Technologie

Technology: In the 20th century technological progress has been less due to individual Inventions and Inventors, than to academic and industrial technology centres. Internationally competitive technological developments by Austrian firms have since 1945 mostly been active in the fields of automation, manufacturing and process engineering (Emco Maier Ges. m. b. H., GFM at Steyr), control and communications engineering and electronics (Philips Industrie GmbH, Siemens AG Österreich, Ericsson Austria AG, Alcatel Austria AG, Elin), semiconductor technology and printed board manufacturing (Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG), engine development (AVL LIST GmbH in Graz, BMW Motoren GmbH at Steyr) and environmental engineering (BWT-AG). In the field of high-tech development, both hardware and software development at Hagenberg im Mühlkreis, Upper Austria, also deserve mention. The LD process and theCorex^® process developed by VOEST VOEST, Vereinigte Österreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke are innovative technologies applied in the steel industries.