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VÖEST

voestalpine AG
Aktiengesellschaft
Traded as WBAGVOE
Industry steel based technology and capital goods
Founded 1938; 79 years ago (1938)
Headquarters Linz, Austria
Key people
Wolfgang Eder (CEO), Joachim Lemppenau (Chairman of the supervisory board)
Products Tool steel plates, pipes and wires, steel automotive components
Revenue 11.07 billion (2015/2016)
€888.8 million (2015/2016)
Profit €602.1 million (2015/2016)
Total assets €14.01 billion (March 2016)
Total equity €5.65 billion (March 2016)
Number of employees
48,367 (March 2016)
Subsidiaries Böhler-Uddeholm
Website www.voestalpine.com

Coordinates: 48°16′26″N 14°20′00″E / 48.27389°N 14.33333°E / 48.27389; 14.33333

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. As of 2017, it is one of the few profitable steel companies in Europe.

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.


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