A recent groundbreaking ceremony in Kapfenberg, Austria, marked the inauguration of a new benchmark in plant design that will set international standards in digitization of production processes, including heat treatment, high-tech surface treatment, and additive manufacturing, for a global steelmaker.
The three-year construction phase for the new voestalpine special steel plant will, from 2021 onwards, will produce around 205,000 tons of special high-performance steels, especially for the international aviation and automotive industries as well as for the oil & gas sector.
The new high-tech special steel plant, once operative, is intended to replace the existing voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG plant in Kapfenberg and designed to produce premium quality pre-materials for aircraft components, tools for the automotive industry, equipment for oil & gas extraction, and for the 3D printing of highly complex metal parts.
