From wartime steelworks to a global technology group.

Timeline

1. 1938
   Reichswerke Hermann Göring Linz founded under Nazi-era industrial policy to build an integrated steel plant in Linz.
2. 1945
   After World War II, the Linz works are nationalised and reorganised as VÖEST (Vereinigte Österreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke).
3. 1952
   VÖEST patents the LD steelmaking process (basic oxygen steelmaking), one of the most important steel innovations of the 20th century.
4. 1973
   Merger of VÖEST and Österreichisch-Alpine Montangesellschaft forms VOEST-ALPINE AG.
5. 1995
   Initial public offering on the Vienna Stock Exchange (ATX) begins the privatisation of the group.
6. 2001
   VOEST-ALPINE STAHL AG is renamed voestalpine AG and adopts its current four-division structure.
7. 2007
   Acquisition of BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG, a leading global tool steel and special steel producer — anchoring the High Performance Metals division.
8. 2016
   Opens a direct reduction (HBI) plant in Corpus Christi, Texas — one of the largest of its kind in the world.
9. 2019
   Herbert Eibensteiner becomes CEO — see key facts.
10. 2022
    Final investment decision on greentec steel: two electric arc furnaces in Linz and Donawitz, scheduled to start in 2027.
11. 2024
    Group reports €16.7 billion in revenue for business year 2023/24 — full breakdown on financials.