(ANSA) - UDINE - Spar Austria Group - which includes Aspiag Service, along with Spar organizations in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary - continues to grow. In 2016 it recorded an overall 13.80bn turnover, that is up 4.8% over the previous year. This growth was highlighted today by the CEO of Aspiag Service (dealer for Despar, Eurospar and Interspar in Northeast Italy and Emilia Romagna), Arcangelo Francesco Montalvo, who presented in Udine today the first 2016 financial statements.

''The solidity of the European network we belong to is an additional guarantee for our future - said the president of Spar Austria Rudolf Staudinger - and will help us face the challenges of the coming years, beginning with the growth of our presence in Emilia Romagna''. Starting on January 1, 2017, Montalvo cooperates with President Rudolf Staudinger and the other two CEOs, Harald Antley and Paul Klotz.