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Semperit Reifen Ges. m. b. H.Semperit Reifen Ges. m. b. H. ( until 1999 known as Semperit Reifen AG), emerged from the Gummifabrik Miskolczy & Co. OHG which was founded in 1896 in Traiskirchen (Lower Austria); transformed into the Semperit Gummiwerke GmbH in 1906; as Semperit Österreichisch-Amerikanische Gummiwerke AG cooperated with most of the rubber factories of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy from 1912. Development of the world´s first winter tyre in 1936. The tyre and technology department became an independent division in 1983 (Semperit AG Holding) and Continental Gummiwerke AG (Hanover) took over the majority of the shares in 1985. In 1999, a turnover of ATS 4.7 billion was achieved with a workforce of 1,823 in the parent company in Traiskirchen, the only tyre manufacturing plant in Austria. The export rate amounts to 66 %.
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