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At the Apprentice Day held yesterday at the voestalpine headquarters in Linz, 380 apprentices from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland—all in their final year of training—had the opportunity to gain insights into operations beyond their own training locations and exchange ideas and experiences. The annual event underscores the high priority the voestalpine Group places on training its own skilled workforce. Worldwide, voestalpine is currently training approximately 1,500 young people in 30 different skilled occupations, including about 1,000 in Austria. With the start of the new training year, the steel and technology group has taken on 311 new apprentices in Austria.
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In the first half of 2027, voestalpine will partially convert production at its Donawitz site to electrified steelmaking. Once fully operational, it will be able to produce around 850,000 tons of CO2-reduced steel annually. The installation of the new electric arc furnace (EAF) has been largely completed, as scheduled, and in some areas cold commissioning is now beginning. This involves testing conveyor systems, hydraulic systems, electrical installations, cooling circuits, and automation systems.
The internationally renowned H2FUTURE research project at the voestalpine site in Linz is entering the next expansion stage. Enhancements to the pilot plant made over the past three years allow the two project partners—international steel and technology group voestalpine and Austria’s leading energy company VERBUND—to conduct research not only into production but also the compression, purification, storage, loading, and further use of green hydrogen. To this end, the plant at the voestalpine site, which went into operation in 2019 as the world’s largest hydrogen pilot plant, will be expanded to include a compression and purification unit as well as five hydrogen storage tanks. The expansion costs amount to EUR 16.4 million.
voestalpine is continuing to pursue its strategic course and to focus on value-added growth in high-yield processing segments. At today’s Capital Markets Day, held during InnoTrans in Berlin, the Group is providing insight into its strategic plans and specific growth prospects. The focus lies on the Railway Systems business segment, whose revenue is expected to increase from its current level of around EUR 2.2 billion to approximately EUR 3 billion by 2030/31. Market growth is being driven by the global trend toward sustainable rail mobility and the associated extensive investments in upgrading existing and building new rail infrastructure. In addition to rail infrastructure, the Group plans to continue systematically expanding operations in its Aerospace, Warehouse & Rack Solutions, and Tubes & Sections business segments.
Major milestone for Austria’s largest climate protection program: The core equipment for the new electric arc furnace (EAF) at the voestalpine site in Linz has arrived. The individual components, weighing a total of 790 tons, were transported in several loads, mostly by ship. The EAF will go into operation in the first half of 2027. Once fully operational, each year it will produce around 1.6 million tons of steel with a significantly lower carbon footprint.
voestalpine is further expanding its global presence in the Railway Systems business segment and is building a new production facility for high-quality turnout and rail components in Thorold, Ontario (Canada). At the same time, a long-term supply agreement for the locally manufactured turnout systems was signed with Canadian National (CN), Canada’s largest freight rail company. With this expansion phase, voestalpine is consistently continuing its successful local-for-local strategy and, in the run-up to InnoTrans 2026 in Berlin, is once again underscoring its position as the global market leader in complete railway infrastructure systems. At the world’s largest trade fair for transportation technology, the Group will showcase product highlights in the field of digital and integrated technologies for modern rail tracks from September 22 to 25.
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In 2026, the voestalpine cares run once again impressively demonstrated what collective commitment can achieve. For the fourth time, employees of the globally operating steel and technology group from 45 countries worldwide participated in the international excercise initiative and collected so-called “cares” through sporting activities. voestalpine converted these cares into a donation totaling EUR 700,000 for charitable purposes. The donations have now been handed over to Doctors Without Borders, Hilfswerk International, the Austrian Red Cross, and UNICEF Austria for selected national and international aid projects.
As reported, voestalpine has doubled its production capacity at its Jeffersonville site in Indiana, USA. The new facility for the production of high-quality longitudinal beams for trucks has now been officially opened. With an investment of approximately EUR 70 million (USD 80 million), the international steel and technology group is strengthening its market position in the North American commercial vehicle sector. The plant is currently in the start-up phase with full production expected by mid-2027. The expansion of production capacity will create a total of 110 new jobs.
At today’s 34th Annual General Meeting of voestalpine AG, a dividend of EUR 0.75 per share was agreed for the business year 2025/26 in accordance with the proposal of the Management Board and Supervisory Board. This corresponds to an increase of 25% compared to the previous year (EUR 0.60). The payment of the dividend will be made starting July 14, 2026 (ex-dividend day: July 9, 2026).