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Craftsmanship in the rain of medals
The winners of the European Skills Championship “EuroSkills” were chosen. Team Austria competed among a total of 400 participants and won an impressive 33 medals.
Craftsmanship in the rain of medals
The EuroSkills took place at the Schwarzl leisure center in Unterpremstätten, Styria, from September 23rd to 25th. Team Austria won a total of 33 medals, including around 14 medals for craft disciplines. For example, gold for concrete construction, refrigeration and air conditioning technology, stonemasons, painters and bricklayers. Silver for plastering and drywall construction, plumbing and heating technology, welding, truck technology, electrical engineering and furniture carpentry. Bronze for plumbers, automotive technicians and tilers. Ronald Brunäcker, who works at MLM Matthias Limp Mobilservice in Donnerskirchen in Burgenland, won the silver medal in the truck technology competition, and Daniel Edlinger from Josef Harb GmbH in Weiz, Styria, won the bronze medal in the automotive technology competition.
Future of crafts
Willi Trumler, Managing Director of Würth and Diamond Sponsor of EuroSkills, is enthusiastic: "In the past few days, the young talents have demonstrated their passion for crafts and helped to bring their professions into the spotlight. In doing so, they have made an important contribution to the future of crafts in Austria." Würth provided a wide variety of tools and machines as well as extensive operating facilities and workshop equipment for the competitions and construction. A total of around 4.5 tons of material ended up at the EuroSkills event - this corresponds to the weight of a medium-sized killer whale.