Turbulent times at Tiwag’s subsidiary, Achenseeschifffahrt-GmbH. The 2022 annual accounts include liabilities of 790,000 euros. The opposition now sees LH Anton Mattle as a duty and is not sparing with criticism.
As reported, approximately 17 employees will leave Achenseeschifffahrt-GmbH (ASG) at the end of March 2023. The audit office last had the company in its sights in 2010. The report states that ASG is “a 100% subsidiary of Tiwag”. It was run as part of Tiwag until July 1995, when it was spun off into a GmbH.
The fact is that Achenseeschifffahrt-GmbH, with three ships and a restaurant offering, is not part of the core activity of the Tyrolean state energy supplier. According to the 2022 annual accounts, the operation is not lucrative for Tiwag – on the contrary. Markus Sint, club chairman of the Lijst Fritz, knows this: “It is a great loss. With debts of around 790,000 euros, the company and the restaurant are making enormous losses. Ultimately, Tiwag customers pay for this loss-making business.”
“It must be questioned mercilessly”
Sint sees LH Anton Mattle (ÖVP) as owner, the supervisory board and the management of Tiwag as a duty. “You must quickly present the Tyrolean population with an honest cost-benefit calculation. One should ruthlessly ask whether Tiwag needs Achenseeschifffahrt-GmbH or whether the company would be better in other hands,” he says, adding: “According to the motto ‘Schuster stick to your last’, Tiwag does not need to sail ships and serving beer ‘But it must ensure the energy supply of the people in Tyrol.’ As long as Tiwag digs deeper into the pockets of the Tyroleans than ever before due to high electricity prices, there should be no additional money for new restaurants and the like in the Achenseeschifffahrt-GmbH area, says Sint.
New processes needed
Neos club chairman Dominik Oberhofer also calls for clarification: “If the accusations are true, this will obviously have a very bad reflection on the company, but also on Tiwag. Those responsible must quickly put all cards on the table.” In general, he wants to discuss the business model of the state energy supplier: “Tiwag needs a new structural process. There is no need to reorganize in terms of personnel, but the business units must also be discussed. Why does a state energy supplier also run a shipping company, including catering, which apparently faces the same management problems as the parent company? The government must quickly investigate the Tiwag structures at all levels.”
“They were elusive and ignored everything”
Markus Abwerzger, leader of the FP state party, also noted: “The turbulence in business behavior has been going on for a long time. Tiwag has neglected Achenseeschifffahrt-GmbH for a long time. There was no intervention in questionable purchases and deals. The Tiwag board and the works council were unreachable and ignored the grievances for years. It is therefore important that Tiwag and its subsidiaries are quickly reorganized in terms of structure and personnel.”
Source: Krone
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