about the impact of the
economic crisis. Depending on their order cycles, individual
sectors of the electrical and electronics industry were hit
particularly hard. The decline in order volumes was seen
on both the domestic and the export market, with total
order intake falling by 20% in the fourth quarter of 2008. The
domestic market contracted by 7.9% in 2008.
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EXPORTS
The economic collapse and the drop in demand have also
taken their toll on exports. Although Austria’s exports
expanded by 2.3% in 2008, this positive result is based on
good development seen in the first three quarters of the
year. In the fourth quarter, exports declined by 8.9%.
Electrical and electronic products followed a similar trend
to that of Austria’s merchandise exports. Exports grew by
6.2% from January to September of 2008 and declined
by 6.8% in the fourth quarter. Only the manufacturers of
energy technology products saw positive developments and
were able to expand on their export growth from the previ-
ous year once again. However, many of the other sectors
in the electrical and electronics industry reported declines
in exports for 2008 as a whole. Nearly all sectors were
affected by the massive deterioration in the fourth quarter
of 2008, with components and automotive suppliers suffer-
ing losses of over 25%. Electrical and electronic products
accounted for 12.6% of Austria’s total exports in 2008.
Exports to the EU, the biggest export market with a share
of 67.2%, fell by 3.1% in 2008. Although Asia’s economic
growth has slowed down, exports to Asia continue to enjoy
dynamic growth. Following two-digit growth rates in previ-
ous years, exports to Asian countries climbed by a further
35.7% in 2008 (11.8% of total exports). Exports to countries
in North America (5.0% of total exports) also grew by 7.2%.
There was a 6.2% drop in exports to the EFTA countries
(3.8% of total exports), while exports to the rest of Europe
(6.8% of total exports) rose by 13.5%.
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The results for exports show that the electrical and elec-
tronics industry – one of the strongest exporters in
Austria, with around 70% of its production in Austria being
exported – has been particularly vulnerable to economy-
driven declines in investments and demand.
EMPLOYMENT
The high level of capacity utilisation lasted until the end of
2008 and initially resulted in a constant expansion of staff
levels. In July 2008, the workforce amounted to 62,721
people. An additional 3,046 people were employed as
temporary staff (bringing the total workforce to 65,767). The
decline in order intake starting in August and the collapse
in orders starting especially in December 2008 led to down-
sizing. Towards the end of 2008, the workforce amounted
to just 60,634 people (internal staff). As a result of declin-
ing order volumes, the workforce decreased by 3.3%, or
2,087 employees, from July to December 2008. During
this period, the number of temporary staff fell by 20.4%,
or 622 people. As a result of the extremely low volume of
orders and weak economic development in 2009, almost
all companies will be forced to lay off more staff.
OUTLOOK 2009
The global economy is in a recession for the first time since
World War II, and the downturn is affecting all economic
regions. Current forecasts predict a 2.2% decline in GDP
in real terms in 2009, with an even sharper fall expected for
the EU (3.0%). With its small national economy, it is not
possible for Austria to remain immune to the international
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The Electrical and Electronics Industry 2008
Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies
downward trend. The downturn is having an even stronger
impact on Austria’s highly export-oriented electrical and
electronics industry. All economic indicators are plunging
at the moment, and all of the sectors in the electrical and
electronics industry are feeling the effects. The situation is
particularly dramatic for automotive suppliers and is critical
for electronic component producers.
In a recent economic survey, companies from the Austrian
electrical and electronics industry viewed the development
in the first half of 2009 as extremely negative. With constant
deterioration in economic prospects and a generally negative
outlook for economic development as well as the crisis in
the international financial system, it is virtually impossible
to make reliable forecasts at the moment. The economic
development of Austria’s highly export-oriented electrical
and electronics industry will depend mainly on export demand.
The global slowdown in economic growth and decreasing
demand will also result in production and staff cuts in the
Austrian electrical and electronics industry in 2009.
Hope remains that the global economic stimulus measures
being implemented by many governments will take effect
very soon. Further economic stimulus measures could
include designing a business-oriented environmental and
energy policy, promoting and expanding technology and
research, increasing funding for research and technology
development and their consistent implementation with the
objective of creating value added in Austria. The electrical
and electronics industry can serve as a partner for many
other fields of business in the development and implemen-
tation of energy-efficient and environmental technologies
as well as the replacement of energy-inefficient products,
systems and components.
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 WORKING
WORLD WE SHAPE
THE WORKING WORLD The electrical and elec-
tronics industry is a pioneer in shaping modern
labour law framework conditions in Austria. It
was the first industry to gradually introduce an
extensive harmonisation of the preconditions
under labour law for wage-earning and salaried
employees. It is also endeavouring to facilitate
solutions to make working hours as productive
as possible and to enable them to be adjusted
in line with demand and customer requirements.
Through these ongoing improvements in labour
law framework parameters, the electrical and
electronics industry is taking account of the socio-
economic changes that characterise modern
industrial production, thereby creating an environ-
ment in which companies can realise their full
potential.

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 FOREIGN TRADE BY COUNTRY GROUPS

EXPORTS 20081

Country group in € 1,000 Share Change

EU-27 9,907,484 67.2% –3.1%

EFTA 557,110 3.8% –6.2%
Rest of Europe 1,004,189 6.8% 13.5%
North America 740,925 5.0% 7.2%
Asia 2,014,975 13.7% 31.5%
Rest of world 523,270 3.5% 19.0%
Total 14,747,953 100.0% 2.6%

IMPORTS 20081

Country group in € 1,000 Share Change

EU-27 9,109,986 66.4% –3.5%

EFTA 601,207 4.4% 0.3%
Rest of Europe 448,871 3.3% 20.1%
North America 562,653 4.1% –20.0%
Asia 2,890,513 21.0% 5.1%
Rest of world 108,984 0.8% 4.6%
Total 13,722,212 100.0% –1.8%

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 EXPORTS/IMPORTS BY COUNTRY

KEY EXPORT COUNTRIES 20081 KEY IMPORT COUNTRIES 20081

Country in € 1,000 Share Change Country in € 1,000 Share Change

Germany 3,946,143 26.8% –5.0% Germany 5,073,039 37.0% –4.6%

United States 683,839 4.6% 10.1% China 1,430,109 10.4% 4.8%
Hungary 654,657 4.4% –20.5% Czech Republic 693,781 5.1% –0.2%
Italy 619,524 4.2% 14.1% Italy 652,833 4.8% 2.4%
Czech Republic 614,646 4.2% 1.8% Switzerland 564,417 4.1% –0.5%
Poland 567,838 3.9% –0.8% United States 511,372 3.7% –19.5%
China 479,520 3.3% 31.3% Hungary 442,579 3.2% 12.2%
Romania 478,634 3.2% –8.1% Japan 429,968 3.1% 4.7%
Switzerland 429,513 2.9% –8.5% France 324,601 2.4% –2.0%
Spain 425,640 2.9% –1.7% United Kingdom 322,267 2.3% –4.6%
France 413,735 2.8% 9.3% Taiwan 286,673 2.1% 17.8%
United Kingdom 375,114 2.5% –2.8% Croatia 253,667 1.8% 5.0%
Russia 303,424 2.1% 22.9% South Korea 251,600 1.8% 3.7%
Slovakia 274,643 1.9% 0.6% Finland 222,898 1.6% –10.6%
Netherlands 263,104 1.8% 2.4% Netherlands 211,318 1.5% –19.7%
Malaysia 241,760 1.6% 55.3% Slovakia 181,670 1.3% 3.6%
Croatia 238,033 1.6% –7.0% Malaysia 165,498 1.2% –14.8%
Greece 234,791 1.6% –11.5% Sweden 158,023 1.2% –24.7%
Sweden 208,006 1.4% 3.4% Poland 135,516 1.0% –2.3%
Slovenia 204,138 1.4% –7.1% Spain 134,289 1.0% –9.7%
Belgium 162,121 1.1% –2.6% Romania 132,645 1.0% –2.9%
Bulgaria 155,101 1.1% 7.7% Philippines 103,559 0.8% 12.2%
India 151,348 1.0% 41.2% Ireland 93,050 0.7% 43.7%
Turkey 136,373 0.9% 11.3% Slovenia 87,181 0.6% 5.7%
Australien 122,579 0.8% 30.9% Belgium 78,831 0.6% –17.0%
Hong Kong 117,864 0.8% 5.5% Turkey 77,095 0.6% 19.8%
Indonesia 110,271 0.7% 76.7% Denmark 70,498 0.5% 4.0%
Ukraine 106,342 0.7% 24.5% Serbia 62,668 0.5% 125.4%
Serbia 106,006 0.7% 26.5% Hong Kong 57,071 0.4% 38.8%
Japan 104,853 0.7% –7.8% Canada 51,280 0.4% –24.4%
Singapore 99,688 0.7% 33.6% Thailand 43,372 0.3% 43.6%
South Korea 98,830 0.7% 1.4% Indonesia 37,564 0.3% 3.5%
Norway 98,015 0.7% 2.4% Ukraine 36,703 0.3% 28.4%
Finland 87,173 0.6% 34.2% Portugal 34,888 0.3% –8.1%
South Africa 77,606 0.5% 24.4% Mexico 31,799 0.2% –3.7%
United Arab Emirates 77,007 0.5% 16.7% Israel 25,244 0.2% 10.4%
Brazil 75,635 0.5% 39.5% Singapore 23,653 0.2% –34.3%
Denmark 74,509 0.5% 7.6% India 21,895 0.2% 39.5%
Bangladesh 65,779 0.4% >100% Norway 21,401 0.2% 37.1%
Canada 57,058 0.4% –18.9% Bulgaria 21,189 0.2% 10.7%
Total 13,740,861 93.2% – Total 13,557,705 98.8% –

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 SECTORS IN THE
ELECTRICAL
AND ELECTRONICS
INDUSTRY

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 SECTOR SHARE OF PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION 20081

NACE class Brief description in € 1,000 Share

2611 Components 833,864 7.1%

2612 Boards 351,659 3.0%
2630 Communication equipment 247,174 2.1%
2651 Measuring and testing appliances 789,137 6.7%
2640+2652 Consumer electronics and clocks 221,553 1.9%
2711 Motors, generators and transformers 2,109,310 17.8%
2712 Electricity distribution and control apparatus 1,267,777 10.7%
2732 Wires and cables 377,461 3.2%
2733 Wiring devices 277,597 2.3%
2740 Lighting equipment 530,488 4.5%
2751 Electric domestic appliances 638,460 5.4%
2790 Other electrical equipment 1,491,719 12.6%
2720+2731 Batteries, accumulators and fibre optic cables 195,013 1.6%
2931 Electrical equipment for motor vehicles 644,229 5.4%
4426+4427 Services 1,852,210 15.7%
Total 11,827,649 100.0%

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Preliminary result
Sum of the NACE 2008 classes 26 (excluding 2620, 2660, 2670), 27 (excluding 2752), 2931, 4426 and 4427.
A comparison of 2008 to the previous year is only possible to a limited extent.

PRODUCTION 2007

NACE class Brief description in € 1,000 Share

2971 Domestic appliances 691,441 5.7%

3110 Motors, generators and transformers 2,364,600 19.5%
3120 Electricity distribution and control apparatus 1,989,808 16.4%
3130 Insulated wires and cables 359,198 3.0%
3150 Lighting equipment 319,613 2.6%
3162 Other electrical equipment 957,015 7.9%
3140+3161 Accumulators, batteries and electrical equipment
for motors and vehicles 1,251,932 10.3%
3210 Components 1,756,804 14.5%
3220 Communication technology 1,350,806 11.1%
3230 Consumer electronics 303,431 2.5%
3320 Measurement and testing appliances 778,377 6.4%
Total 12,123,025 100.0%

Sum of the NACE 2003 classes 2971, 31, 32 and 3320.

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 EEI SECTORS – FACTS AND FIGURES

COMPONENTS AND BOARDS COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

(NACE 2611 + 2612) (NACE 2630)

Following robust growth in the previous years, the pro-
duction of electronic components and boards continued to
expand in the first, second and third quarters of 2008. How-
ever, in the fourth quarter, production, sales and orders
declined sharply as a result of economic conditions. In addi-
tion, a massive decline in demand for vehicle electronics
made things even worse. Exports grew by 1.9% in the first
three quarters despite the high level from the previous year,
but then declined by 25.2% year-on-year in the fourth quar-
ter of 2008. This means that total exports fell by 5.3% in
2008. The decrease in demand in the EU resulted in 17.8%
less exports to EU countries. Exports to North America
remained at around the same level, while exports to Asia
increased again significantly. In light of the general decline in
demand in 2009, component manufacturers face a critical
situation.
The production of communication equipment developed
better than in previous years. Contrary to general economic
development, manufacturers were able to maintain their
production result in 2008. The crucial factor here was the
situation on the domestic market. Exports fell by 12.1% in
2008. The fall in demand resulted in a 16.9% decline in
exports to the biggest market, the EU (80.8% of total sector
exports). Asia proved to be a promising market in 2008,
with exports to the region increasing by 28.0%. Companies
are anticipating negative development in 2009.

Development 20081 Development 20081

250%

200%

150%

100%

50%

0%
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Values indexed to January 2008 Production

1
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Orders on hand
Order intake

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FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies

MEASURING AND TESTING APPLIANCES MOTORS, GENERATORS AND TRANSFORMERS

(NACE 2651) (NACE 2711)

The production of measuring and testing appliances and
equipment was satisfactory in 2008. In particular, manufac-
turers of electrical and electronic measuring and testing
appliances were able to report growth in 2008. Total exports
grew by 10.5%, exports to the EU (57.2% of total sector
exports) increased by 8.4% and exports to Asia (19.6% of
total sector exports) expanded by 43.2% following growth
in the previous years. However, as a result of declining
investment levels in general, the sector is anticipating a
difficult year in 2009.
With a 17.8% share of total production value in 2008,
motors, generators and transformers are the most important
sector in the Austrian electrical and electronics industry.
Following massive growth in some areas in previous years,
manufacturers were able to increase their production further
in 2008. As a result of the longer-term order cycle in plant
construction, the effects of the general economic downturn
were still not felt in 2008. Total exports expanded by 14.0%
on the previous year. Exports to the EU increased by 7.6%,
and power plant projects – in Russia and elsewhere – made
it possible to record a 40.6% increase in exports to the
rest of Europe. Exports to Asian countries remained strong,
posting 57.5% growth. Due to the necessity for infrastruc-
ture and power plant expansion, the sector is hoping for
a somewhat balanced result in 2009.

Development 20081 Development 20081

250%

200%

150%

100%

50%

0%
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

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 TRAINING
WE PROMOTE TRAINING The industries with a
heavy demand for research and technology, such
as the electrical and electronics industry, urgently
require technical specialists who through their
expertise and dedication will contribute to the
sector’s successful development. Through its ini-
tiative to found Austria’s first university of applied
sciences dedicated to technology over ten years
ago, the electrical and electronics industry took a
major step towards providing sustained support
for the creation of a knowledge-based society by
offering training and professional development
for technical experts. Together with other interest
groups and partners, the industry continues to
pursue its objective of getting more young people
to recognise and take advantage of the opportu-
nities offered by training courses and jobs in the
technical field.

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 ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION AND CONTROL APPARATUS WIRING DEVICES
(NACE 2712) (NACE 2733)

Manufacturers of electricity distribution and control appara-
tus have been deeply affected by the economic crisis and
the slowdown in growth. Following satisfactory develop-
ment in the first three quarters of 2008, there were particu-
larly sharp downturns in production and orders in November
and December, resulting in a slight decrease in production
in 2008 as a whole. Exports rose by 14.7% in the first three
quarters of 2008, but then declined by 11.5% in the fourth
quarter. Overall, exports increased by 7.7% in 2008. In light
of the economic downturn and the withdrawal of invest-
ments, manufacturers anticipate that the negative trend will
continue in 2009.
Producers of electrical wiring devices have been doubly
affected. Even before the general economic downturn, there
was a decline in domestic building activity around mid-2008.
As a result, production and the volume of orders declined
sharply. There was a decrease in demand on the domestic
market, and total exports fell by 2.1% in 2008. Exports
to the EU market (73.2% of total sector exports) declined
by 6.0%. The only ray of hope came from a 22.4% increase
in exports to Asian countries (now 6.2% of total sector
exports).

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Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
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Officers
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LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ELECTRIC DOMESTIC APPLIANCES

(NACE 2740) (NACE 2751)

Following positive development over several years, the
production of lighting equipment was satisfactory in the
first three quarters of 2008. This was followed by a sharp
fall in the fourth quarter driven by economic conditions.
Despite the 4.7% decline in exports in the last quarter of
the year, total exports expanded by 2.0% in 2008. The level
of exports to the most important market, the EU (78.1%
of total sector exports), remained stable (+0.9%). As a
result of the economic downturn, the sector anticipates
that 2009 will be a difficult year. In light of the crisis in the
automotive industry, automotive lighting equipment manu-
facturers face a very grave situation.
After a decline in the previous year, the production of elec-
tric domestic appliances continued to fall in 2008. The
domestic market is highly saturated, but the exchange of
energy-inefficient appliances for models that save on elec-
tricity boosted demand somewhat. There was also a decline
on the export market, with the first three quarters posting
a 4.0% drop. The economic downturn led to an additional
6.8% decrease in exports in the fourth quarter. This put the
overall decline in exports at 4.7%. The only market to see a
rise in exports in 2008 was the rest of Europe, which posted
28.0% growth. The huge increases in low-price imports
from Asia (10.8%) continued in 2008. The difficult situation
for domestic appliance producers will deteriorate further in
2009 as a result of economy-driven declines in demand.

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(NACE 2790) (NACE 2931)

Overall, the production of other electrical equipment offered
satisfactory development in 2008. In particular, the manu-
facture of electrical equipment for rail traffic signalling tech-
nology rose, while producers of road traffic signalling equip-
ment were able to maintain their production value from
the previous year. Other product lines in this sector, such
as components, posted losses in 2008. There was a major
decline in order intake in December 2008. Total sector
exports remained virtually unchanged with a decline of 0.3%
in 2008.
The production of electrical and electronic components,
which posted particularly dynamic growth in previous years,
showed satisfactory development in the first half of 2008.
However, the crisis in the automotive industry and the
global economic crisis have doubly affected the companies
in this sector. Production and orders on hand have dimin-
ished drastically. The decline in exports in the fourth quarter
alone was 25.3%. Total exports fell by 18.5% in 2008. The
continued existence of many of the sector’s companies,
which currently employ some 1,500 people, will depend
on how things develop in 2009.

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CORE ISSUES
AND SECTORS

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 FEEI AND NETWORK PARTNERS
SUCCESSFUL INTEREST REPRESENTATION WITH
A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES
The Association of the Austrian Electrical and Electronics
Industries (FEEI) enjoyed much success in 2008. Together
with our internal consulting and service firm, FEEI Manage-
ment-Service GmbH, the FEEI generated aggregate sales
of € 4.630 million, an increase of 8.56% over the prior year.
In total, 65.4% of the overall budget was generated through
the sale of voluntary consulting and other services. Since
1997, revenue from voluntary services has grown by over
90%.
A number of factors contributed to this encouraging success.
The portfolio of services that the FEEI offers its members
on the basis of their mandatory membership focuses on the
electrical and electronics industry’s six core issues, thereby
ensuring the highest possible quality of expert advice. The
second pillar of the FEEI’s work comprises the advice and
services it offers for additional fees and which are designed
to meet the specific needs of its member companies in a
targeted and effective manner. And last but not least, the
third pillar is the close collaboration with the 21 partner
organisations currently operating under the umbrella of the
FEEI. Each of these network partners works autonomously
within a specific area that is highly relevant to the electrical
and electronics industry. In order to efficiently serve the
FEEI’s member companies, the activities are all combined
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into a network that facilitates the exchange of expert knowl-
edge and the common use of resources.
This activity report for 2008 discusses the work completed
in respect of the core issues and for specific sectors of
the industry, as well as the numerous measures resulting
from the specific links within the FEEI network. In order to
present the activities of the past year in a clear manner,
we have also included the sector support services and the
focuses of our network partners in the reports on the indi-
vidual core areas.
IN THE INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS
The Association of the Austrian Electrical and Electronics
Industries and its network partners make key contribu-
tions to securing Austria as a business location. The primary
objective of the 21 organisations that are directly linked
to the electrical and electronics industry is to positively
influence and shape the most important economic and
legal frameworks under which the FEEI’s member compa-
nies operate to ensure that they remain competitive on the
global stage.
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Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies

OVERVIEW OF CORE ISSUES OVERVIEW OF FEEI NETWORK PARTNERS

IN TERMS OF INTEREST REPRESENTATION (in alphabetical order)

■ Labour and labour relations in the EEI including ■ DVB-Forum

a focus on training ■ Elektro-Kleingeräte Forum
■ Research and development ■ EV – Österreichischer Verband der Elektronikindustrie
■ Telecommunications and transport infrastructure ■ FEEI Management-Service GmbH
■ Environment ■ FMK – Forum Mobilkommunikation
■ Health ■ Forum consumer electronics
■ Energy ■ Forum Elektrowerkzeuge und Gartengeräte
■ Other important issues ■ Forum Hausgeräte
– Legal framework parameters, public procurement law ■ HLP
– Overall technical conditions ■ ICT Austria
– Public relations ■ IT-Industrie Forum
■ IKT academy
■ LLL – Life Long Learning Academy
OVERVIEW OF SECTOR SUPPORT SERVICES ■ MMF – Mobile Manufacturer Forum
■ UFH
■ Components ■ UFH RE-cycling
■ Energy and environment (including metering, ■ UFS – Umweltforum Starterbatterien
measuring and testing appliances) ■ University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
■ Industrial plant construction ■ VAT – Verband Alternativer Telekom-Netzbetreiber
■ Installation technology ■ VBI – Austrian Association of the Railway Industry
■ Control and building technology
■ Disposable and rechargeable batteries
■ Domestic appliances and heating equipment
(including small electrical appliances)
■ Consumer electronics
■ Lighting equipment
■ Information and communication technology
■ Medical technology
■ Transport technology

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 ENERGY
WE DRIVE ENERGY Nowadays, successful eco-
nomic and social development is no longer possible
without electrical energy. Electricity generation,
transmission and distribution are the building
blocks of Austria’s energy supply. The companies
in the electrical and electronics industry develop
and produce innovative technology for each of
these areas. The industry also has a particularly
key role to play when it comes to energy efficiency.
Companies in the industry have been investing
for years in research, development and produc-
tion of energy-efficient applications, products,
systems and components. With modern and
advanced products, the electrical and electronics
industry significantly contributes to the efficient
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FEEI SECTORS
LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE EEI
Collective agreement negotiations
The collective bargaining rounds with representatives of
the over 60,000 employees in the electrical and electronics
industry for 2008 were concluded successfully on 14 May.
Delegates representing the FEEI, the Austrian Union of
Metalworking, Textiles and Food Processing Workers, and
the Austrian Union of Salaried Private Sector Employees,
Graphical Workers and Journalists agreed a 3.4% increase
in the actual wages and salaries and a 3.5% increase in the
collectively agreed minimum wages and salaries.
By agreeing a one-off payment option and a distribution
option, the collective agreement reached in 2008 once
again contains different variants for increasing wages and
salaries, enabling each company to select the remuneration
model that best fits its specific needs and circumstances.
This agreement again underscored the electrical and elec-
tronics industry’s pioneering role in creating modern labour
conditions, which makes a key contribution to securing
the country as a business location and boosts the com-
petitiveness and the value creation of the companies in
the industry. The collective agreement went into effect
retroactively as of 1 May 2008 and is valid for 12 months.
Further harmonisation of the collective
bargaining agreements
In addition to the wage and salary increases, the 2008
collective bargaining rounds also yielded the further
harmonisation of the agreements for hourly and salaried
employees. After the pay system was harmonised in 2004
and the business travel regulations in 2006, agreement
was reached last year on reasons for being absent from
work. A working group was also commissioned with con-
tinuing negotiations on harmonised regulations for work-
ing hours. After several rounds of negotiations, agreement
on these changes was reached with the unions in April
2009.
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Members’ advisory services, consultancy,
opinions on laws and regulations
The FEEI’s labour law experts support the FEEI’s members
in a large number of individual consulting projects and
through the labour law hotline, and also work actively to
represent the interests of the electrical and electronics
industry by preparing opinions on laws. One key focus
at the end of the year was seminars on the topic of staff
measures in times of crisis. The events were prepared and
held by FEEI labour law experts and attracted over 100
representatives from FEEI member companies and compa-
nies from other sectors of industry in a very short time.
Focus on training
In late autumn 2007, the FEEI commissioned two surveys,
“Reasons for young people’s choice of degrees” and
“Conveying technology on ORF”. The results were presented
to the public in June 2008 as part of the training enquiry
organised by the FEEI together with the Association of
the Austrian Machinery and Metalware Industries and the
Federation of Austrian Industries. A key focus of the event
was a discussion of effective measures for convincing more
young people of the advantages of a technical education.
Possible avenues for this included making industrial and
technology companies more accessible to young people,
positioning industry- and technology-related topics more
positively and prominently in the media, making appropriate
changes to university curricula and improving framework
conditions for special target groups such as young women
and migrants.
TU platform
The TU or technology university platform is an initiative by
the FEEI in the field of training and professional develop-
ment with participants from technically oriented universities
(with a focus on electrotechnical engineering, electronics
and information technology), companies from the electrical
and electronics industry, and representatives of the FEEI
and the Association of the Austrian Machinery and Metal-
ware Industries. The objective of the platform is to increase
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the appeal of educational programmes in technology and
the natural sciences. Activities in 2008 focused on the
surveys on future engineers mentioned above, and on the
training enquiry.
FEEI Network Partners in Training
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
In 1994, the Association of the Austrian Electrical and
Electronics Industries set up its own training institution, the
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, to secure
the provision of young engineers in the industry. With over
2,000 graduates and more than 2,500 students, 11 bache-
lor’s degree courses and 16 master’s degree courses,
the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien is now
the largest university of applied sciences provider for tech-
nical courses in Austria. These high-standard courses offer
the best in terms of scientific foundation and practical
orientation, are highly diverse and can be combined to meet
the student’s individual needs and interests. The University
of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien offers degree courses
in the four areas of Communication Technologies and
Electronic Engineering, Information Technologies and Busi-
ness Solutions, Engineering and Environmental Technologies,
and Life Science Technologies.
Focuses in 2008:
■ Further expansion of the master’s degree programmes:
a master’s degree course in Game Engineering and
Simulation was added in the autumn of 2008, and the
Mechatronics/Robotics master’s degree course was
made available as a part-time programme for working
students for the first time;
■ Launch of the CRM@FHTW project to implement
common standards in advising and supporting potential
students and applicants;
■ Opening of a second university site in ENERGYbase,
Austria’s most innovative passive office building;
■ Successful participation in the second “long night
of research” in Austria: 1,000 visitors came to the
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien on
8 November;
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■ The FIRST LEGO League was held for the first time
at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
in the autumn, at which roughly 200 ten- to sixteen-year-
olds programmed robots for an entire day. The FIRST
LEGO League is an initiative of the Vienna school board
and of Wiener Kinderfreunde aimed at fostering interest
among young students in science and technology.
IKT academy
The IKT Academy is a certified professional development
programme for ICT professionals which is recognised
throughout the ICT industry. The aim of this unique, cross-
sector initiative set up in 2007 by the LLL Academy in coop-
eration with the University of Applied Sciences Technikum
Wien (both FEEI network partners), Telekom Austria and
Kapsch CarrierCom is to provide certified and standardised
verification of employees’ expertise in the field of ICT.
This innovative professional development programme offers
companies considerable value, because certified staff
means a stronger market position. A total of 192 people
completed the programme in 2008, with 140 achieving
basic level certification and 52 advanced level certification.
Life Long Learning Academy Technikum Wien
The Life Long Learning Academy Technikum Wien, or the
LLL Academy in short, offers vocational training and pro-
fessional development programmes at university level.
The courses focus on technology, business and personal
development presented in a form tailored specifically to
the needs of persons in technical or technology-related
professions. The LLL Academy is a subsidiary of the Univer-
sity of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien.
Focuses in 2008:
■ Publication of the current seminar catalogue covering the
areas of technology, business and personal development;
■ Specification of new topics of focus such as “ICT con-
tingency planning and crisis-proof ICT”, “XML-based
user interfaces (XUL, XAML)”, “COBIT as a framework
for IT governance and SOX compliance”, and “IT risk
and crisis management”;
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the specific needs of companies of different sizes
as well as individual coaching sessions for individual
persons and small groups;
■ Update of the LLL Academy web site and publication
of a newsletter.
ENVIRONMENT
The FEEI’s activities regarding the environment focused
on providing extensive information and advice to the
member companies on the EU Battery Directive and its
implementation in national law. The Battery Ordinance
published in the Federal Law Gazette on 15 May 2008
governs the prevention of waste and the collection and
processing of used disposable and rechargeable batteries,
and brought a number of changes for battery manufac-
turers and importers. In addition, companies were required
to register with the authorities and provide the required
information on the batteries they bring into circulation and
also indicate the collection and recycling system that they
use by no later than 1 September 2008. In this connection,
it was especially beneficial for the FEEI’s members that
the network partner UFS-Umweltforum Starterbatterien
was able to set up a recognised collection system within
the FEEI organisation.
Other focuses of work included various legal issues that
are highly relevant to the electrical and electronics industry.
The regular information and advice provided to the FEEI
members centred on the EU chemicals regulation (REACH¹)
that went into force in 2008, as well as on lobbying in con-
nection with the EuP² Directive and the amendment of the
WEEE Directive. At the national level, the amendment of the
Packaging Regulation was especially important. In addition
to participating in workshops held by the Federal Ministry
of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Manage-
ment, the FEEI also coordinated regularly with its members
and worked on the drafting of a position paper for lobbying
meetings.
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Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of Chemicals
2
Ecodesign of Energy-using Products
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Sector Support Services
Disposable and rechargeable batteries, industrial batteries
Support services for the batteries sector in 2008 related
primarily to implementation of the EU Battery Directive in
national law in the form of the Austrian Battery Ordinance.
The FEEI was closely involved in shaping the new regula-
tions, coordinated agreement on a uniform position for
the affected industries and successfully represented their
interests.
A criteria catalogue (battery list) was also drawn up with
the member companies to distinguish industrial batteries
from appliance and vehicle batteries in the future and there-
fore to have them exempted from the collection obligation.
The Ministry of Life approved the criteria proposed by the
FEEI and subsequently published them as part of its official
decision position.
Lighting
Because of the extensive activities at the European level in
the areas of climate and environmental protection, a large
share of the FEEI’s activities in this sector also pertained to
these issues. In addition to the conclusion of a klima:aktiv
programme partnership with a non-binding recommenda-
tion that lamp manufacturers use electronic ballasts, the
EU-wide ban on incandescent lamps also took on greater
priority over the course of the year. A number of measures
have been enacted in this context at a national and inter-
national level, ranging from lobbying all the way to intense
press work. The ROMS working group (Roll Out Member
States) that was set up in 2007 to strengthen lobbying and
PR work on energy-efficient lighting at the national level
in the individual member states again played an important
role here.
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Work continued on the “Standardised Specification for
Lighting Technology” (LB BL), which has now been in place
for five years. It contains detailed information on the range
offered by the leading lighting manufacturers Philips, Siteco,
Thorn, Trilux and Zumtobel Staff.
Household and heating appliances
(including small electrical devices)
The support services for this sector are delivered by the
FEEI network partners
Forum Hausgeräte and Forum Elektro-Kleingeräte
The energy efficiency of modern household appliances
was the focus of the work of both of these forums in 2008.
The measures pursued to this end included promoting the
replacement of older appliances, drawing up the industry’s
position on the appliance replacement programme initiated
by the power utilities, and lobbying to obtain support from
the Austrian climate and energy fund. The “Free energy
advice and appliance replacement for socially disadvantaged
households” initiative being run by Caritas and E-Control
in Vienna and Lower Austria got off to a successful start
thanks to support from Forum Haushalt. The members
are providing highly efficient refrigerators free of charge
and are disposing of the inefficient appliances they replace.
The web site www.topprodukte.at, which is being run
together with the Austrian Energy Agency, was updated.
Among other things, work last year focused on improving
the cooperation with retail partners and evaluating the
assessment criteria.
Forum Elektro-Kleingeräte conducted a study on consumer
behaviour when buying small electrical appliances. The
results were used to prepare a PR concept that will be
implemented in 2009.
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Together with Reed Exhibitions Vienna and other groups
represented in the association (forum consumer electronics,
IT-Industrie Forum, DVB-Forum), Forum Hausgeräte and
Forum Elektro-Kleingeräte successfully designed and held
the Futura 2008. Other work focused on European and
national environmental policy. The EuP Framework Directive,
the Packaging Regulation and the REACH Regulation
appeared on the agenda at the regular sector meetings held
throughout the year.
Other Network Partners in Environmental Protection
Forum Elektrowerkzeuge und Gartengeräte
Forum Elektrowerkzeuge und Gartengeräte was established
in August 2005 ahead of the European Battery Directive.
The forum is organised as an association and its activities
are aimed at highlighting the interests of the industry as
efficiently as possible in the debate with political decision-
makers.
Focuses in 2008:
■ Lobbying and coordination for the Battery Ordinance;
discussion with the system operators UFH and ERA;
■ Preparation of a sector position on the Packaging
Regulation and discussion with ARA;
■ Continuous discussions on European legal issues such
as EuP and REACH, increasing awareness for future
developments, and collaboration with the European
manufacturers’ associations and ZVEI;
■ Support for individual Forum members in connection
with competitor violations of the Act Against Unfair
Practices.
UFH
UFH is Austria’s leading provider for the collection and
recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Under the umbrella of UFH Holding GmbH since 2007, UFH
Elektroaltgeräte Systembetreiber GmbH and UFH Altlampen
Systembetreiber GmbH can look back at a very successful
year.
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MENT WE PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT Industry and environmental pro-
tection are no longer a contradiction in terms.
Modern technology makes a major contribution
to successful climate and environmental protec-
tion. The products made by the electrical and
electronics industry create the ideal preconditions
for particularly eco-friendly and resource-saving
product manufacture. In addition, the sector
is an especially clean industry and is committed
to the proper disposal of waste electrical and
electronic equipment, thereby establishing
the preconditions for the professional recovery
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■ Austria-wide “Fang das Licht!” information campaign
on energy-efficient lighting in autumn;
■ Austria-wide ad campaign at the end of 2008 about
the return of refrigerator stickers, which caused
16,000 stickers to be sent in;
■ Start of the expansion of the UFH system to include
packaging by submitting the system application to
the Ministry of Life;
■ Conclusion of the expansion of the UFH system with
the new category for batteries.
UFH RE-cycling
UFH completed the construction of its own recycling plant
for refrigeration equipment in cooperation with its strategic
partner REMONDIS last year. UFH RE-cycling is Austria’s
most modern recycling plant for refrigeration equipment.
The plant uses state-of-the-art technology and is a mile-
stone in Austria, offering 30 new jobs for the Kematen/Ybbs
region and the potential to save 900,000 metric tons of
carbon dioxide emissions throughout Austria every year.
Up to 300,000 refrigeration units per year are to be recycled
in three shifts, and the plant started operating in February
2009.
UFS – Umweltforum Starterbatterien
The Umweltforum Starterbatterien has some 12 years of
experience in collecting and disposing of used vehicle
batteries. This FEEI network partner organises the taking
back of lead-acid vehicle batteries for disposal in Austria and
is therefore making a considerable contribution to the high
return quota of starter batteries in Austria. Used batteries
are collected through a separate network of manufacturers
and importers and by secondary raw materials brokers and
brought into the UFS system.
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Focuses in 2008:
■ Successful lobbying in connection with the amend-
ment of the Waste Management Act and the Battery
Ordinance at the Ministry of Life: extensive exceptions
were agreed for vehicle batteries, saving potential
additional costs for manufacturers and importers;
■ Creation of new UFS participation conditions, preparation
and conclusion of logistics contracts, handling agree-
ment, sponsoring agreement;
■ Successful approval of the system pursuant to the
Waste Management Act; permit issued in August 2008;
■ Set-up of the UFS notification system, coordination with
system participants;
■ Continuous public relations work: UFS web site, creation
of an information brochure, various informational letters,
presentations.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The companies in the Austrian electrical and electronics
industry account for over one third of all research spending
in Austria’s industry. For this reason, the interest represen-
tation activities in this area are targeted at ensuring suit-
able research conditions for these companies. The FEEI’s
many years of commitment in this area allowed additional
national ICT research funding to be raised in the amount
of € 12 million per year.
Research promotion was also an especially important
agenda in 2008. At the beginning of the year, a guide on
tax-related promotion measures for R&D was prepared
in collaboration with the Institute for Industrial Research;
the guide proved to be very popular with the targeted
companies. A large share of the year’s other work covered
providing members with information on national and
European R&D programmes, involvement in the Federal
Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology’s new
R&D programme ModSim (Model Construction and Simu-
lation), and activities in the area of smart grids.
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Other measures relating to research and development
centred on the issue of energy. Through its inclusion in the
strategy process e2050 and collaboration with the Austrian
Climate and Energy Fund, the Association was able to lobby
for the interests of the industry in the resultant “Energy of
the Future” research programme.
The FEEI has provided extensive support to the technology
platform ENIAC (European Nanoelectronics Initiative
Advisory Council) from the beginning. The first ENIAC call
for tenders was held last year and attracted a large number
of Austrian entities. The official launch of ENIAC Austria took
place on 24 February 2009. This national implementation
of the European technology platform was created in cooper-
ation between the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innova-
tion and Technology and the FEEI in 2008 with the objective
of increasing the involvement of Austrian companies and
research institutions with ENIAC. In addition to facilitating
the establishment of networks, this is intended to improve
the strategic focus and position of Austrian organisations
in the fields of microelectronics and nanoelectronics, includ-
ing through R&D promotion programmes.
ENERGY
Energy and energy efficiency have long been a major topic
for the FEEI and are relevant for many different sectors
and core areas of activity. For this reason, the FEEI invests
considerable resources in addressing the many facets of this
topic. Specific measures included ongoing lobbying in 2008
for the use of energy-efficient equipment and systems with
the relevant decision-making bodies (Federal Ministry of
Economics and Labour, Ministry of Life, Energy Agency), the
presentation of industry positions in research programmes
to promote energy efficiency, and the preparation of
measures for increasing awareness. A number of relevant
activities were also arranged within the FEEI network.
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All of these activities have the objective of improving the
market chances of energy-efficient technologies for all
different applications, from the design of new components
through efficient control systems for manufacturers and
better building automation systems all the way to power
generation.
The FEEI was also involved in the preparation of E-Control’s
energy efficiency book Energieeffizienz, and collaborated
with the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour and
the Energy Agency on the preparations for an information
brochure on saving energy with electric drives.
Special project: energy efficiency roadshow
The efficient use of electrical energy and the associated
use of energy-efficient technologies in the electrical and
electronics industry not only make an important contribution
to conserving the environment, but also reduce Austria’s
dependency on imported energy. In this connection, the FEEI
and the climate and energy fund (KLI.EN) planned an energy
efficiency roadshow in all of Austria’s provinces for the
spring of 2009. The objective of the tour was to educate
people about the benefits and advantages of these techno-
logies through practical examples and informational events.
After approximately one year of preparation, support from
the FEEI’s member companies, the KLI.EN and the FEEI
itself covered roughly 90% of the project budget through
to September 2008. Unfortunately, a key external project
partner made no financial contribution in October 2008 in
spite of expressing its intent to do so in the preparatory
phase. Subsequently, not enough companies were prepared
to make up for this gap by way of financial or in-kind con-
tributions. The alternative implementation of the event in
the form of a special exhibition was not possible because
a suitable site could not be arranged. As a result of these
setbacks, the energy efficiency roadshow had to be can-
celled at the end of October 2008.
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Components
An informal platform titled “Consolidating the value crea-
tion chain” was formed within the components sector
in 2008 and was heavily involved in the creation of the new
ModSim research and development programme. The focus
of this new promotion programme is to set up and expand
R&D structures for the long-term transfer of knowledge
between the scientific and business community in the field
of computational mathematics.
The Association’s activities in connection with technology
platforms also continued. In addition to representing its
members’ interests in the European initiative ENIAC/
AENEAS (Association for European NanoElectronics Activi-
ties), the foundation was also laid in cooperation with the
member companies for a national implementation of this
platform, ENIAC Austria. This platform has been operating
since the end of February 2009.
“Equal opportunities for Europe’s manufacturers” was the
topic of a sector meeting also attended by the Institute for
Industrial Research. The results of this discussion formed
the basis for the resulting visit that EU parliament member
Paul Rübig made to the FEEI association committee in
October 2008.
Energy technology
The national implementation of the European directive on
training and certification of personnel for SF6 high-voltage
switchgears was discussed with member companies and
experts from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
Environment and Water Management to find solutions
that are friendly to Austrian industry. The final results
will not be available until the amendment of the Chemicals
Regulation, however, which is still underway.
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At the sector meetings, topics such as the liberalisation of
the electricity market and technological innovations in power
grids were sources of lively discussion. The sector was also
involved in the Association’s activities concerning public
procurement law, and was informed about the new Urban
Energy Technologies degree programme at the University
of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien.
At the European level, the organisations Capiel HV (umbrella
organisation for manufacturers of high- and medium-voltage
switching systems) and Cotrel (umbrella organisation for
transformer manufacturers) were merged to create T&D
Europe as a consequence of the rapidly increasing level of
cooperation between the two organisations in recent years.
The aim of this move was to focus and strengthen the
industry’s image and ability to take effective action in lobby-
ing for issues relevant to power transmission.
Industrial plant construction
The sector meetings in 2008 concentrated on the exchange
of information between the Association and representatives
of the member companies and on the provision of advice
on the key issues affecting the sector. Topics of discussion
included necessary changes in public procurement law,
energy efficiency activities and issues related to environ-
mental law. The market estimation and forecasting tool that
was devised together with the sector members in 2007 was
employed for the first time.
Installation technology
Safety, energy efficiency and new technologies took centre
stage for the installation technology sector in 2008. The
KNX initiative was set up to market the European installa-
tion bus, an internationally standardised installation system.
A plan of measures was drawn up in 2008 to communicate
the advantages and benefits of this system to a broad
audience. At an international level, the existing cooperation
project with CECAPI was continued.
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Control and building technology
Activities in this sector in 2008 concentrated on the issues
of public procurement legislation and tender terms and
conditions. In addition, energy efficiency was identified
as a topic with especially high development potential in a
discussion of the strategic reorientation of the sector. To this
end, activities in this area will become a regular part of the
sector’s work. Other support services comprised carrying
out regular market monitoring as well as informing members
about topics that are relevant to the sector.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE
With innovative technologies, the Austrian electrical and
electronics industry provides a range of stimuli in the field
of telecommunications and transport infrastructure that
fundamentally influence the commercial and social environ-
ment and consequently people’s quality of life. The Asso-
ciation’s activities in this area are complex and issues are
dealt with not just by FEEI itself but in close cooperation
with FEEI network partners and European partner organisa-
tions.
Copyright law in the information society
The tasks of the FEEI expert group relating to copyright
management focus on fair legal conditions to ensure legal
security and hence the ability of the companies concerned
to plan ahead with regard to future investment.
The various sectors and organisations (forum consumer
electronics, IT-Industrie Forum, VAT) represented in the FEEI
work together closely to ensure a uniform stance for the
industry as a whole. In addition to dealing with current topics,
work in 2008 included providing members with regular
information on the new fees imposed by the collective rights
management companies.
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The Electrical and Electronics Industry 2008
Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies
Individual sectors also continued to work successfully
over the past year on the so-called PC case to clarify the
reproduction fees levied for computers. The judgement
handed down in the first and second instances backed the
position of industrial representatives that there is no obliga-
tion to pay reproduction fees. The case that was heard by
the Austrian supreme court in 2008 was decided in favour
of the industry.
The Association continuously monitors and discusses the
relevant legal conditions and the positions of the affected
sectors to prevent competitive distortion in this area. At
an international level, the FEEI regularly exchanges informa-
tion with interest representation organisations from other
countries and with European organisations.
Sector Support Services
Communications technology
Sector activities at both a national and European (EICTA –
DIGITALEUROPE) level focused on the dialogue on issues
such as broadband proliferation, fibre to the home, next
generation networks and voice over IP. Discussions with
interested companies were continued on the topic of
“last mile” fibre optic connections after an information event
titled “IT & Telekom Symposium”. Companies were pro-
vided with regular support and information in bringing new
and modified products to the market, especially regarding
compliance with the RTTE Directive. Activities relating to
repositioning the Telecommunications Research Centre
Vienna (FTW) and membership in the European Telecommu-
nications Standards Institute were continued.
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WE KEEP YOU HEALTHY The high quality of health-
care nationwide is one of the particular benefits
that characterise Austria. This requires not only
the best possible equipment and state-of-the-
art medical devices but also the continual mod-
ernisation of services, which saves money and
improves patients’ access to and dealings with
the healthcare system. The electrical and elec-
tronics industry makes important contributions
to all of the healthcare fields. The companies
in the industry ensure the development and opera-
tion of a functioning healthcare infrastructure,
are continually improving the technology used
in medical devices, are expanding the services
portfolio and are thereby creating the precondi-
tions to make the healthcare system as patient-
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Work in this sector included pushing the implementation
of the new harmonised European control systems (such as
ERTMS), and the organisation of an information event on
safety and control systems in rail transport in collaboration
with the Austrian Association of the Railway Industry and
the OVE.
The activities of these sectors are initiated and documented
in particular through the sector publication ICT-Info and the
members’ section of the FEEI web site in dialogue with
member companies.
Information technology
The support services for this sector are provided by the
FEEI network partner
IT-Industrie Forum
In addition to the issues relating to copyright law described
in detail above, work in 2008 included broad lobbying acti-
vities and the exchange of information on relevant legal
issues such as the EuP Directive, the Battery Ordinance, the
amendment of the Packaging Regulation and the revision
of the European WEEE Directive. Further activities included
a cooperation project with the Internet platform www.top-
produkte.at and the creation of a REACH information sheet
for the IT industry.
Consumer electronics
The support services for this sector are provided by the
FEEI network partner
forum consumer electronics
The industry forum dealt with a wide range of key issues
over the past year. The FEEI cooperated closely with the
media regulator RTR and the Austrian Broadcasting Corpora-
tion (ORF) for the launch of HDTV, including the publication
of an HDTV brochure together with ORF containing all rele-
vant information on the new technology. Other activities
included the coordination of a statement to the consumer
protection association Verein für Konsumenteninformation
about a test report it published on flat-screen televisions
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and the preparation of measures for increasing the quality of
market data collection. In addition to the successful continu-
ation of activities associated with the operation of the Futura
trade fair, the companies represented by the FEEI also
worked together with the fair organiser for the first time for
the “Wohnen & Interieur 2008” fair. General consultancy
services on environmental policy were related to industry-
specific issues of European law such as the EuP Directive
and REACH Regulation.
Additional Network Partners
in Telecommunications and Transport Infrastructure
DVB-Forum
The DVB-Forum (Digital Video Broadcasting) is a network
partner of the Association of Electrical and Electronics
Industries and functions as the association for promoting
the spread of digital television.
Focuses 2008:
■ Ongoing lobbying and interest representation vis-à-vis
ORF relating to smart cards, programme ordering and
TÜV certification;
■ Communication concerning HDTV in Austria in coope-
ration with ORF/ORS, including a special HDTV brochure
for consumers;
■ Meetings with the Social Security Insurance Fund for
Artists on the issue of their social security contributions
and initiation of an internal coordination process within
the chamber for the elimination of the 100-unit rule and
the reduction of social security contributions.
FMK – Forum Mobilkommunikation
The objective of the FMK is to represent the interests of
its members and to coordinate them with the interests
of the general public. It acts as an intermediary in all issues
of mobile communications, prepares scientific literature
and documents research results, publishes and distributes
information materials, initiates symposiums, expert hear-
ings and information events, and offers citizens, the media
and public institutions various information services.
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Focuses in 2008:
■ Completion of the largest nationwide series of measure-
ments in Austria under the patronage of the Federal
Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology;
■ Release of numerous publications including Faszination
mobile Kommunikation, Mobilfunk unter der Lupe, the
physician’s brochure Frequentia in cooperation with
Switzerland’s Forum Mobil, regular press releases
and letters to readers, and expanded information on the
topic of mobile communications and children;
■ Commissioning of and support for numerous studies
and surveys including Public Health Balance and a mobile
communications survey with the Austrian Association
of Municipalities;
■ Hosting of events and workshops, 7th FMK Enquiry
in Vienna, workshops with Forschungsgemeinschaft
Funk e.V.;
■ Michael Krammer, managing director of Orange, was
elected as the new president of the FMK.
ICT Austria
ICT Austria plays a significant role in shaping the legal and
business conditions relating to production, investment
and usage. This independent industry platform focuses on
ensuring a policy that supports ICT as well as monitoring
legal certainty for the ICT industry. In addition, ICT Austria
lobbies for the targeted promotion and funding of ICT in
small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). With regard
to helping shape EU framework conditions for ICT, the forum
works closely with European interest groups at an interna-
tional level.
VAT – Verband Alternativer Telekom-Netzbetreiber
VAT was established in 1997 and is the interest represen-
tation group for landline and mobile communications com-
panies operating in the telecommunications sector following
deregulation. VAT’s member companies generate sales
of roughly € 2.35 billion per year. Austria’s new communi-
cations providers have made investments of roughly
€ 5.5 billion in recent years. The member companies are
Colt, Hutchison, Orange, T-Mobile, Tele2 and Verizon.
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The Electrical and Electronics Industry 2008
Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies
Focuses in 2008:
■ Participation in the ICT Taskforce and the Austrian
Internet Offensive;
■ Fight against the deregulation of the broadband market;
■ Anti-competition suit against the Telekom Austria
“Kombipaket”;
■ Provision of information to the European Commission
regarding the 14th EU implementation report;
■ Hutchison CEO Berthold Thoma re-elected as
VAT president, Thomas Faast new VAT director since
November 2008;
■ Numerous statements in connection with market
analyses, public relations work and lobbying activities.
VBI – Austrian Association of the Railway Industry
The VBI represents the interests of the companies in
Austria’s railway industry. The objective of the association’s
activities is to use the opportunities arising from the further
development of the rail industry to support Austria as a
business location to optimal effect. With regard to current
projects and future topics, the association takes up the
particular issues that are relevant to the industry and carries
out lobbying with the aim of progressing the development
of the railway industry.
Focuses in 2008:
■ Establishment as the interest representation body
for the Austrian railway industry at a national and inter-
national level;
■ Presenting the railway industry as a disproportionately
strong and active segment of the Austrian economy
with an international orientation;
■ Position papers and statements on topics like interopera-
bility and licensing, rail safety, mega-trucks and cost
internalisation;
■ Start of preparations for the UITP congress in Vienna
in June 2009;
■ Start of an initiative with other sectors of industry
regarding public procurement legislation and the general
contract terms of public entities.
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The electrical and electronics industry makes a major contri-
bution to permanently improving and modernising Austria’s
healthcare system through the development of improved
technologies and service-oriented solutions. One of the key
tasks of the FEEI therefore is to lobby for the creation of
innovation- and investment-friendly framework conditions.
The FEEI had several items on its lobbying agenda in this
area in 2008. Regular discussions on e-health and health-
care reform were held with the Central Association of Social
Security Agencies (Hauptverband der Sozialversicherungs-
träger) and the Federal Ministry of Health. Other key issues
were accounting for the FEEI’s position on the electronic
medical file (ELGA) in the industrial steering committees and
supporting the ELGA working group in gaining acceptance
for the system.
The Association has been represented on the managing
board of IHE Austria since October 2008. This internation-
ally active organisation is dedicated to improving interopera-
bility between healthcare systems on the basis of interna-
tionally accepted standards.
Preparations were also begun for the drafting of a coordi-
nated position paper for the industry and a common commu-
nication strategy on which future lobbying activities will be
based.
Sector Support Services in Healthcare
Medical technology
New and amended legal regulations were the focus of the
healthcare sector support services in 2008. During the
regular sector meetings, the FEEI provided information about
the amendment of the Medical Products Directive and about
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the implementation of the directive governing magnetic
resonance imaging scanners. Information was also provided
on the various projects that are planned or underway in the
Austrian e-health sector, as well as on measures specified
in the government programme.
Network Partners in Healthcare
FMK – Forum Mobilkommunikation
Through its work, the Forum Mobilkommunikation supports
the spread of modern mobile communications technology
in the field of healthcare. Topics such as mobile health
monitoring, mobile phone clinics and electronic patient files
will gain in importance in the next few years and have a
considerable influence on successful treatment outcomes
and hence on people’s quality of life.
OTHER IMPORTANT INDUSTRY-RELEVANT ACTIVITIES
Legal and economic framework conditions
In the area of public procurement legislation, work during
the year focused on discussions of application legitimisation
and the federal procurement act with the legal department
of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and the divisions
for commerce and trade. During these discussions, con-
tract provisions that are disadvantageous for the contractor
were identified and impermissible tender conditions from
the perspective of the bidders were assessed.
Further services pertaining to the legal and economic
framework conditions included the provision of information
on the amendments of the Packaging Regulation and the
Act against Unfair Competition. At an international level,
information was exchanged on a regular basis with European
manufacturers’ associations.
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EU parliament member Paul Rübig was a guest at a meet-
ing of the FEEI association committee in October 2008.
Problems and questions in the various areas of economic
policy that are relevant to the industry were discussed
together with the numerous committee members in atten-
dance.
Price escalation
After each collective bargaining round, the Independent
Arbitration Commission meets at the Federal Ministry
of Economics and Labour. The negotiations centre on price
adjustments in the wage sector relating to the agreed
collective agreement, taking account of cost increases, a
rise in the installation charging rates as well as the EEI
price escalation formula for the telecommunications sector
and the resultant values. The Arbitration Commission deter-
mined a price correction with a factor of 4.1 with effect
from 1 May 2008.
Technical framework conditions and standardisation
The agenda for 2008 placed a focus on market monitoring,
product labelling and product safety. With regards to the
topic of market access conditions in China, the position of
the electrical and electronics industry was integrated into
a position paper released by the Austrian Federal Economic
Chamber.
With regard to standardisation, the constructive cooperation
continued with interest representation groups for the energy
industry, the authorities as part of the Electro-Technical
Committee (ÖEK) as well as the Austrian Standards Institute
(ONORM) and the Austrian Electrotechnical Association
(ÖVE). At the European level, members’ interests were safe-
guarded through the regular exchange of information with
ORGALIME-TCC³ (Technical Coordination Committee).
1
The European Engineering Industries Association representing
the interests of the Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Metalworking
and Metal Articles Industries.
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Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Maintaining a high profile vis-à-vis the general public and all
relevant target groups is a key element of the FEEI’s work
in effectively representing its members’ interests. While
such work is often outsourced today, the Association has
maintained its own internal PR agency for five years, FEEI
Kommunikation. Daily interaction between the communi-
cation experts in the agency and the FEEI network ensure
efficient and effective service. The services provided range
from press work through services for specific target groups
and sectors all the way to special information measures
for member companies.
FEEI
Media activities on industry-related topics
Media activities focus on helping to shape the public’s per-
ception of and attitudes towards the most important topics
that affect the industry. To achieve this, the FEEI positions
itself as the first point of contact in the Austrian electrical
and electronics industry for media representatives and
major decision-makers. In addition to the collective agree-
ment negotiations in 2008, the FEEI’s press activities
focused on the presentation of its financial and annual report
in June 2008 as well as on various activities pertaining to
current topics such as energy efficiency, compact-fluores-
cent lamps and education and vocational training for future
engineers.
Regular information for members
In addition to the Association’s web site, the regularly
published members’ newsletter FEEI-Info is the most com-
prehensive channel for communicating with the member
companies. The content provides an overview of all the
main news in the FEEI network and industry-related topics.
The FEEI newsletter Copyright Law continued to provide
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 DIALOG
WE MAKE TECHNOLOGY A TALKING POINT Advanc-
es in technology form the basis for Austria’s
innovative power and prosperity. They pervade all
aspects of our lives and shape how we live today.
Yet this contrasts starkly with public perception
and the general level of interest in technology:
Technology is too much of a non-issue, and does
not feature highly in public and private debate.
There are too few intellectual and emotional con-
nections with the subject. Technology must there-
fore communicate its importance and presence
and gain a place in the public domain. As a
result, communication with all the relevant target
groups is becoming one of the key tasks facing
the electrical and electronics industry. Through
active dialogue with the public, the industry
supports the acceptance of new technologies at
a social and politico-economic level, in this way
making a significant contribution to the progress
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 member companies with regular updates on current devel-
opments in the area of copyright law in 2008. And the sector
publication KIT-Info gave an overview of key issues handled
in the information and communication technology sector.
Women and technology
April 2008 marked the third time that the scholarships from
the FEEI, the University of Applied Sciences Technikum
Wien and the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences
were awarded to the five best female students at each of
the schools under the motto “A thousand euros instead
of flowers”. The objective of this project is to increase the
number of young women in technical fields. A range of
press and media work accompanied the project.
Training enquiry
Together with the Association of the Austrian Machinery
and Metalware Industries (FMMI) and the Austrian Federa-
tion of Industries, the FEEI held a training enquiry with the
title “Innovation awareness – Redefining innovation and
technology in the 21st century” in June 2008. The results
of two studies by the FEEI and the FMMI on possible
reasons for a lack of young engineers were presented to
over 100 guests from business, education and politics and
then examined in more depth in a podium discussion with
high-profile members.
FEEI network partners
The internal PR agency offers its comprehensive expertise
and services to the Association itself and to all FEEI net-
work partners to cover all of their communication needs.
Services provided by FEEI Kommunikation during the year
ranged from managing external communications for the
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien through
strategic communication consulting for ICT Austria, VAT
and the LLL Academy all the way to the design and imple-
mentation of a wide range of individual projects for the
organisations operating under the umbrella of the FEEI.

FOCUS SYNERGIES WITHIN THE FEEI NETWORK

FEEI FMK VAT ICT UFH UFH-RE UFS Uni TW

Labour ■ ■
Education ■ ■ ■

R&D ■ ■ ■ ■

Energy/energy efficiency ■ ■ ■
Environment ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Telecommunications ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
infrastructure
Transport infrastructure ■ ■

Copyright law ■ ■ ■

Healthcare/medical technology ■ ■ ■ ■

FEEI public relations ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

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The Electrical and Electronics Industry 2008
Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies

FEEI sector forums External customers

All of the sector forums in the FEEI (forum consumer elec-
tronics, DVB-Forum, Elektro-Kleingeräte Forum, Forum
Hausgeräte, Forum Elektrowerkzeuge und Gartengeräte, and
the IT-Industrie Forum) held a joint press presentation for
the first time in September 2008 to present an overview
of the current market situation and future product trends.
A sector communication concept for 2008 and 2009 was
also presented for the Elektro-Kleingeräte-Forum that aims
to positively influence the public’s perception and aware-
ness of the benefits of small electrical appliances.
The experts at FEEI Kommunikation use their expertise in
the area of associations and in the core areas of concern
for the electrical and electronics industry to serve external
customers in areas connected to the FEEI’s interest
representation activities. Work in 2008 included ongoing
communication services for the Association of Austrian
Machinery and Metalware Industries as well as the imple-
mentation of various projects for the Austrian Steel Asso-
ciation, ARGE Automotive, the Polycollege Stöbergasse
and the Austrian Electrotechnical Association.

“Fang das Licht” initiative

The “Fang das Licht” information initiative that was designed
and implemented by FEEI Kommunikation for UFH was
launched in October 2008. The objective of this Austria-wide
campaign was to reach as many consumers as possible
with information on low-energy lamps. Door hangers were
placed in over three million households and an extensive
web site put online.

VBI LLL IKT MMF fce DVB Hausg. E-Kleing. IT-Ind. E-Werkz.

■
■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■

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 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

MICHAEL WÜRDINGER
IKT academy
Life Long Learning Academy
University of Applied Sciences
Technikum Wien

BERNHARD GRUBER
PETER WINKELMAYER
Labour Relations
including training

HELMUT KOLBA JAN ENGELBERGER MANFRED MÜLLNER

UFH Holding GmbH
UFH Altlampen
Systembetreiber GmbH
UFH Elektroaltgeräte
Systembetreiber GmbH
UFH RE-cycling GmbH
UFS – Umweltforum
Starterbatterien
Health, Environment
Sectors:
■ Disposable and rechargeable
batteries
■ Domestic appliances and
heating equipment (including
small electrical and electronic
appliances)
■ Information technology
■ Wires and cables
■ Lighting equipment
■ Medical technology
■ Consumer electronics

DVB-Forum
UFH Verpackung
Systembetreiber GmbH Elektro-Kleingeräte Forum
forum consumer electronics
Forum Elektrowerkzeuge
und Gartengeräte
Forum Hausgeräte
IT-Industrie Forum
FEEI Network partners

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LOTHAR ROITNER
FEEI – Association of the Austrian
Electrical and Electronics Industries
EV – Österreichischer Verband
der Elektronikindustrie
MICHAEL WÜRDINGER
VERONIKA ELLERSDORFER
Controlling
KLAUS BERNHARDT, MBA
Energy, Research and
Development
Sectors:
■ Components
■ Energy and the environment
(including metering, measure-
ment and testing appliances)
■ Industrial plant construction
■ Installation technology
■ Control and building
technology
INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY
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The Electrical and Electronics Industry 2008
Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies
LOTHAR ROITNER
MICHAEL WÜRDINGER
FEEI Management-Service GmbH
HLP Höchstädtplatz Liegenschaft-
Projektentwicklungs GmbH
THOMAS FAAST
KATHRIN MÜCK-PUELACHER
FEEI Communications
RONALD CHODÁSZ MAXIMILIAN MAIER
Telecommunications and FMK – Forum
Transport Infrastructure Mobilkommunikation
Sectors:
■ Communication technology
■ Transport technology
THOMAS FAAST
ICT Austria VAT – Verband Alternativer
Telekom-Netzbetreiber
VBI – Austrian Association
of the Railway Industry
THOMAS BARMÜLLER
MMF – Mobile Manufacturer
Forum
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MUNICA-
TION WE CONNECT PEOPLE
Advances in information and communication
technology have decisively changed our lives over
the past two decades. E-mail, the Internet, mobile
phones, broadband, and digital video and audio
broadcasting, to name but a few, are all achieve-
ments of the electrical and electronics industry.
Innovative developments by Austrian companies
are in use worldwide. All these technologies
provide a range of stimuli which fundamentally
influence the commercial and socio-political
environment as well as people’s quality of life.

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 FEEI AND NETWORK PARTNERS – THE TEAM
(AS AT MAY 2009)

FEEI – ASSOCIATION OF THE AUSTRIAN ELECTRICAL PR

AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES
Thomas Faast
Management T: +43 1 588 39-44, E: faast@feei.at

Managing Director: Lothar Roitner Kathrin Mück-Puelacher

T: +43 1 588 39-12, E: roitner@feei.at T: +43 1 588 39-29, E: mueck@feei.at

Remit: Secretariat: Susanne Suvajac

■ Management and Association policy T: +43 1 588 39-64, E: suvajac@feei.at
■ Lobbying principles
■ Executive bodies and finances of FEEI Remit:
■ Employer policy ■ Strategic communication consultancy
■ Media activities
Deputy Managing Director: Manfred Müllner ■ Publications
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: muellner@feei.at ■ Corporate design
■ Events
Remit: ■ Web site
■ See Health, e-Health, Environment ■ Internal communications

Assistant: Veronika Ellersdorfer

T: +43 1 588 39-13, E: ellersdorfer@feei.at Statistics

Remit: Rainer Rosenkranz

■ Officer-related issues, executive bodies of FEEI T: +43 1 588 39-25, E: rosenkranz@feei.at
■ Personnel issues FEEI, EV und Service GmbH
■ Organisation and administration Remit:
■ Accounting and controlling ■ Statistics
■ Manufacturers’ directory, source enquiries
Secretariat: Ursula Boog ■ Customs issues
T: +43 1 588 39-16, E: boog@feei.at ■ EU and trade policy
■ ORGALIME trade policy

Controlling
Reception
Head: Michael Würdinger
T: +43 1 588 39-17, E: wuerdinger@feei.at Maria Ertl
T: +43 1 588 39-22, E: ertl@feei.at
Assistant: Sonja Klanatsky
T: +43 1 588 39-45, E: klanatsky@feei.at Bibiane Coric
T: +43 1 588 39-27, E: coric@feei.at
Remit:
■ Accounting and controlling
■ See also FEEI Management-Service GmbH and
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Remit:
■ Reception, switchboard
■ Incoming and outgoing post
■ Office supplies management, maintenance
of meeting schedule
■ Market monitoring white goods/deputy:
Susanne Suvajac
■ Services, messengers
CORE AREAS OF FEEI
Labour Relations
Bernhard Gruber
T: +43 1 588 39-56, E: gruber@feei.at
Remit:
■ EEI labour relations, labour law
■ Collective agreement negotiations
■ EES Uniform Compensation System for Wage-Earning
and Salaried Employees (UCS)
■ EDR Uniform Business Travel Regulations
■ Flexible working hours
■ Consultancy on labour law issues
Other:
■ Pricing, price escalation
Peter Winkelmayer
T: +43 1 588 39-55, E: winkelmayer@feei.at
Remit:
■ EEI labour relations, labour law
■ Collective agreement negotiations
■ EES Uniform Compensation System for Wage-Earning
and Salaried Employees (UCS)
■ EDR Uniform Business Travel Regulations
■ Flexible working hours
■ Human resources management consultancy
■ Focus – training
Secretariat: Ursula Boog
T: +43 1 588 39-16, E: boog@feei.at
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The Electrical and Electronics Industry 2008
Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies
Research and Development, Energy
Head: Klaus Bernhardt
T: +43 1 588 39-32, E: bernhardt@feei.at
Secretariat: N. N.
T: +43 1 588 39-41
Remit:
■ Research and technology, European research
programmes, especially including for small and
medium-sized companies (SME)
■ Energy (in conjunction with Manfred Müllner)
Sectors:
■ Energy and environment, T&D Europe
■ Installation technology, CAPIEL LV, CECAPI
■ Metering, measurement and testing appliances
■ Components, EECA
■ Control and building technology
■ Industrial plant construction
Other:
■ Supplier industry, automotive supplier industry
working group, Austrospace
■ Technical Coordination Committee of EELC
of ORGALIME
■ Technical framework parameters, standards and
testing, quality assurance; ÖQS, ÖVQ
■ Market monitoring
Health (e-Health)
Head: Manfred Müllner
T: +43 1 588 39-67, E: muellner@feei.at
Sabine Harrasko-Kocmann
T: +43 1 588 39-81, E: harrasko@feei.at
Michael Müllneritsch
T: +43 1 588 39-67, E: muellneritsch@feei.at
Secretariat: Susanne Suvajac
T: +43 1 588 39-64, E: suvajac@feei.at
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■ Health care (e-Health) ■ VBI – Austrian Association of the Railway Industry
■ Business framework conditions: procurement ■ Road safety working group
and contract award process ■ Representing the sectors and core areas at a
■ Copyright law: strategy and policy decisions European level

Sectors:
■ Domestic appliances and heating equipment, Environment
Forum Hausgeräte, Elektro-Kleingerate Forum, CECED
■ Forum Elektrowerkzeuge und Gartengeräte Head: Manfred Müllner
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: muellner@feei.at
Other:
■ Contact for ORGALIME Sabine Harrasko-Kocmann
■ Contact for Digital Europe (formerly EICTA) T: +43 1 588 39-81, E: harrasko@feei.at
■ Market monitoring
Nathalie Huszar
Ute Rabussay T: +43 1 588 39-87, E: huszar@feei.at
T: +43 1 588 39-30, E: rabussay@feei.at
Melanie Leschnik
Secretariat: N. N. T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: leschnik@feei.at
T: + 43 1 588 39-41
Secretariat: Susanne Suvajac
Sectors: T: +43 1 588 39-64, E: suvajac@feei.at
■ Medical technology
Remit:
■ Environment
Telecommunications and Transport Infrastructure ■ European environmental policy
■ Energy and energy efficiency
Head: Ronald Chodász (in conjunction with Klaus Bernhardt)
T: +43 1 588 39-35, E: chodasz@feei.at ■ Copyright law in the information society
(in conjunction with Ute Rabussay)
Secretariat: Claudia Pohl ■ WEEE Directive, disposal of waste electrical and
T: +43 1 588 39-37, E: pohl@feei.at electronic equipment (EOL Management)

Remit: Sectors:
■ Information society ■ Disposable and rechargeable batteries, starter
and traction batteries
Sectors: ■ Consumer electronics:
■ Information and communication technology: forum consumer electronics, EICTA
focus on communication technology ■ Lighting equipment, CELMA
– Digital Europe EICTA working groups ■ Consumer electronics, DVB-Forum
– FTW – telecommunications research centre Vienna ■ Communication and information technology:
■ Transport technology IT-Industrie Forum

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Other tasks:
■ Orgalime
■ Digital Europe (formerly EICTA)
■ Television digitisation
FEEI NETWORK PARTNERS
EV – Österreichischer Verband der Elektronikindustrie
Managing Director: Lothar Roitner
T: +43 1 588 39-12, E: roitner@feei.at
Assistant, Controlling: Veronika Ellersdorfer
T: +43 1 588 39-13, E: ellersdorfer@feei.at
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
Managing Director: Michael Würdinger
T: +43 1 588 39-17
E: michael.wuerdinger@technikum-wien.at
Deputy Managing Director: Angelika Ott
T: +43 1 588 39-47
E: angelika.ott@technikum-wien.at
Assistant to the Managing Director: Sandra Starzinger
T: +43 1 588 39-46
E: sandra.starzinger@technikum-wien.at
Event Management, Partner Collaborations: Petra Ernst
T: +43 1 588 39-43
E: petra.ernst@technikum-wien.at
Head of Corporate Communications: Thomas Faast
T: +43 1 588 39-44
E: thomas.faast@technikum-wien.at
Personnel and Finance: Orestis-Christian Kazamias
T: +43 1 588 39-39
E: orestis.kazamias@technikum-wien.at
Cash Management: Sonja Klanatsky
T: +43 1 588 39-45
E: sonja.klanatsky@technikum-wien.at
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The Electrical and Electronics Industry 2008
Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies
Partner Collaborations: Gabriele Költringer
T: +43 1 333 40 77-630
E: gabriele.koeltringer@technikum-wien.at
Strategic Management: Giuliana Sabbatini
T: +43 1 588 39-70
E: giuliana.sabbatini@technikum-wien.at
Strategic Management: Herbert Synek
T: +43 1 588 39-83
E: herbert.synek@technikum-wien.at
Administrator: Daniela Reiter
T: +43 1 588 39-71
E: daniela.reiter@technikum.wien.at
Rector’s Office
Höchstädtplatz 5, A-1200 Vienna
Rector: Fritz Schmöllebeck
T: +43 1 333 40 77-261
E: fritz.schmoellebeck@technikum-wien.at
Vice-Rector: Christian Kollmitzer
T: +43 1 333 40 77-261
E: christian.kollmitzer@technikum-wien.at
FEEI Management-Service GmbH
Managing Director: Lothar Roitner
T: +43 1 588 39-12, E: roitner@feei.at
Managing Director: Michael Würdinger
T: +43 1 588 39-17, E: wuerdinger@feei.at
Prokurist (Authorised Signatory): Peter Winkelmayer
T: +43 1 588 39-55, E: winkelmayer@feei.at
Controlling and Accounting: Veronika Ellersdorfer
T: +43 1 588 39-13, E: ellersdorfer@feei.at
Controlling and Accounting: Sonja Klanatsky
T: +43 1 588 39-45, E: klanatsky@feei.at
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 R&D
WE ARE RESEARCHERS AND DEVELOPERS The
companies in the Austrian electrical and elec-
tronics industry account for more than one third
of all industrial research expenditure in Austria.
The vast majority of researchers work in this
industry. As a result of its focus on research
and technology, the electrical and electronics
industry is one of the innovation drivers in Austria,
contributing significantly to increasing value
added in the national economy. The industry there-
fore also plays a key role in Austria’s successful
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 FEEI Communications:
Head: Thomas Faast
T: +43 1 588 39-44, E: faast@feei.at
FEEI Communications:
Deputy Head: Kathrin Mück-Puelacher
T: +43 1 588 39-29, E: mueck@feei.at
FEEI Communications: Susanne Cochlar
T: +43 1 588 39-57, E: cochlar@feei.at
FEEI Communications: Isabelle-Nadine Müller
T: +43 1 588 39-63, E: mueller@feei.at
Assistant: Susanne Suvajac
T: +43 1 588 39-64, E: suvajac@feei.at
Assistant: N. N.
T: +43 1 588 39-41
FMK – Forum Mobilkommunikation
Managing Director: Maximilian Maier
T: +43 1 588 39-38, E: maier@fmk.at
Scientific Officer: Silke Katharina Kronfuß
T: +43 1 588 39-36, E: kronfuss@fmk.at
Press Spokesman: Michael Buchner
T: +43 1 588 39-15, E: buchner@fmk.at
Assistant: Nicole Neusser
T: +43 1 588 39-14, E: neusser@fmk.at
HLP Höchstädtplatz Liegenschaft-
Projektentwicklungs GmbH
Managing Director: Jan Engelberger
T: +43 1 588 39-31, E: engelberger@feei.at
Managing Director: Herbert Synek
T: +43 1 588 39-83, E: synek@feei.at
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ICT Austria
Managing Director: Ronald Chodász
T: +43 1 588 39-35, E: office@ictaustria.at
Secretariat: Claudia Pohl
T: +43 1 588 39-37, E: office@ictaustria.at
MMF – Mobile Manufacturers Forum
Director for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa):
Thomas Barmüller
T: +43 1 588 39-69
E: thomas.barmueller@mmfai.info
Secretariat: Nicole Neusser
T: +43 1 588 39-14, E: neusser@fmk.at
Technikum Wien GmbH,
Life Long Learning Academy
Managing Director: Gabriele Költringer
T: +43 1 333 40 77-630
E: gabriele.koeltringer@technikum-wien.at
Managing Director: Fritz Schmöllebeck
T: +43 1 333 40 77-280
E: fritz.schmoellebeck@technikum-wien.at
Managing Director: Herbert Synek
T: +43 1 588 39-83
E: herbert.synek@technikum-wien.at
Marketing, Charging: Petra Ernst
T: +43 1 588 39-43
E: petra.ernst@technikum-wien.at
PR: Isabelle-Nadine Müller
T: +43 1 588 39-63
E: isabelle.mueller@technikum-wien.at
Assistant: Sabrina Loidl
T: +43 1 333 40 77-621
E: lllacademy@technikum-wien.at
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UFH Holding GmbH
Managing Director: Helmut Kolba
T: +43 1 588 39-86, E: helmut.kolba@ufh.at
Customer Relations & Marketing:
Viktoria Handler
T: +43 1 588 39-52, E: viktoria.handler@ufh.at
Logistics & Handling: Eva Maria Kassl
T: +43 1 588 39-84, E: eva.kassl@ufh.at
Controlling, Finance and Accounting:
Silvia Lackermayer
T: +43 1 588 39-82, E: silvia.lackermayer@ufh.at
Prokurist (Authorised Signatory), Controlling,
Finance and Accounting: Marion Mitsch
T: +43 1 588 39-23, E: marion.mitsch@ufh.at
Legal Affairs: Robert Probst
T: +43 1 588 39-73, E: robert.probst@ufh.at
Logistics & Handling: Bernhard Schuh
T: +43 1 588 39-21, E: bernhard.schuh@ufh.at
Data Management: Katharina Schwebler
T: +43 1 588 39-88, E: katharina.schwebler@ufh.at
Customer Relations & Administration:
Alexandra Soukup
T: +43 1 588 39-33, E: alexandra.soukup@ufh.at
Customer Relations & Marketing:
Bernhard Starkel
T: +43 1 588 39-50, E: bernhard.starkel@ufh.at
Project Management, Reversals, General Administration:
Karl Tröstl
T: +43 1 588 39-72, E: karl.troestl@ufh.at
Commercial Administrator: Ingrid Wenter
T: +43 1 588 39-19, E: ingrid.wenter@ufh.at
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The Electrical and Electronics Industry 2008
Sectors in the Electrical and Electronics Industry
FEEI – Core Issues and Sectors
Officers
Member Companies
UFH Altlampen Systembetreiber GmbH
Managing Director: Helmut Kolba
T: +43 1 588 39-86, E: helmut.kolba@ufh.at
Prokurist (Authorised Signatory): Marion Mitsch
T: +43 1 588 39-23, E: marion.mitsch@ufh.at
UFH Elektroaltgeräte Systembetreiber GmbH
Managing Director: Helmut Kolba
T: +43 1 588 39-86, E: helmut.kolba@ufh.at
Prokurist (Authorised Signatory): Marion Mitsch
T: +43 1 588 39-23, E: marion.mitsch@ufh.at
UFH RE-cycling GmbH
Managing Director: Helmut Kolba
T: +43 1 588 39-86, E: kolba@ufhrecycling.at
Managing Director: Gerhard Michael Jokic
T: +49 230 610 65 58, E: jokic@ufhrecycling.at
UFH Verpackung Systembetreiber GmbH
Managing Director: Helmut Kolba
T: +43 1 588 39-86, E: helmut.kolba@ufh.at
UFS – Umweltforum Starterbatterien
Managing Director: Jan Engelberger
T: +43 1 588 39-31, E: engelberger@ufs-system.at
Customer Relations & Marketing: Natalie Huszar
T: +43 1 588 39-87, E: huszar@ufs-system.at
Commercial Administrator: Karl Tröstl
T: +43 1 588 39-72, E: karl.troestl@ufh.at
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Managing Director: Thomas Faast
T: +43 1 588 39-44, E: faast@vat.at
Deputy Managing Director: Ute Rabussay
T: +43 1 588 39-30, E: rabussay@vat.at
Secretariat: Claudia Pohl
T: +43 1 588 39-37, E: pohl@vat.at
VBI – Verband der Bahnindustrie
Managing Director: Ronald Chodász
T: +43 1 588 39-35, E: chodasz@bahnindustrie.at
Secretariat: Claudia Pohl
T: +43 1 588 39-37, E: pohl@bahnindustrie.at
OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE FEEI NETWORK
DVB-Forum
Head: Manfred Müllner
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: muellner@feei.at
Melanie Leschnik
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: leschnik@feei.at
Secretariat: Susanne Suvajac
T: +43 1 588 39-64, E: suvajac@feei.at
forum consumer electronics – Association to Promote
Austrian Consumer Electronics
Head: Manfred Müllner
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: muellner@feei.at
Melanie Leschnik
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: leschnik@feei.at
Secretariat: Susanne Suvajac
T: +43 1 588 39-64, E: suvajac@feei.at
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Forum Elektrowerkzeuge und Gartengeräte
Head: Manfred Müllner
T: +43 1 588 39-67, E: muellner@feei.at
Michael Müllneritsch
T: +43 1 588 39-67, E: muellneritsch@feei.at
Secretariat: Susanne Suvajac
T: +43 1 588 39-64, E: suvajac@feei.at
Forum Hausgeräte, Elektro-Kleingeräte Forum
Head: Manfred Müllner
T: +43 1 588 39-67, E: muellner@feei.at
Michael Müllneritsch
T: +43 1 588 39-67, E: muellneritsch@feei.at
Secretariat: Susanne Suvajac
T: +43 1 588 39-64, E: suvajac@feei.at
Forum Haushalts- und Wärmegeräte
Head: Manfred Müllner
T: +43 1 588 39-67, E: muellner@feei.at
Sabine Harrasko-Kocmann
T: +43 1 588 39-81, E: harrasko@feei.at
Michael Müllneritsch
T: +43 1 588 39-67, E: muellneritsch@feei.at
Secretariat: Susanne Suvajac
T: +43 1 588 39-64, E: suvajac@feei.at
IT-Industrie Forum
Head: Manfred Müllner
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: muellner@feei.at
Melanie Leschnik
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: leschnik@feei.at
Secretariat: Susanne Suvajac
T: +43 1 588 39-64, E: suvajac@feei.at
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CAPIEL-LV – The Coordinating Committee for the EECA ESIA – European Semiconductor Industry Association
Associations of Manufacturers of Low-Voltage Equipment www.eeca.eu
www.capiel-electric.com Klaus Bernhardt, MBA
Klaus Bernhardt, MBA T: +43 1 588 39-32, E: bernhardt@feei.at
T: +43 1 588 39-32, E: bernhardt@feei.at

Digital Europe – European Information and Communications

CECAPI – European Committee of Electrical Installation Technology Industry Association (formerly EICTA)
Equipment Manufacturers www.eicta.org
www.cecapi.org Communications Technology: Ronald Chodász
Klaus Bernhardt, MBA T: +43 1 588 39-35, E: chodasz@feei.at
T: +43 1 588 39-32, E: bernhardt@feei.at Consumer Electronics: Manfred Müllner
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: muellner@feei.at
Melanie Leschnik
CECED – European Committee of Domestic Equipment
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: leschnik@feei.at
Manufacturers
www.ceced.org
Manfred Müllner ETSI – European Telecommunications Standards Institute
T: +43 1 588 39-67, E: muellner@feei.at www.etsi.org
Sabine Harrasko-Kocmann Ronald Chodász
T: +43 1 588 39-81, E: harrasko@feei.at T: +43 1 588 39-35, E: chodasz@feei.at
Michael Müllneritsch
T: +43 1 588 39-67, E: muellneritsch@feei.at
ORGALIME – European Engineering Industries Association
Representing the European Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic,
C.E.L.M.A. – Federation of National Manufacturers Associa- Metalworking and Metal Articles Industries
tions for Luminaries and Electrotechnical Components for www.orgalime.org
Luminaries in the European Union Lothar Roitner
www.celma.org T: +43 1 588 39-12, E: roitner@feei.at
Manfred Müllner
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: muellner@feei.at
T&D Europe – European Association of the Electricity
Melanie Leschnik
Transmission and Distribution Equipment and Services
T: +43 1 588 39-60, E: leschnik@feei.at
Industry
www.tdeurope.eu
EECA – European Electronic Component Manufacturers Klaus Bernhardt, MBA
Association T: +43 1 588 39-32, E: bernhardt@feei.at
www.eeca.eu
Klaus Bernhardt, MBA
UNIFE – Association of the European Rail Industry
T: +43 1 588 39-32, E: bernhardt@feei.at
www.unife.org
Ronald Chodász
EECA EPCIA – European Passive Components Industry T: +43 1 588 39-35, E: chodasz@feei.at
Association
www.eeca.eu/epcia.htm
WEF – World Electronics Forum
Klaus Bernhardt, MBA
www.wefonline.org
T: +43 1 588 39-32, E: bernhardt@feei.at
Lothar Roitner
T: +43 1 588 39-12, E: roitner@feei.at

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 TRAFFIC
WE BRING YOU TO YOUR DESTINATION Mobility
is a basic need of our society and at the same
time essential for successful business operations
in Austria. Good transport links connect residen-
tial and business areas, open up markets and
facilitate access to places of work and educational
and leisure institutions. All types of transport
benefit from products made by the electrical and
electronics industry. Through the development
of modern control and safety technology as well
as solutions in the field of transport telematics,
the industry also contributes significantly to
managing the ever-growing challenges facing
passenger and freight transport.

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 FEEI ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE
(TERM OF OFFICE 2005–2010)
Chairman
Albert Hochleitner, Dipl.-Ing. Dr. h.c.
Supervisory Board member Siemens AG Österreich
Dietrichgasse 25, A-1030 Vienna
Deputy Chairman
Georg Kapsch, Mag.
CEO Kapsch AG
Am Euro-Platz 2, A-1120 Vienna
Deputy Chairman
Monika Kircher-Kohl, Ing.
CEO Infineon Technologies Austria AG
Siemensstrasse 2, A-9500 Villach
ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE
Gerhard Bachmann, Ing.
Partner Bachmann electronic GmbH
Kreuzäckerweg 33, A-6800 Feldkirch
Karl Bauer, Dipl.-Ing.
Member of the Management Board
AREVA T&D Austria AG
Kochlergang 14, A-4060 Leonding
Gustav Eckert, Ing.
Managing Director Trench Austria GmbH
Paschinger Strasse 49, A-4060 Leonding
Brigitte Ederer, Mag.
Chairwoman of the Managing Board
Siemens AG Österreich
Siemensstrasse 92, A-1210 Vienna
Andreas Görgl, Mag.
Managing Director
LIEBHERR-HAUSGERÄTE LIENZ GMBH
Dr.-Hans-Liebherr-Strasse 1, A-9900 Lienz
Gerhard Griller, Dkfm.
Chairman of the Board of Management
Gebauer & Griller Kabelwerke GmbH
Muthgasse 36, A-1194 Vienna
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Norbert Heß, Dr.
Managing Director Epcos OHG
Siemensstrasse 43, A-8530 Deutschlandsberg
Franz Hrachowitz, Ing.
Managing Partner
TRASYS Beteiligungs- und Management GmbH
Kramergasse 1/3, A-1010 Vienna
Christian Kallinger, MBA
Prokurist (Authorised Signatory)
BECOM Electronics GmbH
Technikerstrasse 1, A-7442 Lockenhaus
Theo Kubat
Chairman of the Board of Management
Moeller Holding GmbH
Hein-Moeller-Strasse 7–11, D-53115 Bonn
Andreas Ludwig, Dr.
CEO Zumtobel AG
Höchster Strasse 8, A-6850 Dornbirn
Rudolf Petsche, Dkfm. Dr.
General Director ABB AG
Clemens-Holzmeister-Strasse 4, A-1109 Vienna
Markus Posch, Mag.
Member of the Board of Management
Philips Austria GmbH
Triester Strasse 64, A-1101 Vienna
Harald Sommerer, Mag. Dr.
CEO AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG
Am Euro-Platz 1, A-1120 Vienna
Michael Wachsler-Markowitsch, Mag.
CFO austriamicrosystems AG
Tobelbaderstrasse 30, A-8141 Schloss Premstätten
Gerhard Winkler, Ing.
General Manager
Flextronics International Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Friesacher Strasse 3, A-9330 Althofen
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Chairman of the Supervisory Board Schrack Seconet AG
Eibesbrunnergasse 18, A-1122 Vienna
Peter Zehetner, Mag.
Vice President Marketing & Communication
Central Europe
Ericsson Austria GmbH
Ernst-Melchior-Gasse 24, A-1020 Vienna
Erich Kirchberger
Managing Director
Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH
Wiener Strasse 158, A-2352 Gumpoldskirchen
Josef Kolarz-Lakenbacher, Mag.
Director of St. Pölten branch
Siemens AG Österreich
Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse 1, A-3100 St. Pölten

Theo Kubat
Coopted Members of the Association Committee Chairman of the Board of Management
Moeller Holding GmbH
Walter Wunderer, Ing. Hein-Moeller-Strasse 7–11, D-53115 Bonn
Managing Director EGSTON Holding GmbH
Grafenberger Strasse 37, A-3730 Eggenburg Hubert Schuhleitner, Ing. Mag.
Managing Director Zizala Lichtsysteme GmbH
Rudolf Kemler, Ing. Scheibbser Strasse 17, A-3250 Wieselburg
General Director Hewlett-Packard Ges.m.b.H.
Wienerbergstrasse 41, A-1120 Vienna Günter Haberler, Dipl.-Ing.
Prokurist (Authorised Signatory)
Nokia Siemens Networks Österreich GmbH
Hartllucke 8, A-7000 Eisenstadt
COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES
Franz Klein, Mag.
Siegfried Frisch, Ing. Business Division Manager
Managing Director BECOM Electronics GmbH
GESIG Gesellschaft für Signalanlagen GmbH Technikerstrasse 1, A-7442 Lockenhaus
Wattgasse 20, A-1160 Vienna
Wolfgang Laub, Ing.
Gerhard Griller, Dkfm. CEO and Spokesman of Linz branch
Chairman of the Board of Management Siemens AG Österreich
Gebauer & Griller Kabelwerke GmbH Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 2, A-4020 Linz
Muthgasse 36, A-1194 Vienna
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Rudolf Petsche, Dkfm. Dr. Managing Director Sprecher Automation GmbH
General Director ABB AG Franckstrasse 51, A-4018 Linz
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Managing Director ruwido austria gmbh
Köstendorfer Strasse 8, A-5202 Neumarkt a. W.
Fritz Niederreiter
Managing Director of Production
Bleckmann GmbH & Co KG
Bürmooser Strasse 5, A-5112 Lamprechtshausen
Gerhard Geisswinkler, Dipl.-Ing.
Director of Graz branch
Siemens AG Österreich
Strassgangerstrasse 315, A-8054 Graz
Franz Jöbstl, Ing.
Managing Director
Seidel Elektronik GmbH Nfg. KG
Frauentalerstrasse 100, A-8530 Deutschlandsberg
Falko Steffen
Managing Director EPCOS OHG
Siemensstrasse 43, A-8530 Deutschlandsberg
Michael Wachsler-Markowitsch, Mag.
CFO austriamicrosystems AG
Tobelbaderstrasse 30, A-8141 Schloss Premstätten
Monika Kircher-Kohl, Mag.
CEO Infineon Technologies Austria AG
Siemensstrasse 2, A-9500 Villach
Gerhard Platzer, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.
Vice President & Site Manager
Consumer Lifestyle Klagenfurt
Philips Austria GmbH
Koningsbergerstrasse 11, A-9020 Klagenfurt
Michael Velmeden
Managing Director cms electronics gmbh
Ebentaler Strasse 140, A-9020 Klagenfurt
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Managing Director
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Dr.-Hans-Liebherr-Strasse 1, A-9900 Lienz
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Managing Director
E.G.O. Austria Elektrogeräte GmbH
Panzendorf 10, A-9920 Heinfels/Osttirol
Udo Martin Filzmaier
CEO SYSTEM INDUSTRIE ELECTRONIC AG
Millennium Park 12, A-6890 Lustenau
Walter Ziegler, Dkfm.
Managing Director TridonicAtco GmbH & Co KG
Färbergasse 15, A-6851 Dornbirn
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“carlo“ Loysch Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co KG
CEGELEC GmbH
Cisco Systems Austria GmbH
cms electronics gmbh
COLENTA Labortechnik Ges.m.b.H. & Co. KG.
COLT Telecom Austria GmbH
Commend International GmbH
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Dau Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG.
DE’LONGHI – KENWOOD GmbH
DELL Gesellschaft mbH
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DIALOG-Elektrogeräte
Vertriebs Gesellschaft m.b.H.
G. Dietrich Gesellschaft m.b.H.
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EBG Elektronische Bauelemente Gesellschaft m.b.H. Fujitsu Siemens Computers GesmbH
E.G.O. Austria Elektrogeräte Gesellschaft m.b.H.
EGSTON Holding GmbH
“EKB“ Elektro- u. Kunststofftechnik Gesellschaft m.b.H. G
Elcotech GmbH GE Medical Systems Kretztechnik GmbH & Co OHG
Electrolux Hausgeräte GmbH Gebauer & Griller Kabelwerke Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Electroplast, Elektro- u. Kunststoffwarenfabrik General Electric Austria GmbH
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Electrovac Metall-Glaseinschmelzungs GmbH GESIG Gesellschaft für Signalanlagen
Elektra Bregenz Aktiengesellschaft Gesellschaft m.b.H.
ELHO WÄRMETECHNIK GmbH. gfi – Gesellschaft für Industrieelektronik GmbH
ELIN EBG Motoren GmbH GIFAS ELECTRIC Gesellschaft m.b.H.
ELIN EBG Traction GmbH “gorenje“ AUSTRIA Handelsges.m.b.H.
ELIN Wasserwerkstechnik Gesellschaft m.b.H. Grundig Intermedia Ges.m.b.H.
ELSTA-Mosdorfer Gesellschaft m.b.H.
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Energy Automation Systems GmbH. H
EPCOS OHG Richard Hansel Gesellschaft m.b.H.
EPRO Gallspach GmbH HARTING Ges.m.b.H.
“EPS soltec“ Solartechnik GmbH Hasek & Fridrich
EPS Technologies Gesellschaft m.b.H. Hauke Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG.
Epson Deutschland GmbH Häusermann GmbH
Ericsson Austria GmbH HB Austria electronic products Vertriebs GmbH
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European Trans Energy GmbH Hilti Austria Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Exide Technologies GmbH Hiquel-Elektronik- und Anlagenbau Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Hirschmann Automotive GmbH
Hitachi Power Tools Österreich GmbH
F Dipl.Ing. Hitzinger Gesellschaft m.b.H.
FalconCell Produktions GmbH HOFFMANN & Co ELEKTROKOHLE Aktiengesellschaft
FCI Austria GmbH HOFMANN Wärmetechnik GmbH
Fein Elektrowerkzeuge Gesellschaft m.b.H. Honeywell Austria Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Feller GmbH HTN Elektrogeräte-Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
FERRO-Montagetechnik GmbH Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH
FESTO Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Filzmoser Maschinenbau Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Flextronics International Gesellschaft m.b.H. I
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Infineon Technologies Austria AG
Interelektrik Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG
iPEK Spezial TV GmbH
IPM PayPhone Systems GmbH
Isotec Automation und Technologie GmbH
Ivoclar Vivadent GmbH
J SYSTEMS GMBH
Jabil Circuit Austria GmbH
JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
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JURA Elektroapparate VertriebsgesmbH
JVC International (Europe) Gesellschaft m.b.H.
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Kapsch Aktiengesellschaft
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Kathrein-Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Kendrion Binder Magnete GmbH
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Kleinhappl Electronic GmbH
Kopp Austria GmbH
Kraus & Naimer Produktion GmbH
Kromberg & Schubert Austria
Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG.
KUVAG GmbH & Co KG
L Nokia Siemens Networks Österreich GmbH
Leonhard Lang GmbH
Landis + Gyr AG
Latschbacher GmbH
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Legrand Austria GmbH
LEM NORMA GmbH
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LEXEDIS Lighting GmbH
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Linhart Gesellschaft m.b.H.
LIPRO LICHTPROJEKTE Elektrotechnik
Gesellschaft m.b.H.
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mobilkom austria Aktiengesellschaft
Moeller Gebäudeautomation GmbH
MONTANARO Industrial Battery Components GmbH
Mosdorfer GmbH
Motorola Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Moversa GmbH
MSG Mechatronic Systems GmbH
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Nokia Austria GmbH
NÖKOM NÖ Telekom Service Gesellschaft m.b.H.
“Novotech“ Elektronik Gesellschaft m.b.H.
NXP Semiconductors Austria GmbH
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Orion Leuchten-Fabrik Molecz & Sohn M.Schneider Sicherungs-Systeme GmbH
Gesellschaft m.b.H. Schneider Electric Power Drives GmbH
OSRAM GmbH SCHRACK SECONET AG
Schrack Technik GmbH
Schubert Elektroanlagen Gesellschaft m.b.H.
P SCHUHFRIED GmbH
Panasonic Eastern Europe Handelsgesellschaft mbH SCHWECHATER KABELWERKE
Payer International Technologies GmbH Gesellschaft m.b.H
PC Electric Gesellschaft m.b.H. SEB Österreich Handels GmbH
Pengg Kabel GmbH Seidel Elektronik GmbH Nfg. KG
Philips Austria GmbH SEZ AG
Philips Medizinische Systeme Gesellschaft m.b.H. SGS Industrial Services GmbH
PIEPS GmbH SHARP Electronics (Europe) G.m.b.H.
PKE Electronics AG SIBA Sicherungen- und Schalterbau
Plasser & Theurer, Export von Bahnbaumaschinen, Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG.
Gesellschaft m.b.H. Siegl Elektro Produktions- und VertriebsgmbH
H. Pöchhacker & Co elektrotechnische Fabrik Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Österreich
Pollmann Austria GmbH Siemens Building Technologies GmbH
Franz Polster Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH
PÖYRY Energy GmbH Siemens Transformers Austria GmbH & Co KG
PPC Insulators Austria GmbH Wilhelm Sihn jr. & Co Ges.m.b.H.
Milan Prekajszky SIMEA Gesellschaft zur Fertigung elektronischer
Procter & Gamble Austria GmbH Komponenten GmbH & Co KG
pro.te.X Engineering GmbH Siteco Österreich GmbH
SKF Österreich Aktiengesellschaft
SKS Elektroanlagenbau GmbH
R Sony Austria GmbH
Ritz – Messwandler Sony DADC Austria Aktiengesellschaft
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications International AB
Romann Gesellschaft m.b.H. SPL Powerlines GmbH & Co KG
ROTOWASH Reinigungsmaschinenfabrik GmbH Sprecher Automation GmbH
RSF Elektronik Ges.m.b.H. Ing. Sumetzberger GMBH.
RUAG Aerospace Austria GmbH SWARCO FUTURIT Verkehrssignalsysteme Ges.m.b.H.
ruwido austria gmbh SYSTEM INDUSTRIE ELECTRONIC AG

S T
Saeco Austria AG T-Mobile Austria GmbH
SAGEM Communications Austria GmbH Tecan Austria GmbH
Samsung Electronics Austria GmbH. TechniSat Digital GmbH
Sauter Meß- und Regeltechnik Gesellschaft m.b.H. technosert electronic GmbH
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“Tele“ – Haase Steuergeräte Gesellschaft m.b.H. XAL GmbH
Tele2 Telecommunication GmbH
Telekom Austria Aktiengesellschaft
Thales Rail Signalling Solutions GesmbH Z
THORN Licht Gesellschaft m.b.H. Dr. techn. Josef Zelisko, Fabrik für Elektrotechnik
Tooltechnic Systems Ges.m.b.H. und Maschinenbau Gesellschaft m.b.H.
TOSHIBA EUROPE GmbH Zizala Lichtsysteme GmbH
Toshiba Medical Systems Gesellschaft m.b.H. Zumtobel Licht GmbH
Trafomodern – Transformatorengesellschaft m.b.H. Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
Traktionssysteme Austria GmbH
Trench Austria GmbH
Triax Austria GmbH
TridonicAtco GmbH & Co KG
TridonicAtco connection technology GmbH & Co KG
TRILUX-LEUCHTEN GmbH
Tyco Electronics Austria GmbH

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Ulbrichts Witwe GmbH

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VAE Eisenbahnsysteme GmbH
Verizon Austria GmbH
Vexcel Imaging GmbH
VISHAY BCcomponents Austria GmbH
VISHAY Semiconductor (Austria) Ges.m.b.H.
VOGT electronic Austria GmbH
Voith Hydro GmbH & Co KG
Vossloh Kiepe Ges.m.b.H.

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W & H Dentalwerk Bürmoos GmbH
WAG Elektromechanische Werkstätte Ges.m.b.H.
WATT DRIVE ANTRIEBSTECHNIK GMBH
WEBRA – Modellmotoren
Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG
WHIRLPOOL AUSTRIA GmbH
Wild Elektronik und Kunststoff GmbH & Co KG
L. Wimberger Kommanditgesellschaft
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ON THE VISUAL MEANING OF MY WORK
Perhaps I am not a painter at all but treat painting as a
stubborn form of speech that features a different code from
the one once agreed upon. Or perhaps I will even be so sly
as to allow the viewer to classify me as he or she wishes.
In any case, in my work I consistently aim to achieve the
continuous development of artistic formats. These formats
relate in particular to essential and fundamental elements
of painting: the topics of pictures, the materials on which
pictures are painted and the spatial dimensions of a picture’s
surface.
Acrylic glass, polycarbonate panels and hard-fibre panels
are used as materials on which paint is applied; the media
used to paint are foils, reflective polystyrene plates, adhesive
tapes and paint pens or bitumen; the colours range within
the standards of the products used.
What does not appear important to me is encroaching on
the virtual realm using conventional media. The design
of holograms, printed circuit boards, screen surfaces, and
so on have layered spatiality that is incorporated into the
mode of design as a possible translation and is projected
onto my work solely as a simple, received perception from
the outside.
Although not clearly defined, the challenge may instead lie
in recognising colour values primarily as material values,
shapes primarily as linear, deliberately broken sequences of
time periods, of horizontal and vertical spatial coordinates
projected onto the surface in a radically modernised aesthetic
standard. In this way not illustrating but focusing on a flow
of information and movement in the pictures or objects in
the pictorial structures that are developed in spatial layers.
Apart from a concrete reference to a specific logo culture,
characteristics of this aesthetic would be present as a time
marker in these pictorial-sculptural objects. In other words,
pictorial elements are conceptually and vividly reconfigured
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and would be part of perception processes defined by a
reflection process that can be experienced by the senses
and extends over multiple significant dimensions – time and
space – through new technical media.
Now, the following analysis lends itself to the process of
focusing on the philosophical background and foreground. In
this constant waxing and waning process, there is no cata-
clysmic explosion but just a lasting trace with the necessary
interruptions and enhancement of linearity. Viewed as a
segmented part, this trace is defined by its culmination in
infinity, and not by its “completion”. According to Jean-Luc
Nancy, art is therefore characterised by its incompleteness,
as a vestige, describable as a segmented part for my work.
“That which is a vestige has no substantial essence – and
this is probably exactly what leads us to search for the
essence of art. The fact that art today is its own vestige is
what makes it accessible to us. It is neither the degenerated
representation of an idea nor the representation of a degen-
erated idea. Instead, it offers that which is not an idea:
the movement, emergence, lingering and dwindling of that
which is always becoming the present.”
Thus there is no “end” in the sense of a clear resolution
that in turn stands in opposition to a beginning. So there
is no “once and for all”, but just the space of all “onces”.
This work represents this finiteness, embedded in the struc-
ture of endlessness, as the uneventfulness of “pure time”.
And this makes it possible to appreciate my work as oscillat-
ing between advancement and new beginnings. Defined
by a rhythm, a rhythm that changes individually, made up
of sequence and syncope, movement and pause, line and
gap, flow and stop. The picture only takes shape and fills
space with the rhythm of viewing.
Peter Dunkl, May 2009
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Peter Dunkl, born 1968 in Graz, Austria Group exhibitions

1989–1996 Studied painting with Prof. Arnulf Rainer
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. 1991 Roter Hirsch
in Böhlerhaus, Vienna
Contact: peter-dunkl@gmx.at 1992 Schneller, schneller, schneller
in Künstlerhaus, Graz
1992 Copyrights
Solo exhibitions in Kunstzeitschrift, Neue Galerie, Graz
1994 Insects
1988 A Feeling like… in Kunstzeitschrift, Vienna
in Berney’s American Bar, Graz 1995 Lights of Chiang Mai
1988 Kreuzzyklus in Lichtinstallation – Dokumentation,
in Josef-Krainer-Haus, Graz Neue Galerie, Graz
1989 Die Vorstadtsklavin 1999 Galerie Lendl bei Mayreder Bau
in Schloss Sankt Martin, Graz in Mayreder, Graz
1990 Tiefer ins schwarze Loch 1999 Meet My World
in Galerie Carnerie, Graz in Kanzlei Dr. Lanschützer, Graz
1997 Sampler Serie 1 1999 Arbeitsstipendium des Landes Steiermark
in Kaiserschnitt, Graz beim Förderpreis für bildende Kunst
1998 Sampler Serie 2 in Neue Galerie, Graz (catalogue)
in Galerie Carnerie, Graz 1999 100 Untersetzer
1999 Meet My World in Architektur und Medien Biennale, Graz
in Ecksaal des Joanneums, Graz 2000 Kunstförderungspreis der Stadt Graz
2000 The derailieur, The running telegram in Mediatek, Graz
in Das Rauhberg, Graz 2002 Gegensätze
2000 The polycrome running telegram in Galerie Kunst und Handel, Graz
in LICHTUNGEN, Zeitschrift für Literatur, 2002 Graz Intern
Kunst und Zeitkritik (catalogue) in Forum Stadtpark, Graz
2001 The deflector coil 2002 Seconds in my fluxusmind
in Das Rauhberg, Graz in Hotel Stein, Salzburg
2001 Intothroughout my plastic world 2002 Right here/Right now
in Galerie Kunst und Handel, Graz (catalogue) in Steirischer Herbst,
2004 Polystyroliasensation oder I always lose control Galerie Kunst und Handel, Graz
in Galerie Sauruck, Vienna 2004 Art fair Köln
2008 Patinare in Galerie Sauruck, Vienna
in Mocca, Vienna

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