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<p>Carinthia's business and industry need you! Do you have an innovative business idea or product? Then the Southside Founders Battle is just right for you!</p><p>On March 11, 2022, the Southside Founders Battle will occur for the first time, ONLINE.</p><p>You will gain insights into the… More

<p>Robots in their many forms will influence essential areas of our economic and everyday life in addition to traditional manufacturing.&nbsp;</p><p>With ROBOTICS in the Lakeside Technology Park, JOANNEUM RESEARCH addresses the need for application-oriented research for these technologies at the… More

<p>Since the kick-off event, a lot has happened: many projects and a strong network have emerged.</p><p>INNOVATE is Austria's center for digitalization in agriculture, forestry, timber, and energy.</p><p>We are pleased about the extensive activities of INNOVATE and greet our colleagues. In… More

<p>Green Tech Jam: 48 hours of hacking for a greener future</p><p>Be creative. Be green. Be a green tech jammer.</p><p>From March 25th to 26th, students from all disciplines have the opportunity to put their creativity and skills to the test.</p><p>At the Green Tech Jam, they team up to find… More

<p>Enclosed are the links to our most viewed videos:</p><p>LAM Research: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXKNGTbkCd">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXKNGTbkCd</a></p><p>Koralm Tunnel: <a… More

<p>Carinthia's business and industry need you! Do you have an innovative business idea or product? Then the Southside Founders Battle is just right for you!</p><p>On March 11, 2022, the Southside Founders Battle will occur for the first time, ONLINE.</p><p>You will gain insights into the… More

<p class="BriefbogenSeite1">Cyclical is the holistic approach of BABEG.</p><p class="BriefbogenSeite1">The initiatives and projects in research, technology, and innovation management support the innovation structure of the state of Carinthia in a targeted manner and improve it selectively. Core… More

<p>This year, BABEG handled 202 projects with various services in business settlement. Regarding geographical distribution, 35% came from Italy, 23% from Slovenia, 22% from Germany and Austria, and 20% from the rest of the world.</p><p>One hundred thirty-two of these projects are in the central… More

<p>BABEG follows its goal within its RTI strategy to promote sustainable and environmentally friendly projects and be a proactive part of them. The know-how built up within the framework of projects is also to be made available to other cities in Carinthia. A knowledge transfer between the… More

<p>A new survey commissioned by the engineering and design company AFRY shows that young Europeans prefer to live in small cities with less than 100 000 inhabitants. Only one in ten wants to live in cities with more than 1 million inhabitants and affordable housing is the most important factor when… More

<p><strong>UAV Competence Center Carinthia</strong></p><p>In recent years, a good value chain and a comprehensive infrastructure have formed around the topic of unmanned aerial vehicles in Carinthia. Reason enough for us to communicate the activities of the individual entities together to the… More

Lakeside Park, an internationally recognised innovation centre, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. The combination of business, education, research & development and the unique landscape creates a great environment for innovation. At present, around 70 companies - mostly of the information and… More

In autumn the Coding School Wörthersee officially starts into its second semester. After five months of training, it will be possible toacquirethe profession as a certified software developer and thus, train qualified specialists. More

Start-up companies and scale-ups from across the Alpine-Adriatic region met at the international PODIM Conference in Maribor/Slovenia on 21 and 22 May. More

BABEG | Invest in Carinthia organised two site presentations in Italy in cooperation with ABA | Invest in Austria, the WKO trade agents and Business Network International (BNI) on 21 May. More

Carinthia presented itself as an ideal business and innovation location to 70 Croatian companies in Zagreb, Croatia, on 15 May at the invitation of the Croatian Economic Chamber. More

BABEG presented Carinthia as a location for business, technology and research at the Innovation Day for German medium-sized companies in Berlin/Germany on 9 May 2019. More

A major task of BABEG is implementing innovative projects in the "Research-Technology-Innovation" field – or RTI Management for short – in Carinthia. A professional inter-city exchange between the cities of Pordenone/Italy and Villach/Austria on Monday, 29 April 2019 was the perfect venue for Dr.… More

German cluster manager Sascha Stöppelkamp of the Bavarian Information Communication Technology Cluster (BICCnet) visited Carinthia to find out more about the unique advantages of Carinthia as a business location and its technology parks in Klagenfurt and Villach on a fact-finding mission from 16 to… More

A B2B Consultation Day on the topic of internationalisation was held at the start-up incubator t2i in Treviso, Italy, on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. More

BABEG | Invest in Carinthia and ABA (Austrian Business Agency for Invest in Austria) held a Consultation and Open Day in Bologna/Italy on Tuesday, 2 April 2019. More

BABEG represented Carinthia at Europe's leading trade show on Industry 4.0, the Hannover Messe in Germany, from 1 - 5 April 2019. More

Carinthia was represented by BABEG at the Let’s Cluster Summit of the Silicon Alps Cluster in Graz. From 25th to 27th of March over 700 representitives of the microelectronic sector met each other in Graz. More

Consultation days for Slovenian entrepreneurs on the topic of "Expansion to Carinthia/Austria" were held in the two Slovenian cities of Gradec on 27 February and Celje on 12 March 2019. Both events were organised together with the local economic chambers. More

BABEG – Invest in Carinthia, ABA – Invest in Austria, the Trade Representatives Association of the Austrian Economic Chamber and the International Trade Centre Padua, Italy invited entrepreneurs from Udine and Treviso to a double information event under the motto "Fare impresa in Austria"… More

INFINITY is the major project to investigate the influence of different environmental conditions on photovoltaic systems. 14 partners from science and industry produced pioneering results for a new generation of photovoltaic systems More

Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt drives research projects dedicated to the optimisation of freight transports. Mathematics is seen as the tool to improve planning. More

The Austrian trade delegation organised a very special come-together in Dusseldorf on Tuesday, 30 October to mark the Austrian National Day that is celebrated on October 26th. "Best of Austria – Music meets R&D" was the motto for the presentation of Austria/Carinthia as a business location at the… More

Our colleagues from Lakeside Science & Technology Park were recently honoured with a very special award: the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation acknowledged the commitment of EduLabs with third place in its international ranking. A big kudos and congratulations! More

Scientists follow the example of nature in the development of Industry 4.0 algorithms in the SWILT research project. More

Carinthia, the southernmost federal province of Austria, located in the border triangle of Italy, Slovenia and Austria, is not only a convincing location due to its fantastic natural landscape but also due to its first-class technological competence. Internationally operating flagship competencies… More

Carinthia becomes a hotspot for talented programmers More

Foreign companies are increasingly relying on Austria as a research and industrial nation. Companies in Austria with a foreign parent company account for a hefty 51% of all corporate research expenditures More

The smart city company cleaned up in two categories at the Central European Start-up Awards in Vienna and was named Austria’s ‘Start-up of the Year 2017’. More

On 13 September 2017, the Carinthian Business Development Agency BABEG and ABA-Invest invited guests to their location presentation on ‘Austria and Carinthia for Beginners’. Slovenian companies interested in pursuing internationalisation were able to learn more about the advantages of Austria as a… More

The CTR Carinthian Tech Research center has a successful 20 year history. Celebrations were held with the customers, partners, owners and employees at the High Tech Campus Villach. More

The ‘SensoFood – Smart Sensors für Healthy Cooking’ research project by Philips Austria Klagenfurt, CTR Carinthian Tech Research and partners, the Medical University of Innsbruck and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU) gained certificate of recognition for the best… More

On May 16, 2017, the DMC Shop business from San Marino opened its new site in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. The Austrian, German and Swiss markets will be handled from Klagenfurt in the future. More

The RoboCup German Open took place at the Messe Magdeburg from May 5 to 7, 2017. The robotics team from the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences took first place in the overall rankings of the ‘Rescue Robot League’ discipline with their TRUDI rescue robot, beating teams from Hungary, France,… More

A team of mathematicians from the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt have increased the efficiency of delivery routes for a global retail brand in England by 10%. This represents a cost reduction of several million euros each year for the company. More

On April 27, 2017, the BABEG invited Italian entrepreneurs from the Padua region to engage in a business dialogue about Carinthia and Austria as a location. More

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, March 2017 – The ‘Silicon Alps’ microelectronics cluster which was launched last year in Styria and Carinthia is now up and running. The head office in Villach recently had its official opening. Carinthia will become a role model region in the microelectronics industry. More

With a grand opening, the company launched the production of fencing systems in the IGP Intercommunal Industrial and Commercial Park in Völkermarkt. Since laying the first foundation stone in 2014, the company has invested approx. € 1.5 million. A production facility with adjoining storage, sale and… More

Carinthian Tech Research (CTR) invests 4.5 million Euro in a clean room for research into microsensors and system integration. The Province of Carinthia is supporting this investment in high-tech equipment. More

Klagenfurt, 11th January 2017 – In 2016, 27 foreign companies settled in Carinthia with the help of the BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding and the Austrian Business Agency, ABA-Invest in Austria. These investments will create approximately 160 new jobs over the… More

Without an enterprising spirit, additional education and training opportunities, there is a risk that existing human potential will go undiscovered. Consequently, Carinthia is focusing on setting up the educational lab to minimise Carinthia’s brain drain and promote a sense of community. More