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voestalpine AG

Innovation & Technology

As a globally leading steel and technology group, we as voestalpine embodies innovation in the industry. The challenges of digitalization, automation and AI are implemented in innovative production processes.

Innenansicht der modernen voestalpine Produktionshalle in Brasilien mit Maschinen, Anlagen, Werkstücken und Mitarbeitenden in Schutzkleidung während des laufenden Betriebs.
As a strong partner for the Brazilian and South American markets, we manufacture pipes and profiles in standard and special shapes and offer further processed, customer-specific solutions. This makes voestalpine Meincol an important driver of progress—for the automotive, agricultural, construction, solar energy, and wine industries in South America, as well as numerous other sectors.
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greentec steel

H2FUTURE: Pilot plant becomes a research project
With H2FUTURE, we are researching the industrial production of green hydrogen, which is intended to replace fossil fuels such as coal and coke in steel production in the long term. The world’s longest-operating electrolysis plant at the Linz site provides important research results for our future steel production.
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Smart scrap sorting for green steel
Due to the switch to green steel production, significantly more scrap will be required in the future, so the sufficient availability of scrap will play an important role. For this reason, we are already conducting research in various projects into how high-quality steel grades can be produced from old scrap in the future.
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