During his trip through the county of Deutschlandsberg, provincial councillor Buchmann took a stop at Frigopol to see his motto "innovation in series" coming alive. Accompanied by the head of the local chamber of commerce Margareta Deix, member of the Styrian parliament Manfred Kainz, chairman of the L601 initiative Gunther Riedlsperger, councillor of the local chamber of commerce Herbert Naderer and SFG authorized officer Erich Steiner, Buchmann visited the production and administrative site of Frigopol in Frauental. Highly impressed by the ample innovation and manifold product portfolio of the middle-sized company, the group came to discuss the necessary economic impulses in order to support the economic drive in the county of Deutschlandsberg. "We truly trust the economic representatives of the Styrian economy. However, we have also experienced the problems when recruiting local staff with technical working experiences", says co-owner Rinner to Buchmann. Frigopol MD Herunter agrees: "There is need for action if local enterprises want to exist on the international market!" Buchmann, who is not only responsible for the economy department, but also takes care of the departments of innovation and finance in Styria, was also able to take a look at the R & D project, which has been handed in at the Austrian Förderungsgesellschaft (FFG, management of funds for R & D projects) by Frigopol. Buchman emphasized the importance of supporting ideas and achievements and was inspired by the presented project.
Already for the second time, Frigopol took the opportunity to present the Frigopol group at the "Career Talk", organised by the FH Burgenland in Pinkafeld on May, 7th 2010.
The informal atmosphere created the perfect surrounding for both, companies and future young professionals, to get to know each other in short, pre-scheduled meetings of 15 minutes. The students of the Energy and Environment study courses presented their past working experiences and themselves as valuable future staff for participating companies.
Girls, who would like to gain some hands-on-experiences within non-typical girls' jobs, are offered the possibility to spend half a day at a company instead in school in order to see how such a job could look like.
Magdalena Gabriel and Lilith Kraxner, pupils of the HS Stainz, took the chance to gain some experience within the technical workforce. The girls got a first insight into our production processes and were absolutely enthusiastic - "how different this is to the everyday school life"! Lilith and Magdalena highly appreciated the chance to talk to women at Frigopol to see how work life could like within a technical business.
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A visit from the Vocational School of Amstetten, Lower Austria, is among the recurring dates in Frigopol's visitor calendar. The increasing number of pupils at the vocational school implies a renaissance of the apprenticeship of cooling systems technician. Pupils come together from all over Austriato get to know the theoretical basis of their apprenticeship. A major point of interest was the use of natural refrigerants and the production of the unique separating hood compressor.
Ing. Hans Rinner, CEO Frigopol Group, was invited to share his experiences regarding joint partnerships with small and medium-sized companies with the audience. Hans Albrecher, MD MehrData GmbH, who has proven to be a valuable partner for various kinds of enterprises for Frigopol, emphasized that in particular these kinds of business relations have become the backbone for an efficient and prospering economy with in Austria.
