• Company subsidies in Austria: subsidy management, from review, to making the application, up to settlement
• to internationalisation projects: the offer includes extensive subsidy expertise for investment projects abroad such as optimisation of refinancing as well as the use of national and international subsidy programmes
• Export finance: making full use of all insurance and financing opportunities within and outside Austria (e.g. OeKB, Hermes, Coface, KfW, EIB, EIF). Advisory services include the following topics
  - Structured export finance: investment in foreign companies and complex projects as well as build-operate-transfer models
  - Working capital management for export-orientated companies: the use of government and private credit insurance in combination with refinancing instruments
  - Long-term export finance: transaction-linked loans
• Up to the subsidy database: Accurate identification of relevant subsidy programmes in individual cases with the following priorities
  - Research, development and innovation
  - Regional subsidies
  - Environmental protection
  - SMEs
  - Training and education
  - Rescue and restructuring measures

open subsidy database

Know-how about subsidies allows companies to reduce their financing costs.
The EU stipulates the following focal points for this purpose:

• Research, development and innovation
• Small and medium-sized enterprises*)
• Regional subsidies
• Environment protection
• Training and education
• Rescue and restructuring measures

*) European Commission's definition of SMEs: small enterprises are independent enterprises with up to 50 employees and an annual turnover of up to EUR 10 million or total assets of EUR 10 million. Medium-sized enterprises are enterprises with up to 250 employees and an annual turnover of up to EUR 50 million or total assets of up to EUR 43 million. Large enterprises exceed these thresholds.

In the subsidy database, we make a distinction between Austria-wide subsidies and subsidies in the federal states. The programmes are analysed in a uniform manner according to EU focal points (EU logic) on a one-page-system. The transport, agricultural products, agriculture, forestry and tourism sectors were taken into consideration under the sector focal points.

The subsidy database also contains subsidies for internationalisation measures, financing and hedging programmes, which are presented via the export financing procedures of Oesterreichische Kontrollbank, OeKB, and in cooperation with international credit insurance agencies. These subsidies for companies operating internationally are summarised under the sector focal point “Exports”.

You can find over 100 important programmes for companies.

High quality information and advice on markets, technologies and products are more important than ever for decision makers in the private sector and in the public sector in view of technological changes and the globalisation of competition. The increasing complexity of the competitive environment demands the rapid and efficient use of resources.

ETECH CONSULT therefore offers its customers analyses and consulting services in markets, technologies and products. Typical reasons for requiring advice are:

• the strategic development and reorientation of business segments
• the identification of new expanding markets
• the search for sales partners or planned growth through acquisitions

In the Technology Subsidies division, we provide companies and research establishments with support in obtaining suitable development programmes focusing on research and development with the aim of implementing innovative ideas and reducing financing costs.
The team members at ETECH CONSULT have many years’ project experience in industry and management consultancy, extensive market and sector knowledge as well as technical expertise.

Volksbank AG – Investkredit’s Kyoto Competence Centre (Kyo-Ko) supports Austrian industry in coping with the challenges in connection with the Kyoto protocol and the emissions trading system in the EU.

The Kyo-Ko sees itself as a partner in all issues relating to climate protection and advises companies on suitable individual climate strategies and in encouraging operational environmental protection measures. The Kyo-Ko also supports companies affected by emissions trading in the requisite certificate transactions.

Kommunalkredit Public Consulting – a 100 % subsidiary of Kommunalkredit Austria AG acts as programme manager for the implementation of the Austrian JI/CDM programmme (Joint Implementation/Clean Development Meachnism-Progamm). Investkredit Bank AG is also a founding member of the privately organised registration service office, ECRA, Emission Certificate Registry Austria GmbH.