AUSTRIA (Notifix).- The Blum Group achieved pleasing growth in the 2010/2011 financial year ended 30 June, 2011. The company was able to increase turnover by 12.1 per cent to 1.166 million euros and compared to the previous business year. This result exceeds that of Blum's record year in 2007/2008. Investments of the Blum Group totaled 85.5 million euros in the 2010/2011 business year, most of that for the operations in Austria, and sales offices in Ukraine, New Zealand and Poland. The company exports approximately 96% of its production and employs 5,304 people were worldwide, most in headquarters.