At its unique pilot facility in Leoben-Donawitz, Austria, voestalpine is currently conducting research into the production of new high-performance steels which are subsequently processed into special rails, quality rod wire, and extremely high-resistant OCTG by the Groupâs companies in Styria. Over EUR 18 M has been invested in the âTechnikum Metallurgieâ? (TechMet), a metallurgy technical center, which is a complete but miniature steel plant. It will further extend voestalpineâs global technological leadership in sophisticated product solutions in steel.
In the automotive industry new and ultra high-strength steels are helping to reduce vehicle weight whilst simultaneously increasing vehicle safety. In rail transport, highly stress-resistant high-tech steels can almost double the service life of rails and turnouts. Together with increased track availability, reductions in material input also have a positive impact on the life cycle assessment.
Currently, voestalpine generates two-thirds of Group revenue from processing steel into sophisticated components and system solutions for the global automotive, railway infrastructure, and aerospace industries. The TechMet research facility offers entirely new opportunities to develop pioneering steel grades which are needed to ensure the high quality of our final products.
