    omv (formerly "Ãsterreichische mineralÃ¶lverwaltung", Ãmv), is an integrated international oil and gas company, headquartered in vienna. its main businesses are exploration and production of oil and gas, natural gas distribution and power generation, and refining and marketing oil products. with group sales of â¬42.41&nbsp;billion, a global workforce of 26,800 in 2013 and a market capitalization of â¬11.35 billion (end of 2013), omv is the largest listed manufacturing company in austria.omv annual report 2013 ==history==  omv (Ãmv as it was known then) originated in 1956 as a joint-stock company formed out of "sowjetischen mineralÃ¶lverwaltung" (smv). four years later, in 1960, the company opened the schwechat refinery near vienna.  at the end of 1987, 15% of omv was privatized, making it the first public listing of a state-owned company in austria. in 1989, omv acquired a 25% stake in plastics group, borealis. in 1990 the company opened its first filling station in vienna-auhof on 24 june 1990. the international petroleum investment company (ipic) of abu dhabi acquired an initial 19.6% interest in the group at the end of 1994. the following year, the group changed its name from "Ãmv" to "omv" because the umlaut on the "Ã" is not commonly used in many languages. in the early 2000s, omv expanded into eastern europe, by acquiring around 10% of hungarian oil company, mol and in 2003 it acquired the upstream division of germanyâs preussag energie, expanding its filling station networks. in 2004, omv became the market leader in central and eastern europe following the acquisition of 51% of romanian oil and gas group petrom which constitutes the largest acquisition in omvâs history. in the same year, 
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