AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is Austria's largest Research and Technology Organization (RTO), employing about 1,300 people mostly based at the main facilities Vienna Tech Gate, Vienna TECHbase, Seibersdorf, Wiener Neustadt, Ranshofen and Graz.
In June 2009 the name was changed from Austrian Research Centers (ARC) to AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH.
It is owned by the
Republic of Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine States of Austria, states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, th ...
(through the
Ministry of Transport
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with 50.46% and by the
Federation of Austrian Industries The Federation of Austrian Industries ( de: ''Industriellenvereinigung'', short form IV) is the voluntary and independent representation of interests of Austrian industry
and its related sectors.
The IV maintains a wide net of contacts and relation ...
with 49.54%).
The managing directors are Anton Plimon and Wolfgang Knoll.
Organization
Centers
The company is structured in eight Centers:
* Energy
* Health & Bioresources
* Digital Safety & Security
* Vision, Automation & Control
* Mobility Systems
* Low-Emission Transport
* Technology Experience
* Innovation Systems & Policy
Subsidiaries
AIT has the following wholly owned subsidiaries:
* Seibersdorf Labor GmbH
* Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf GmbH
* Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen GmbH - LKR
See also
*
ASTRA (reactor) ASTRA was a type of nuclear research reactor built in Seibersdorf, Austria near Vienna, at the site of the former Austrian Reactor Center Seibersdorf which now forms part of the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT). The acronym stands for Adapt ...
External links
*https://www.ait.ac.at/
Research institutes in Austria
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