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Visit to the Technology Centre Seestadt of the Vienna Business Agency

The Vienna Business Agency invited us on 27 November 2025 to a presentation of its Technology Centre Seestadt in Seestadt, a new city area of the 22nd district of Vienna.

We were welcomed by Jan Riepl, International Business Team Leader, Gerald Spennadel, Real Estate and Camilla Munksgaard of the Technology Centre Seestadt, who offered us a presentation of the current activities and commercial tenants as well as the history of the development of the Centre.

The TZ3 Technology Centre Seestadt is a sustainable innovation hub designed for forward-thinking companies. It provides energy-efficient infrastructure and a collaborative environment for startups, scale-ups, R&D teams, and tech leaders. The building is a low-energy facility certified with the ÖGNB Gold standard. It features CO₂-controlled ventilation with heat recovery and energy-efficient concrete core activation within a highly insulated structure. An optimized façade design maximizes daylight use and reduces energy demand through external sun protection. Energy is supplied from renewable sources such asgroundwater, heat pumps, and photovoltaic systems.

Furthermore we were informed about the activities of The Vienna Business Agency which is dedicated to strengthening and promoting Vienna as a business location on behalf of the City of Vienna. The Vienna Business Agency supports ventures that advance sustainability, innovation, quality of life and diversity in Vienna. Local and international companies at all stages of their business development can make use of its services.



After the presentation of the Vienna Business Agency and it's Technology Centre Seestadt we were invited to one of its established companies, the Chocolate Factory Xocolat. This family business produces a wide range of choclates of highest qality crafted by hand. 



Co-owner Mr. Werner Meisinger showed us around and informed us about the current situation of the chocolate market as well as the worldwide cocoa market. He emphsized that he had since years the same reliable West African suppliers. Xocolat is well known by the quality and veriety of its products, which are sold in its own outlets in Vienna and some more branches in other cities of Austria.



At the end we were invited to a lovely tasting of a wide variety of chocolates and gifted with chocolate bars of our choice.