The Steel Division of the voestalpine Group supplies its customers around the world with high-tech steel products from its base in Linz. Following the future Technical Director in the steel management team is Helmut Gruber (47), who is currently responsible for the technical management of strip production, will take on the overall technical management from the former Technical Director Hubert Zajicek on July 3, 2019.
Helmut Gruber began his career with an apprenticeship as an industrial electrician. Simultaneously, he completed part-time studies in electrical engineering at a polytechnic before joining voestalpine Stahl GmbH in Linz as an industrial engineer in 1997. Gruber gained valuable project and management experience in the division as the project leader for the large-scale Hot Dip Galvanizing Plant 4 investment, and subsequently as the operational manager for the electrotechnical center for the entire Linz site. Helmut Gruber was subsequently the Managing Director of voestalpine Standortservice GmbH.
With his extensive professional expertise and comprehensive management experience in these areas, Helmut Gruber will be the ideal addition to the Management Board team, helping to further enhance the division’s leadership position.
