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Economy
The Carinthian industry currently fluctuates between concern and trust. According to a business-to-business survey, supply chains are beginning to stabilize again. A third of companies also want to carry out their planned investments. But many companies expect great challenges even after the corona virus crisis.
In half of Carinthia’s industrial companies, production is still fully operational. This was the result of a survey carried out by the Federation of Industrialists (IV) among 85 member companies. More than a third expect that the gradual relaxation of the measures will have positive effects.
Problem: availability of employees and raw materials.
In terms of supply chains, this survey shows a significant improvement. After all, 21 percent of companies view their supply chains as “at risk.” The main problem for those companies that have to start production again is the order situation, followed by the availability of employees, raw materials and services.
IV Climate President IV Timo Springer evaluates it as positive. Almost a third of companies want to make investments. If they were postponed, it would be mainly due to falling demand, but also due to insufficient capital and debt. “In times of crisis, many companies subordinate almost everything to obtaining liquidity,” Springer said.
One in five wants to rethink the business model
The situation is difficult for the construction industry, especially since there have been no construction negotiations since the beginning of the “closure”. There is still great uncertainty about how things will continue after the crisis. Half of companies anticipate an even clearer increase in digitization. Almost half of the respondents believe that awareness of hygiene measures will remain. Almost a third want their organization to be more resistant to crises, and a fifth want to completely rethink its business model.
