GERMANY (Xylon).- On 1st July the company Egger celebrated, along with 1000 guests, partners and friends in St. Johann in Tirol, his fiftieth birthday. In 1961 Fritz Egger senior founded in the Austrian town his first company of particle board. It was the start of an ever-expanding group in the world: the group now has 17 production units in 7 countries with about 6.500 employees.