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How Steel Shapes Modern Automotive Design and Creates #FavoriteMoments

If you compare cars over the years, you’ll see: shapes are cleaner today, surfaces are smoother, the front end makes a stronger statement than before, and lighting also serves as a brand ambassador. People intuitively perceive these differences—as they walk by, when they open the door, or at their first glance at the front end. […]
14 Sep, 2026
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Weitläufige Industriebaustelle mit Stahlkonstruktionen, Kränen, Hubarbeitsbühnen und einem großen zylindrischen Industriegebäude im Hintergrund.

Hy4Smelt Is Taking Shape

Austria’s largest climate protection research project is becoming a reality: Construction of the Hy4Smelt demonstration plant in Linz is proceeding right on schedule.
10 Sep, 2026
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greentec steel

A greentec steel conveyor bridge at the voestalpine site in Linz, with industrial facilities, pipelines, and buildings in the background.

HBI Plant Marks Another Milestone

Starting in 2027, hot briquetted iron (HBI) will be one of the primary feedstocks for our electric arc furnace in Linz. To ensure continuous feeding, a dedicated supply facility is being built at the Linz site.
13 Jul, 2026
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Microtunnel-Baustelle mit großem Vortriebsrohr, Hydraulikzylindern und technischen Leitungen in einer Betonschachtanlage.

We’re Digging Tunnels for greentec steel

The microtunnel supplying power to the new electric arc furnace at the Linz site has been completed. This brings us one step closer to our goal—even underground—of transforming steel production as part of greentec steel.
13 Jul, 2026
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Rohrpostleitung auf einem Industrieareal mit oberirdisch geführten Rohren, Stahlkonstruktionen und Gebäuden im Hintergrund.

greentec steel via Pneumatic Tube

A kilometer-long pneumatic tube system has been supporting us at our Linz site for more than three decades. It connects the production facilities of our greentec steel Edition with the central testing laboratory. This is how we ensure the quality of our most sustainable steel edition.
13 Jul, 2026
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Illustration of a semi-transparent e-car driving on a road in front of a futuristic skyline

Electric Mobility – #FavoriteMoments With Sustainable Driving

Sustainability, decarbonization, and electrification— is calling on the global community to embrace these goals, and the automotive industry has long been responding with modern and comfortable electric cars. Today, 900–1,050 fully or partially electric passenger car models are available on the global market, according to Motorwatt . With the switch to electric propulsion, drivers are […]
07 Sep, 2026
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#FavoriteMoments for Technician Lisa: Between Steel Strips and Nature

#FavoriteMoments for Technician Lisa: Between Steel Strips and Nature

As a production technician, Lisa E. is always on hand wherever she’s needed at our voestalpine Steel Division’s cold rolling mill. This is where true all-rounders made of steel are produced for household appliances, radiators, automobiles, and a wide variety of pipes and profiles. The trained forewoman greatly values her professional flexibility—which, by the way, […]
02 Sep, 2026
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voestalpine news

voestalpine Stahlwelt: Where Innovation, Technology, and Steel Come to Life

10 Jul, 2026
After nearly two years of renovation, our voestalpine Stahlwelt in Linz is reopening its doors. The modernized exhibition showcases what we stand for as a globally active steel and technology group: innovation, sustainability, and technological excellence. Across five newly designed levels, visitors can experience our world from new perspectives—interactively, through multimedia, and closer than ever […]

A Think Tank for More Innovation: The voestalpine New Business Incubator

26 May, 2026
Since 2020, ideas have been incubating intensively in Linz. Innovative projects are taking shape at the voestalpine Steel Division’s new business incubator (nbi)—with the clear goal of turning good ideas into marketable solutions. Some of these projects have already been successfully implemented, while others are providing valuable insights for future innovations.

voestalpine Krems Finaltechnik Implements New High-Bay Warehouse for NÖM

25 Mar, 2026
The state-of-the-art high-bay warehouse systems from the Metal Forming Division of the voestalpine Group, manufactured from the most sophisticated steel profiles, are in demand worldwide. But it’s not just internationally that people rely on voestalpine’s expertise: in Austria, too, this know-how is regularly put to use in complex logistics projects. Among the most recent examples […]

Electrical Steel: Full Power for the Future of E-Mobility

24 Jul, 2025
The trend in e-mobility is clearly moving towards even more efficient steels for electric motors. So it’s a good thing that we have the right material for the high demands of electric motor construction: Our isovac® electrical steel strip contributes to particularly high efficiency and top performance of the drive system in electric cars. The […]

Welding with AI: New Research Project with TU Graz

19 May, 2025
voestalpine Böhler Welding and Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) are intensifying their long-standing collaboration with a pioneering research project. Under the title “Spark Science Center”, joint research is being conducted into AI-supported solutions for optimizing the welding process.

Family Day at the Vienna Museum of Science and Technology: A Day Full of Discoveries

15 May, 2025
The Vienna Museum of Science and Technology has a new permanent exhibition entitled “Material Worlds”, of which we the main sponsor. We are therefore taking the opportunity to take our employees and their families on a journey through the world of materials and offer them an exciting day at the Museum of Science and Technology […]

#FavoriteMoments – Your Best Moments, Made by voestalpine

22 Apr, 2025
Favorite Moments – they are the ones that shape us, that remain in our memories, that make our lives simply beautiful. The magical marriage proposal on the bridge where we met for the first time, saying goodbye to our parents on the platform shortly before leaving on life’s greatest adventure, planting a tree in the […]

That Was the Linz Donau Marathon: The First Cares Have Been Collected!

14 Apr, 2025
Over 300 voestalpine employees took part in the 23rd Linz Danube Marathon on April 13 – either in one of the 21 employee relay teams or in an individual discipline. However, we were not only strongly represented in terms of the number of participants in voestalpine T-shirts, but also as a strong partner of the […]

Our products in everyday life

28 Mar, 2025
Our products form the basis of modern life, but they are often invisible in everyday life . Whether in the home, in sustainable energy generation, in private transport, when travelling comfortably by plane or on the world’s railways – our products are indispensable.

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