A fire broke out 21 July in one of the eight production halls at Austrian EPS specialist Hirsch Servo's (Glanegg; www.hirsch-gruppe.com) production site at its home location in Glanegg. The burning hall is used for some of the manufacturing processes involved in EPS tiles for heated flooring. Thus, production has been temporarily brought to a halt. Other production areas on the site were not affected by the fire.

According to local media, 160 firefighters were deployed at the scene to extinguish the fire. It has not yet been determined what caused the blaze to start. The company also has no information regarding a cost estimate of the damage from the fire.

Hirsch Servo management has stated that despite the temporary work stoppage, there should be no delays in the delivery of the EPS tiles for heated flooring. The company explained that it can shift production duties to other facilities; however, it doubts this measure will be necessary as it believes it will soon be running its production line again. The Austrian company, which also manufactures machinery, has ten production sites in Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Italy.