Palfinger: Lifitng solutions provider PALFINGER has issued an ESG-linked promissory note loan with a volume of EUR 150 million. Around 40 investors from Austria and abroad have participated in the promissory note loan. "Especially in this challenging economic environment, I see this as a strong vote of confidence in the Palfinger group,” says CEO Felix Strohbichler. The company will use the promissory note loan to refinance maturing loans and finance the investments planned for 2023. The terms of the promissory note loan are linked to two sustainability KPIs: production related carbon emissions and the accident rate. The achievement of sustainability KPIs is audited annually, with a margin step-up/down if the target values are reached or are not achieved.

Rosenbauer: The Rosenbauer Group’s revenues were on a par with the previous year at € 972.2 million in 2022 (2021: € 975.1 million). Pressure on international supply chains and commodity markets as well as one-time effects from the industry’s leading trade show Interschutz and restructuring measures, led to a negative EBIT of € -10.6 million (2021: € 35.0 million). The EBIT margin was -1,1% (2021: 3.6%). Demand for Rosenbauer firefighting technology was extremely strong in 2022 as well, with incoming orders of € 1,230.0 million marking a new record (2021: € 1,064.3 million). The Rosenbauer Group’s order backlog of € 1,469.7 million as of December 31, 2022 (2021: € 1,145.2 million) was significantly higher than consolidated revenues for the year.

S Immo: Austrian based real estate company S Immo completed the acquisition of three office buildings and one hotel in the Czech Republic from CPI Property Group. The assets include the Mayhouse and Luxembourg Plaza offices in Prague, ZET.office in Brno, and the Courtyard by Marriott Prague City hotel. The four assets have a total value of EUR 167.7m and generate annual income of close to EUR 8.4m. The transaction qualifies as a related party transaction, as CPI Property Group holds 88.4% of S Immo’s shares.

RHI Magnesita: Refractory company RHI Magnesita announces the acquisition of the Europe, India and US operations of Seven Refractories for cash consideration of approximately €93 million. Seven Refractories is a specialist supplier of non-basic monolithic refractory mixes with broad applications across all of the Group's customer segments including iron and steel, cement, aluminium and non-ferrous metals.