AUSTRIA: QUESTER GROWING WITH BAUPROFI, SCHOMER

Article Abstract:

Quester is to raise the number of Bauprofi builders' merchant franchise stores from 45 to 100 by 2004. Quester is taking over from Baumax four builders' merchant stores of Schomer in Bruck/Mur, Moosbierbaum, Modling and St. Polten. The stores employ about 80 staff and generate an annual turnover of Sch 450mn. The Schomer store in Klosterneuburg is to be integrated with a Baumax one. The one in Achau will be closed, and buyer is sought for the Schomer outlets in Graz, Leibnitz and Villach. By taking over the builders' merchant operations of Baumax owner Karlheinz Essl, Quester raises annual turnover to Sch 4.6bn. The group employs 1,100 staff at 30 locations.

New capacity, new plant construction, Quester Capital Management

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AUSTRIA: BAUMAX DIVESTS BUILDERS' MERCHANT ARM

Article Abstract:

Karl Heinz Essl, the owner of Baumax, has sold to Quester the builders' merchant companies Baumgartner, Buttinghaus of Stankt Polten and Schomer. The latter two companies are reportedly not very profitable. Thus Quester becomes Austria's leading builders' merchant group. In 2000 it took over the construction materials chain Stadlbauer AG. The latest acquisition raises the turnover of Quester to Sch 4bn. The Austrian builders' merchant market is worth about Sch 35bn, which is shared by about 200 small and medium-sized operators.

Sales & consumption, BAUMAX DIVESTS BUILDERS, Baumgartner Inc.

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AUSTRIA: RIVALRY AMONG BUILDERS MERCHANTS

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Vienna-based Quester will continue to seek to strengthen its presence on the Upper Austrian market, after it failed to gain control of the troubled Wels-based construction materials chain Stadlbauer. The latter was acquired by C. Bergmann, a construction materials trader based in Traun. With an annual turnover of Sch 2.7bn, Bergmann is now ranked first in Upper Austria, Salzburg and western Austria. Quester has an annual turnover of Sch 2.4bn. It is eyeing cooperation with and acquisitions of smaller traders in Upper Austria.

Quester, C. Bergmann, Stadlbauer

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