AMAG (Austria Metall AG) is situated in the village Ranshofen which is belonging to Braunau am Inn (Upper Austria) and was founded in 1938. It is the biggest company in the Austrian Aluminium industry sector.
Facts(2003)
550 Mio. € turnover
1.500 employees
Companies
Austria Metall AG (holding) AMAG automotive GmbH AMAG casting GmbH AMAG extrusion GmbH AMAG metall GmbH AMAG rolling GmbH AMAG service GmbH 33% at Hamburger Aluminiumwerk GmbH, Germany 20% at Aluminerie Alouette, Elektrolyse in Quebec, Canada
AMAG is not only the Swiss importer of VW/Audi vehicles but it is also a network of agencies and points of sale, as well as a provider of spare parts and accessories, servicing and follow-up.
AMAG trains all its sales personnel to understand the vehicles and to know their technical details.
If collaborators work in an agreeable environment—and an AMAG showroom is visually very attractive—and feel they have mastered their trade then they will be more at ease and motivated to serve the client.
The main research focus of AMAG is modeling the behavior of asphalt and asphalt concrete.
The approach that AMAG takes is one that is theoretically based, which is different from the traditional empirically-based models.
The continuing research in AMAG includes the application of the current model to a number of mixtures to study the effects mixture properties such as gradation, asphalt and air void contents have on the model parameters.