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- 14,689
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employees
In 2021, 14,689 people were employed in the iron and steel industry.
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- 134,728
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tons of production volume
In 2020, the production volume of iron and steel casting was more than 134,000 tons.
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- 24%
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export percentage
The metal-working technology industry has an export percentage of 24% in overall Austrian foreign trade.
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- 1,200
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companies
There were 1,200 companies in the metal-working technology industry in Austria in 2021.
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| Metal-working technology industry – Key data for 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Enterprises | 1,200 |
| Employees | 134,100 |
| Turnover | 43.8 billion euros |
| Exports | 38.9 billion euros |
| Export quota | around 78% |
| Percentage of exports in overall Austrian foreign trade | 24% |
| Most important sales markets | Germany, USA, France, Italy, China, Switzerland |
| R&D expenditure | 1.7 billion euros |
| Percentage of total R&D expenditure of Austria’s industry | 33% |
| Steel industry - key data 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Crude steel production | 7.88 million tonnes |
| Pig iron production | 6.14 million tonnes |
| Companies | 13 |
| Staff | 14,569 |
| Revenues | EUR 8,661 million |
| Foundry industry - key data 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Companies | 37 |
| Staff | 6,538 |
| Production value of cast iron and cast steel | 134,728 tonnes / EUR 382.4 million |
| Production value of non-iron cast metal | 121,437 tonnes / EUR 811,7 million |
| Export value of total production | 56.10 % |
| Export quota | 80 % |
| Aluminium industry – key data 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Companies | 19 |
| Staff | approx. 4,500 |
| Revenues | EUR 5.7 billion |
| The 10 largest companies of the metal and metal processing industry in Austria by net turnover in million euro (2021) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | voestalpine AG | 14,923.20 |
| 2. | Blum Verwaltung GmbH | 2,377.40 |
| 3. | Plansee Holding AG | 2,012.00 |
| 4. | Amag - Austria Metall AG | 1,259.41 |
| 5. | Montanwerke Brixlegg AG | 1,192.98 |
| 6. | Welser Profile Beteiligungs GmbH | 789.00 |
| 7. | Neuman Fried. v. GmbH | 710.21 |
| 8. | Hammerer Aluminium Industries Holding GmbH (HAI) | 648.73 |
| 9. | Grass GmbH | 467.00 |
| 10. | Mayer & Co Holding GmbH (Markenname: Maco) | 353.92 |
Last update : 11.10.2022