ATTNANG-PUCHHEIM. Success in Apprenticeship Training: Design apprentice Kimberly Kraiser secured an outstanding 3rd place at the 2026 WKOÖ Apprentice Awards. At the awards ceremony held at the Business Club of the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz, she was honored alongside approximately 40 other award winners—a testament to the high quality of apprenticeship training and the dedication of young professionals in Upper Austria.
The 23rd annual industrial sector apprenticeship competition was fierce once again this year. A total of 744 second-year apprentices from 82 Upper Austrian industrial companies participated in the four-day competition. At 22 venues across Upper Austria, the young professionals of tomorrow demonstrated impressive dedication and enthusiasm for what they had learned during their training.
Kimberly Kraiser and 16 other STIWA apprentices, all of whom had earned a grade of 1 or 2, were invited to the awards ceremony. They were accompanied by Peter Sticht, CEO of STIWA Holding, and the apprentice trainers, Markus Prenninger (design department) and Bernhard Riedl (electrical engineering department). "We congratulate Kimberly and all our apprentices on this tremendous success. We are proud of their personal dedication and the achievements they have made during their training at our company,” said Peter Sticht.
The STIWA Group is a leading international company in the fields of automation, production, and software. It trains around 140 young people in eleven occupational groups worldwide, including in China and Germany, to the highest standards.
