Air-conditioning and ventilation specialist TROX Austria has been selected once again as this year's winner in the competition "Austrian Leading Companies" in the category Golden Central Structures. A crucial factor in the decision was the company's huge growth in sales of 51.9 percent in the past three years.

The company's branches in the Eastern European region played a major role in this sales record. Based in Vienna, TROX Austria is responsible for sales in Austria and in the Central- and Eastern European (CEE) countries. It has branches in Poland, the CzechRepublic, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. Lutz Reuter and his two Co-CEOs, Johannes Beilein and Reinhard Grill, invested primarily in the recruitment and training of new staff in 2007 and 2008. "We want to continue to expand our staff in 2009 and 2010," announced Grill. And they intend to do so despite the fact that the ventilation specialist hasn't entirely escaped the impact of the financial crisis.

"As with our product portfolio we are entirely dependent on the development of building construction, in 2009 we also witnessed the effects of the current financial crisis in the CEE countries," said Lutz Reuter. Nevertheless, 2009 should be the third best year since the company was founded, revealed Lutz Reuter.

The competition is held every year by the PWC accountancy firm, the Austrian Wirtschaftsblatt and the association for the protection of creditors (Kreditschutzverband 1870). The development of sales, profit and equity capital over the past three years are some of the factors that come into play in the assessment.

TROX is the leader in the development, manufacturing, and sales of components and systems for indoor ventilation and air conditioning.

With 25 subsidiaries across 22 countries and 14 production plants, TROX is the European market leader for ventilation and air-conditioning systems and enjoys worldwide success. Founded in 1951, TROX, which has 3,000 employees, earned more than EUR 380 million in revenues worldwide in 2008. With more than 25 sales offices and over 50 representatives and importers, TROX products and concepts are known all over the globe.

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