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voestalpine AG

Railways

As voestalpine, we are the global market leader in system solutions for railway infrastructure. As a full-service provider, we offer high-quality products and services for rails, turnouts, signaling technology and monitoring applications.

State-of-the-art camera analysis improves railroad safety
In a cross-divisional pilot project, voestalpine Signaling Siershahn GmbH—a subsidiary of voestalpine Railway Systems, the global leader for railway infrastructure system solutions—and Logistik Service GmbH (LogServ) are developing a state-of-the-art Visual Train Analysis system: innovative camera analysis for moving wagons.
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Sustainable: travel well with voestalpine
Trains are the most ecological way to travel. When it comes to sustainability and emissions avoidance, no other method of transport can surpass the railways. voestalpine companies offer premium products and services to railway operators worldwide.
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voestalpine and ÖBB bring digital rolling stock  monitoring on track
Where once trains pulling into a railway station were manually or visually checked by the dispatcher , today digital sensors monitor key components such as the wheels, brakes, and bearings, as well as wagon loads. By 2023 voestalpine Railway Systems will have equipped Austria’s rail network with 47 digital checkpoints, creating a nationwide train and […]
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greentec steel

Steel cycle: How scrap is turned into green steel
The conversion to “green” steel production means that significantly more scrap will be needed in the future. However, this increasing demand cannot be fully covered by new scrap (pre-consumer scrap). In future, it will therefore be necessary to make greater use of old scrap (post-consumer scrap), which has to be processed and sorted at great […]
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greentec steel: building progress above and below ground
At voestalpine, we are building bridges and tunnels as part of greentec steel, our program for the conversion to steel production with net zero CO2-emissions. The new 800 meter-long conveyor belt bridge that will also supply the electric arc furnace with raw materials from 2027 onwards was recently completed.
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