OIAG to become an infrastructure holding

Politics ♦ Published: July 23, 2010; 00:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

The OIAG aims to become an infrastructure holding company. The federal real estate company (BIG), Verbund (energy), Asfinag (infrastructure) and parts of the ÖBB (railway) will be slowly integrated in an ÖIAG structure.

OIAG to become an infrastructure holding / Picture: © Österreichische Industrieholding AG (ÖIAG)

Rail Cargo Austria (RCA) and the BIG as ideal privatization candidate

After the sale of Austrian Airlines (AUA) to the German Lufthansa, the holdings of OIAG are now manageable.

The Social Democrats (SPÖ) have in the past repeatedly asked to disintegrate the state holding company, which was vehemently opposed by the People’s Party (ÖVP).

The OIAG aims to become…