Building of the salt works:

• Ground-breaking ceremony on 15 August 1976
• Inauguration on 31 August 1979
• On 6 June 1979 the first grains of salt are produced by the evaporator

Construction costs: 54,50 Mio. EUR, of which 11 million were set aside for environmental protection

Employees (June 2009): 210 in Ebensee (95 salaried employees and 115 workers), 349 people in total

Certificates:

• IFS (International Food Standard)
• ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 (Environmental Audit)
• Bio-certificate
• Pharmaceutical manufacturer
• GMP certificate (pharmaceutical salt)
• CEP

Annual production: capacity: 1,100,000 tonnes of salt per year (financial year 2009: 978,000 t)

Daily production: approximately 3350 tonnes max Annual turnover in € (financial year 2009): 93 million.

Current investments: Up until Autumn 2007, Österreichischen Salinen AG was producing around 800,000 tonnes of vacuum salt per year in Ebensee. After the production capacity had been boosted through investments of around €100 million (including a fourth evaporator, a third storeroom, a warehouse for finished goods and numerous auxiliary components), since November 2007 annual output has reached 1.1 million tonnes and the storage volume 300,000 tonnes. Although less noticeable, the switch from heating oil to natural gas was financially and ecologically important. The use of natural gas means that almost no sulphur dioxide and significantly less nitrogen gases are emitted.