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Where Austria’s School Blackboards Are Made

From Der Standard · () German

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  • The Upper Austrian company Furthner manufactures nearly 70 percent of Austria’s school blackboards.
  • Its products range from traditional chalkboards to touchscreen displays.
  • The company’s work connects the start of the school year with familiar classroom rituals such as chalk, wet sponges and board duty.

With the start of the school year, chalk and classroom board duty return, at least where classrooms have not switched to whiteboards. In Upper Austria, the company Furthner makes nearly 70 percent of the country’s school blackboards.

The small firm is based in Zell an der Pram. Its products cover almost the entire range, from traditional chalkboards to touchscreen displays.

The sight of a Furthner board evokes the rituals of school life: a student called to the front, a wet sponge used to erase the chalk, and the familiar fear that a badly cleaned board could mean an extension of board duty.

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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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