voestalpine Wire Rod Austria - The most modern wire rod mill in the world

We set new standards in wire rod production and offer high-precision, flexible and efficient solutions for the wire industry. With our most modern wire rolling mill in the world, which has been in operation since 2016, we produce wire rod in a diameter range from 5.00 mm to approx. 60.00 mm and coil weights of up to 3.0 tons.

Thanks to the tightest dimensional tolerances, thermomechanical rolling and minimal decarburization in the walking beam furnace, our products meet the highest quality requirements. Our optimized production technology enables quick adaptations to individual customer requirements, while an intelligent material flow control system minimizes storage costs and increases efficiency.

Our state-of-the-art production facilities allow us to continuously expand our product range and offer even better solutions for global market requirements. Highly automated logistics with fully automatic stacking cranes, GPS-supported forklift navigation and the world's largest high-bay warehouse for wire rod coils ensure maximum delivery reliability and efficiency throughout the entire process chain.

Wire rod production begins in the Group's own steelworks, where voestalpine melts pig iron in two blast furnaces and then refines it. State-of-the-art technology ensures the highest quality.

In the wire rolling mill, the billets are heated to 1100-1200 °C in a natural gas-fired walking beam furnace within 1 to 1.5 hours. After high-pressure descaling, the rolling process takes place on a single-strand wire rolling mill in precisely defined forming steps until the desired final cross-section is achieved.

Through temperature-controlled or thermomechanical rolling with controlled cooling, the material properties required for cold forming, such as strength, hardness and toughness, can be specifically adjusted. In addition, voestalpine Wire Rod offers its own systems for surface and heat treatment in order to enable precise further processing.