The business community was completely surprised on Friday evening by the death of Strabag boss Klemens Haselsteiner. The 44-year-old leaves a hole in Austria’s largest construction group that will be difficult to fill. Although listed on the stock exchange and divided among several investors, one person in particular pulls the strings in the company: who will put Hans Peter Haselsteiner at the top?
Klemens Haselsteiner had only been at the helm of the billion-dollar company with 78,000 employees for two years – and yet he had already left a clear footprint. His goals: automation and decarbonization. He was a point of contact for young companies, had robots on construction sites compare construction progress with plans using cameras and laser scanners, automated construction site barriers and road markings. The young CEO relied on sustainable innovations – from green facades to particulate-absorbing moss to asphalt that reduces pollutants.
Source: Krone
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