11.9.2008 - Kobe Steel, Ltd. and voestalpine Krems GmbH, a company of voestalpine Group, Austria, announce that they signed today a cooperation agreement covering the application of ultra high strength steel and roll-forming technology in auto parts. Kobe Steel and voestalpine Krems anticipate that the agreement will enable them to jointly contribute to automotive lightweighting in 2011 car models and beyond.

On September, 6, the series "Responsible Business TV" on CNBC will feature voestalpine and its innovative strategies to protect the environment.

07/07/2008 - In accordance with § 93 para. 2 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act (Börsegesetz), voestalpine AG hereby announces that a sale of shares on 1 July 2008 reduced the percentage of voting rights held by AXA S.A., 25, Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France, below the 5 % voting rights threshold.

02.07.2008 - A new record dividend was approved today, Wednesday, during the 16th ordinary Annual General Meeting of voestalpine AG. Voting shareholders followed the proposal made by the Management and Supervisory Boards and approved a dividend of EUR 2.10 for each dividend-bearing share for the financial year 2007/08.

23/06/2008 - In connection with the convertible bond issued by voestalpine AG in July 2005, further bond holders have exercised their right to convert their bonds to voestalpine shares.

05/06/2008, Media Information. In 2007/08, which was by far the most successful financial year in its history, the voestalpine Group soared to new heights in terms of revenue, profit and employees. In addition to a further increase in revenue, operating profit rose significantly for the sixth year in a row due to improved performance in the Steel, Profilform and Automotive Divisions.

15.05.2008, Media information. As already announced in March 2008, at the Annual General Meeting of BÖHLERUDDEHOLM AG on 23 June 2008, voestalpine AG will, pursuant to the Austrian Minority Shareholder Squeeze Out Act, move to transfer the shares of all shareholders other than the main shareholder voestalpine AG against payment of a reasonable cash settlement to voestalpine AG (in other words, to perform a “squeeze out”).

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.

The 2007 Environmental Statement for the Linz and the Steyrling site is intended to outline our current environmental achievements, and the targets we have set ourselves for the future.

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.