GRAZ - The Business Location in Austria:

The Graz area is located in the southeast of the European Union. With 226.244 residents, Graz is both the capital of Styria and Austria’s second largest economic region.

Graz is ideally placed to connect the emerging markets of Central Europe with the Mediterranean area and northern Italy. But more than that, the city has become a highly innovative centre of business, science and culture.

Grazīs concentrated and networked know-how in the field of automobiles and telecommunications as well as information, environmental and medical technology offers a decisive competitive advantage.

This advantage has gained word-wide recognition, for instance, in the innovative business initiatives of the Styrian automotive cluster, which extends far beyond the Graz city limits to as far away as Slovenia and Hungary. In addition, which the eastward enlargement of the European Union, Graz is again positioning itself as an ideal starting-point for opening up the new markets.

Sound reasons for choosing Graz

Graz offers education.
Three universities with 30,000 students and numerous research, educational and development institutions provide the region with a highly qualified workforce.

Graz offers a friendly business climate.
The city purposefully promotes the founding and establishment of new businesses, always within a larger context. That’s why the city has also stepped up its promotion of innovation and competence centres.

Graz offers networking and innovation.
Close cooperation with universities and other research facilities has given Graz the reputation of being one of the most innovative locations in Europe.

Graz offers context.
You’ll be in good company when you establish your business presence in Graz: AVL-List, Magna-Graz, Jeep, the Centre for Large Engines and Joanneum Research are only a few of the companies and institutions that have given the city its reputation as a top location for high-tech companies.

Graz offers quality of life:
In the Old Town, now registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site, in its close proximity to the thermal springs and wine-growing regions of Styria, and in its cultural life which has made the city the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2003.

Information:
The Department for the Development of the Economy and Tourism support measures that promote the economic development of the city of Graz and offers services in the fields of company relocation, business promotion and tourism development.

Department for the Development of Economy and Tourism
Jungferngasse 3
A-8010 Graz
T: +43 316 872 4800
F: +43 316 872 4809
E: wirtschaft@stadt.graz.at
http://www.wirtschaft-graz.at