Company profile

The voestalpine Group is a steel-based technology and capital goods group that operates worldwide. With around 500 Group companies and locations in more than 50 countries and on all five continents, the Group has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1995.
With its top-quality products, the Group is one of the leading partners to the automotive and consumer goods industries in Europe and to the oil and gas industries worldwide.
The voestalpine Group is also the world market leader in turnout technology, special rails, tool steel, and special sections. In the business year 2013/14, the voestalpine Group reported revenue of EUR 11.2 billion and an operating result (EBITDA) of EUR 1.4 billion; it had around 48,100 employees worldwide.

Products and services

With its top-quality products, voestalpine is one of the leading partners to the automotive and consumer goods industries in Europe and to the oil and gas industries worldwide and is also the world market leader in turnout technology, special rails, tool steel, and special sections.

voestalpine steel can also be found in numerous products, such as the newest Airbus generation, but also in buildings, for example, the Atomium in Brussels, Wembley Stadium in London, and the Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world.

Chronicle

In 1938 construction began on an iron and steel plant in Linz as a subsidiary of Reichswerke Hermann Göring AG Berlin. In 1939 it became a part of the Nazi war industry. Thousands of foreign laborers were forced to work in the construction of the plants and in production. In 1945 the Linz plants were renamed Vereinigte Österreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke AG (VÖEST AG).

The story of the company’s success began with the efforts to cope with post-war turmoil and reconstruction. After long development efforts within Austria and abroad, a revolution in steel production began in 1952 when the LD process became ready for use.

The company merged in 1973 with Österreichisch-Alpine Montangesellschaft to become VÖEST-ALPINE AG.

In 1985, what was then a state-owned enterprise was facing bankruptcy. During the restructuring of the nationalized industry, VOEST-ALPINE STAHL AG was formed and was listed on the stock exchange in 1995. In 2001 the company was given a divisional structure and once again took the name voestalpine AG.

In 2003 the company became completely privatized; in 2007/2008 the BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM Group became a wholly owned subsidiary of voestalpine.

voestalpine AG
Address
voestalpine Straße 1
4020 Linz

Map

Phone
+43 50304 15
Fax
+43 50304 55
Email
info@voestalpine.com
Internet
http://www.voestalpine.com
Established
1941
Employees
48.100
Export markets
78 % Europe
7 % Asia
3 % Brazil
9 % Northern America
3 % other regions

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