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voestalpine Signaling Austria GmbH

voestalpine Signaling Austria GmbH is part of the voestalpine Railway Systems Group, the world-market leader in railway systems and produces drive, locking and detection systems. This is where we develop individually combinable products as well as complete system solutions in combination with innovative force transmission systems. Another core competence lies in the monitoring of fixed assets.

We have developed a world leading range of monitoring solutions which provide our customers with the tools to implement smarter maintenance practices and prevent asset failures. With more than 160 years of competency and experience in the international turnout business, we can offer system turnout knowledge combined with signaling expertise from one source.

  • 1851: Founding of the „Hugo Hütte“ by Earl Hugo Henckel von Donnersmark

    1866: Start of industrial turnout manufacturing

    1869: Owner „Steirische Eisenindustriegesellschaft“

    1889: Owner „Österreichische-Alpine-Montangesellschaft“

    1953: First export activities

    1973: Owner „VOEST-Alpine AG“

    1980: Patent application for manganese-welding

    1988: Turnouts with moveable point frogs are introduced to the market

    1990: Start into a new historical era: foundation of VAE as an independent company – start of internationalisation

    1992 - 1994: Vienna Stock Exchange – VAE goes public

    2000: Spin-off of Austrian turnout production plant called VAE Eisenbahnsysteme GmbH as independent company – integrated in VAE group

    2000: First plug and play turnout

    2002: Founding of the business unit HYTRONICS – start of industrial production

    2003: New owner of the VAE group: voestalpine – Division “Bahnsysteme”

    2004: Enlargement of the VAEE HYTRONICS business unit with the companies CONTEC and SST

    2005: Automation in HYTRONICS production and focus on complete turnout systems, including drive and safety technology

    2006: TENS is integrated into the company in the HYTRONICS division

    2008: Inclusion of the UK company CDSRail, specialising in diagnostic systems for fixed asset monitoring

    2011: VAE Eisenbahnsysteme GmbH splits up into voestalpine Weichensysteme GmbH and voestalpine HYTRONICS GmbH

    2014: Rebranding/renaming of voestalpine HYTRONICS Group in voestalpine SIGNALING

    2020: Bundling of all voestalpine competencies related to railway infrastructure in the new business division "Railway Systems" - voestalpine Signaling as part of the voestalpine Railway Systems Group.

Management

Heinz SCHATZ

Managing Director

Gerald KNAPP

Managing Director

Applications

Terms & Conditions, Facts

  • voestalpine Signaling Austria GmbH

    Alpinestrasse 1
    8740 Zeltweg
    Austria

    Legal Form: Limited Liability Company (GmbH)

    Registered Office: Zeltweg

    Company Registry Number: FN 358787 at the Regional Court Leoben
    Value Added Tax-Number: ATU 66280044

  • voestalpine Signalings philosophy and quality policy focuses on the customer. We want to add value for our customers and create partnerships based on a fair price-performance ratio. We are guided by customer specifications regarding reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) and continuously improve our products in order to contribute to increased performance and safety of railway infrastructure. We live for open cooperation, teamwork and clear communication with suppliers and customers as well as on an internal basis.

    We commit ourselves to a zero defect philosophy. This does not only apply for products but literally means zero defects in all our processes and working steps that reflected in a sophisticated quality-, environment-, occupational health and safety- as well as energy management system. We comply with legal regulations. We continuously improve quality being guided by our HSEE policy.

    Skilled, motivated and result driven employees form the foundation of our enterprise. We put continuous development of our employees into the center and integrate them best possible into our processes and decisions. The optimization of our corporate image and a strengthened corporate identity support our endeavor.