Germany-based chocolate maker Alfred Ritter is to buy Austrian assets from a US confectionery giant Germany-based chocolate maker Alfred Ritter is to buy a factory and a brand in Austria from US confectionery giant Mars Ritter will take over a production plant in the eastern Austrian town of Breitenbrunn in January 2021 and acquire the Amicelli brand of filled wafer rolls which it will continue to manufacture at the site It has also taken over two other brands from Mars which are not currently available in Austria and Germany: chocolate bar Banjo and chocolate roll product Fanfare Ritter CEO Andreas Ronken said the acquisition would add to the company’s manufacturing site in Waldenbuch in south-western Germany. “With the plant in Breitenbrunn we have found the appropriate property to supplement our production in Waldenbuch This expansion will enable us to enhance our flexibility and gradually increase our capacities.” Ritter said it plans to relocate to Breitenbrunn the production of special products such as its vegan range and Ritter Sport Rum as well as some varieties of its 100-gram range Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis Reports in the German media said 110 existing Mars employees at the Breitenbrunn plant will leave before the end of November just-food has asked Mars for confirmation of this and has also asked for further comment on the deal Nominations are now open for the prestigious Just Food Excellence Awards - one of the industry's most recognised programmes celebrating innovation This is your chance to showcase your achievements Don't miss the opportunity to be honoured among the best - submit your nomination today Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network The design for the „Masterplan Seebad Breitenbrunn“ was created in collaboration with ‘Best(un)Built’ and ‘Alles ist Landschaft’ within an EU-wide open competition call Even though we didn’t win we are happy about a nomination among the top 5 of a total of 50 participants The city of Breitenbrunn has been a secret hotspot for wind surfers for a while By setting up a Learning Center for wind and kite surfers as well as sailors (short form: WLCBB) this draft highlights the already existing potential of this place and develops a new vision: the new Center as a lively education- It will not only deal with the historical background and the development of wind sports over time but also host (inter)national exhibitions on that topic From the beginning all visitors are guided through the whole area by the dominate promenade green areas and attractive recreational areas The zigzag-course of the promenade is based on the typical course of a sailing ship and enables new perspectives towards the lake The harbour basin structures the area and also functions as a transition zone between the arrival and the recreation setting partly spatial separation of the different zones the design not only contributes to an increased comfort for the athletes but also increases the safety of all users The company will improve the look and accessibility of four stations along the route Austria’s national rail company ÖBB will complete renovation work on four stations along its Pannonia Railway line as part of a €4m ($4.4m) modernisation project for the line.  and Winden am See will receive an overhaul by the company including improvements to their accessibility with barrier-free equipment and guidance systems for blind passengers.  Other work will include the construction of technical rooms and platform rooves at all the stations as well as the renewal of platform equipment ÖBB said work will begin at three of the stations on 2 September with the modernisation of Schützen am Gebirge to start later on 30 September and all work is scheduled for completion on 29 November 2024.  The company will also be completing track covering renewals and maintenance work to compact the ballast bed on some sections of the line which will mean closures between 14 October and 22 November Work on the modernisation and maintenance project is jointly financed by ÖBB with the state of Burgenland and local municipalities for each station.  The project is one of many upgrades being implemented by ÖBB on Austria’s rail network, with the company also recently beginning preparations for an €878m expansion of the Werndorf – Spielfeld-Straß southern railway line in the state of Styria including modernisation works at all stations on the route Nominations are now open for the prestigious Railway Technology Excellence Awards - one of the industry's most recognised programmes celebrating innovation View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network a 37-year-old former physicist at Cern and now reed farmer checks stacks of reed at his storage at Weiden am See Austria: Once upon a time many homes in the picturesque Burgenland region of eastern Austria were thatched But now Jacobus van Hoorne's house is the only one in the entire neighbourhood with a reed roof And to get it approved he had to do battle for two years with the local authorities culminating in having to set fire to a model thatched house to prove that his home wouldn't be a fire hazard "You are practically not allowed to have reed roofs in Austria," said Van Hoorne the CERN particle physicist turned thatcher hopes to revive the ancient art as a part of more sustainable house building -- particularly as his reeds come from the region's UNESCO-listed salt-water lake but it also has great insulating properties," he told AFP You can just compost it and recycle the wire and unlike conventional materials whose manufacture requires lots of carbon to be burned Like straw and earth they have an almost negligible carbon footprint head of the Department of Ecological Building Technologies at the Vienna University of Technology marshlands and moors where reeds grow are some of the planet's main carbon sinks Yet one of the biggest stumbling blocks to sustainability is the construction industry which favours prefab building modules over ecological materials Van Hoorne and his father are in high demand and they also farm their own reeds locally