The PLANSEE Group is a world leading manufacturer of powder metallurgical products based in Reutte

Reutte

Reutte is a market town in Tyrol, Austria. It is the administrative center of the Reutte district . Reutte is located on the Lech river, and has a population of 5,738 .- Neighbouring municipalities :...

, Tirol

Tyrol (state)

Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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The factory was situated in the current place because of its proximity to Plansee

Plansee

Plansee is a lake in the Tyrol, Austria, located at . Its surface is approximately 2.87 km² and its maximum depth is 78 metres.It lies on Austrian Federal Highway B 179, which crosses the Ammersattel into Germany....

, from which cheap hydroelectrity could be obtained, which was important in many of the processes used.

Owner: family-owned.

Sales revenue 2006: € 971 million

Workforce: 5,550 employees.