VÖEST-Alpine

Geschichte

Voestalpine AG is an international steel based technology and capital goods group based in Linz, Austria. The company is active in steel, automotive, railway systems, profilform and tool steel industries.47 per cent of its workforce is based in Austria. The Linz hot strip mill is a "fully integrated steel works" operated by voestalpine Stahl GmbH, a part of the steel division of voestalpine AG. In addition to Linz the most important plants are in Leoben in Styria and in Krems in Lower Austria. It had a large plant at Liezen in Styria which closed in the 1990s.The name of the company amalgamates its two principal components, the VÖEST (Vereinigte Österreichische Eisen und Stahlwerke) in Upper Austria, established through nationalization in July 1946, and the ÖAMG (Österreichische-Alpine Montangesellschaft) in Styria, established in 1881.Major divisionsVoestalpine StahlVoestalpine Railway Systems, including voestalpine Schienen, which is the top rail manufacturer in EuropeVoestalpine Profilform, the company's third largest division and the largest maker of cold rolled-form steel sectionsVoestalpine Division Automotive, started in 2001 and originally called Motion Division, supplies parts to high-end automobile manufacturers