voestalpine Strengthens Lower Austria Profile as Metal Forming Division Expands International Warehouse Systems Business

voestalpine Strengthens Lower Austria Profile as Metal Forming Division Expands International Warehouse Systems Business

(IN BRIEF) voestalpine is highlighting Lower Austria as an important industrial and technology base for the Group, with around 2,100 employees in the region and the headquarters of its Metal Forming Division located in Krems. The division produces steel tubes and sections, racking systems, road restraint systems, precision strip steel and turnout technologies that are supplied to customers worldwide. The Group’s commitment as a main sponsor of the Grafenegg Festival reflects its connection to Lower Austria and its approach of combining regional responsibility with global value creation. voestalpine is seeing strong growth in high-bay warehouse systems, with projects currently being carried out across seven countries and four time zones. Recent examples include a refrigerated warehouse for NÖM AG in Lower Austria, a technically challenging warehouse project in Portugal and a EUR 41 million logistics hub project in Türkiye, the largest high-bay warehousing order in voestalpine’s history. The Metal Forming Division, which employs around 10,700 people, generated EUR 3 billion in revenue and EUR 218 million in EBITDA in the 2025/26 business year and is targeting climate-neutral manufacturing by 2035.

(PRESS RELEASE) LINZ, 19-Jun-2026 — /EuropaWire/ — voestalpine is highlighting the role of Lower Austria as both a strong regional industrial base and a platform for international growth, pointing to the global use of technologies developed and produced at its sites in the region.

The globally active steel and technology group employs around 2,100 people in Lower Austria, where the headquarters of its Metal Forming Division is located in Krems. The division develops and manufactures high-quality steel profiles, tubes, precision strip steel, road restraint systems, racking systems and state-of-the-art turnout technologies that are supplied to customers worldwide.

voestalpine’s commitment to this year’s Grafenegg Festival underlines the Group’s connection to Lower Austria and its wider role as an industrial employer, technology developer and international supplier. The company said the region is not only an important production and competence centre, but also a starting point for global value creation.

Herbert Eibensteiner, CEO of voestalpine AG, said the Group manufactures high-quality steel tubes and sections, innovative road restraint systems, racking systems, precision strip steel and modern turnouts in Lower Austria for customers around the world. He said voestalpine’s involvement in Grafenegg reflects an approach that combines regional responsibility with an international perspective, positioning Lower Austria as a strong industrial location and a base for technological progress.

The company pointed in particular to strong development in the high-bay warehouse systems segment. voestalpine is currently implementing a record number of projects simultaneously across seven countries and four different time zones.

One recent flagship project was completed in Lower Austria for NÖM AG. The high-bay warehouse, which stands more than 30 metres tall, will be cooled to a constant 4°C once operational to support the requirements of fresh-food logistics.

Carola Richter, Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG and Head of the Metal Forming Division, said the NÖM AG project combines a local partnership with Austrian-made innovation and reflects both companies’ commitment to “made in Austria”. She added that voestalpine’s sophisticated warehouse systems are also in demand internationally and that the Group is among the leading providers in this segment.

voestalpine has also recently completed a specialised warehouse project in the Portuguese mountains, where installation work was particularly demanding due to the environmental conditions. In Türkiye, the Group secured the largest order for high-bay warehousing systems in its history, with a contract worth around EUR 41 million for a logistics service provider. The project involves the construction of a modern 40-metre-tall logistics hub for sporting goods in Istanbul, scheduled for completion by April 2027.

The Group said high-bay warehouses developed in Krems have now been realised on five continents, demonstrating how expertise from Lower Austria is being applied in international markets.

voestalpine is also supporting the 20th Grafenegg Festival as one of its main sponsors for the first time. The festival is one of Lower Austria’s major summer cultural events, and voestalpine has created a dedicated format called the voestalpine Symphosium, combining economic dialogue with musical elements.

The format, whose name blends “symposium” and “symphony”, is being held under the tagline “Welt außer Takt. Zukunft neu denken”, meaning “World out of sync. Rethinking the future”. Experts including China specialist Jörg Wuttke and philosopher Lisz Hirn are discussing the challenges and opportunities facing a world in transformation.

voestalpine said the themes addressed through the Symphosium also reflect the environment in which the Group operates. As an international steel and technology company, voestalpine is responding to uncertainty through its local-for-local strategy, which combines global reach with strong regional production and market presence.

The Metal Forming Division serves as voestalpine’s centre of competence for refined sections, tubes, precision strip steel products, formed parts, system components and smart warehousing solutions. Its combination of materials expertise, processing know-how and global presence supports customers in sectors including automotive, storage technology, road safety, renewable energy, construction and mechanical engineering.

The division employs around 10,700 people and aims to achieve climate-neutral manufacturing by 2035. In the 2025/26 business year, the Metal Forming Division generated revenue of EUR 3 billion and EBITDA of EUR 218 million.

Through its Lower Austrian operations, international warehouse projects and cultural engagement at Grafenegg, voestalpine is presenting a model that links regional industrial responsibility with global technology deployment and long-term value creation.

Metal Forming Division

The Metal Forming Division is the voestalpine Group’s center of competence for highly refined sections, tubes and precision strip steel products as well as for everything from formed parts and system components to smart warehousing solutions. This combination of expertise in materials and processing, which is unique in the industry, and the division’s global presence make it the first choice for customers who value innovation and quality across many industries including automotive, storage technology, road safety, renewable energy, construction, and mechanical engineering. The division employs around 10,700 people and has set itself the goal of achieving climate-neutral manufacturing by 2035. In the business year 2025/26, the division generated revenue of EUR 3 billion, with an operating result (EBITDA) of EUR 218 million.

The voestalpine Group

voestalpine is a globally leading steel and technology group with a unique combination of materials and processing expertise. voestalpine, which operates globally, has around 500 Group companies and locations in more than 50 countries on all five continents. The voestalpine Group has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1995. With its premium products and system solutions, voestalpine is a leading partner to the automotive and machinery industries, as well as to the aerospace and energy industries. The company is also the global market leader in railway systems and special sections. voestalpine is committed to the global climate goals and has a clear plan for transforming steel production with its greentec steel program. In the business year 2025/26, the Group generated revenue of EUR 15.1 billion, with an operating result (EBITDA) of EUR 1.5 billion; it has around 48,800 employees worldwide.

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SOURCE: Voestalpine AG