Press releases

• Reaction of voestalpine AG to the press release by Deutsche Bahn regarding the German rail cartel

  29 April 2013
  Dr. Wolfgang Eder, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of voestalpine AG, made the following statement regarding the agreement with Deutsche Bahn: “We are very pleased that, after very intense negotiations, agreement with Deutsche Bahn has been reached. We anticipate that the foundation for a continuing long-term, stable collaboration has now been restored.”

• voestalpine AG Management Board again appointed for a five-year term of office

  22 March 2013
  At today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of voestalpine AG extended the terms of office for all five members of the Management Board, which are expiring as of March 31, 2014, for another five years; the assigned areas of responsibility remain unchanged.

• Offers to exchange hybrid bond received from more than 2/3 of bondholders

  18 March 2013
  In order to optimize its financing portfolio, voestalpine AG has invited all holders of the hybrid bond 2007 to submit offers for an exchange into the new hybrid bond 2013 with a volume of up to EUR 500 million. At the end of the offer period, which expired on March 14, 2013, 71.6% of bondholders had submitted offers to exchange.

• voestalpine focuses on internationalization in the Special Steel segment

  15 March 2013
  It was only at the end of December that voestalpine had defined its ambitious goals up to 2020. Important measures are already being undertaken to promote internationalization and acquire new companies.

• voestalpine constructing direct reduction plant in Texas, USA

  13 March 2013
  The decision on the location of the voestalpine Group’s direct reduction plant in North America has been made. The plant will be constructed on the La Quinta Trade Gateway in San Patricio County, just outside the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. The air permit application is currently being submitted to the federal and state environmental authorities.

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