Following a renovation period lasting around 23 months, voestalpine Stahlwelt at the Linz site will have a completely new look from June 2026 onwards. The entire exhibition area has undergone a comprehensive modernization in terms of architecture, technology, and content. With a total investment of around EUR 20 million, the Group has fully updated its approach to showcasing steel production, further processing, technology, innovation, and sustainability.

Lower Austria is an important location for voestalpine. In Krems, for instance, the Metal Forming Division of the globally leading steel and technology group develops high-quality steel profiles, which are used in warehousing systems all over the world, among other applications. The commitment in this year’s Grafenegg Festival highlights this connection: technologies developed and produced in Lower Austria are now successfully used in international markets.

As planned, voestalpine will commission an electric arc furnace (EAF) at its Donawitz location in just under a year, thereby combining electric steel production powered by green electricity with its conventional blast furnace process as of 2027. This will mean that one blast furnace can be shut down as early as 2029. Subject to outstanding funding issues being resolved, approximately EUR 100 million will be invested in the further expansion of the new EAF plant by 2030. This would allow the Group to fully transition to electrified steel production at its Donawitz location starting in 2030. 

Rail Baltica is one of the most significant high-speed railway infrastructure projects in Europe at present and will create a high-speed north-south connection between Northern and Central Europe. voestalpine Railway Systems has secured its largest framework contracts portfolio to date for this major cross-border project, worth approximately EUR 470 million, for the supply of high-tech turnouts and digital monitoring systems—further strengthening voestalpine’s position as a leading global provider of system solutions for railway infrastructure.

Eva Aigner has been a member of the Management Board of the Metal Engineering Division of the voestalpine Group since April 1, 2026, succeeding Martin Reisetbauer, who will retire on June 1, 2026. Her responsibilities as CFO include the areas controlling, finance, accounting, and risk management, as well as the topics information technology, data protection, the occupational health center and legal affairs. Born in Salzburg, she has been with voestalpine for over 20 years and has held management positions at voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH and voestalpine Rail Technology GmbH. The Metal Engineering Division generated revenue of EUR 4.2 billion in the 2024/25 business year with around 15,100 employees.

For many decades, voestalpine has been one of the most reliable suppliers of high-performance materials and special forged parts for the global aerospace industry. Now, the Group’s High Performance Metals Division has secured orders in the aerospace sector with a total volume of around EUR 1 billion for the next five years. Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer, was part of this agreement that covers the entire range of services—from high-performance materials and complex forged parts to comprehensive global logistics services. Production will take place at the Styrian sites in Kapfenberg and Mürzzuschlag, as well as at the Brazilian subsidiary Villares Metals in Sumaré.

At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of voestalpine AG resolved to extend the Management Board mandates – previously limited to three year – of Gerald Mayer, CFO, Carola Richter, Head of the Metal Forming Division, and Reinhard Nöbauer, Head of the High Performance Metals Division, effective April 1, 2027. The mandates of Herbert Eibensteiner, CEO, Hubert Zajicek, Head of the Steel Division, and Franz Kainersdorfer, Head of the Metal Engineering Division, which already have a term of five years, remain unchanged. Their contracts run until March 31, 2029. Gerald Mayer (55) and Carola Richter (52) will continue their activities for five years (until March 31, 2032), Reinhard Nöbauer’s (62) contract will be extended by a further three years until March 31, 2030.

voestalpine underscores its position as a global leader for railway infrastructure system solutions with orders totaling EUR 500 million from the German (Deutsche Bahn, DB) and Swiss (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SBB) national railways, for rails, turnouts, and signaling technology. The spectrum of services includes the supply of rail and turnout systems, as well as signaling technology and monitoring applications.

voestalpine BÖHLER Profil, a company in the High Performance Metals Division of voestalpine, supplies special profiles for a variety of industrial applications from its site in Bruckbach, Lower Austria, and is also a leading producer of profiles for industrial knives. Now the steel and technology group is selling the company to Kadant Inc., a global supplier of advanced technologies and engineered systems that drive Sustainable Industrial Processing®. The new owner of voestalpine BÖHLER Profil will retain the company’s workforce. The contract was signed today, the sale still needs to be approved by the relevant authorities. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the 2025/26 business year. 

With its modern high bay warehousing systems made of high-quality steel profiles, voestalpine is one of the world’s leading providers of sophisticated warehouse solutions. The steel and technology group has now received its largest order to date in high bay warehousing systems, with a total volume of around EUR 41 million. A modern logistics hub for sporting goods is being built for a leading Turkish logistics service provider in Istanbul. Completion is scheduled for April 2027.