How did Voestalpine Schienen GmbH become a leading European rail manufacturer?
HP. Our company is known as global rail technology leader and pioneer in the field of research and development. We are the largest rail manufacturer in Europe and for us rails are high tech / high performance products, not commodities. We do not manufacture anything else: we define top performance in rails. In connection with this, in February 2006 we commissioned a brand new rail rolling mill with many innovations at our site in Leoben-Donawitz, Austria. Technically and economically the new plant, applying the latest generation of universal rolling process, is the most modern in the world. It constitutes a milestone in rail technology. Even narrower tolerances, further improved rail surface execution and alignment to just-in-time production – possible by the shortest section change times – are the most important advantages. Everything including the ramp-up of production has been implemented exactly according to plan in an extremely short time and full industrial performance levels are
