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Get a brief overview of Austria’s metal and metal processing industry with these facts and figures.
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  • 14,689

    employees

    In 2021, 14,689 people were employed in the iron and steel industry.

  • 134,728

    tons of production volume

    In 2020, the production volume of iron and steel casting was more than 134,000 tons.

  • 24%

    export percentage

    The metal-working technology industry has an export percentage of 24% in overall Austrian foreign trade.

  • 1,200

    companies

    There were 1,200 companies in the metal-working technology industry in Austria in 2021.

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Source: Association of the Metal-Working Technology Industry, Facts & Figures 2021
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%
Source: Austrian Mining and Steel Association.
Steel industry - key data 2018
Crude steel production6.88 million tonnes
Pig iron production5.26 million tonnes
Companies13
Staff14,940
RevenuesEUR 7,877,4 million
Source: Association of Metaltechnology Industries
Foundry industry - key data 2020
Companies37
Staff6,538
Production value of cast iron and cast steel 134,728 tonnes / EUR 382.4 million
Production value of non-iron cast metal121,437 tonnes / EUR 811,7 million
Export value of total production56.10 %
Export quota80 %
Source: Austrian Mining and Steel Association, Austrian Non-Ferrous Metals Federation.
Aluminium industry – key data 2017                                                                                                       
Companies14
Staffapprox. 4,500
RevenuesEUR 3.1 billion
Source: Trend Top 500
The 10 largest companies of the metal and metal processing industry in Austria by net turnover in  million euro (2020)
1. voestalpine AG 11,417.00
2. Blum Verwaltung GmbH 1,906.40
3. Plansee Holding AG 1,291.00
4. Amag - Austria Metall AG 904.17
5. Montanwerke Brixlegg AG 730.00
6. Neuman Fried. v. GmbH568.53
7. Welser Profile Beteiligungs GmbH551.00
8. Hammerer Aluminium Industries Holding GmbH (HAI) 455.12
9. Grass GmbH 375.00
10.Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH 357.00


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Last update : 21. June 2022