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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).
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.
