Following the recent market entry in Mexico, the listed voestalpine Group has concluded a further important acquisition in the turnout technology segment. VAE, the global market leader in turnouts and turnout systems, has acquired a 60% stake in the British company Control & Display Systems Ltd. (CDS Rail), which is specialized in the monitoring and the gathering and transmission of data from railway trackside assets. (2.5.2008)

Transfer of own share in connection with the convertible bond issued in 2005 and the employee shareholding scheme.

Der börsennotierte voestalpine-Konzern baut seine weltweit führende Position in der Weichentechnologie mit einer Akquisition in Mexiko weiter aus. Mit dem mehrheitlichen Erwerb des Unternehmens DAMY Cambios de Vía, S.A. de C.V., dem mexikanischen Marktführer im Weichenbau und bei Komponenten für den Bahnfahrweg, vollzieht die voestalpine den Einstieg in den dynamischen Bahninfrastrukturmarkt Mexikos.

Today, Wednesday 26 March 2008, the Supervisory Board of voestalpine AG extended the Management Board mandates of Wolfgang Eder (Chairman of the Management Board of voestalpine AG and Head of the Division Steel), Franz Hirschmanner (Head of the Division Automotive), Josef Mülner (Head of the Division Railway Systems), Robert Ottel (CFO) and Wolfgang Spreitzer (Head of the Division Profilform), which are scheduled to expire on 31 March 2009, for another five years.

25.02.2008, Media Information. In the first three quarters of the 2007/08 Financial Year, revenues of voestalpine Group rose by 47.2% from EUR 5.11 billion to more than EUR 7.53 billion, surpassing last year’s revenue (EUR 7.05 billion) after 3 quarters already.

16.01.2008, Media Information. The Management Board of voestalpine AG has appointed Georg Reiser as the new Head of Strategic Human Resources Management at voestalpine AG, effective 1 April 2008.