Acquisitions & Divestments

In the 2025/26 business year, as part of our strategy, we successfully completed an acquisition in the Railway Systems segment as well as divestments in the Steel Division and the High Performance Metals Division.

In July 2025, the Railway Systems business unit acquired 100% of the shares in HIRD Rail Services Limited, based in Doncaster, UK. The British company is a manufacturer of high-quality insulated block joints for the local railway infrastructure. The acquisition strengthens voestalpine’s strategic position in the British market in the safety-critical field of insulated joint technology.

Portfolio adjustments were made in the Steel Division and the High Performance Metals Division during the 2025/26 business year. In August 2025, the Steel Division sold the voestalpine Camtec Group. The group specializes in the manufacture of cams and maintenance-free sliding elements made of brass, copper, and aluminum, and primarily supplies the automotive, automotive supplier, and mechanical engineering industries. It most recently employed 47 people, who generated revenue of EUR 14 million in the 2024/25 business year.

As part of the reorganization of the High Performance Metals Division, the division’s management decided to sell voestalpine BÖHLER Profil for strategic reasons. The contract with the buyer, Kadant Inc., was signed at the end of January 2026. voestalpine BÖHLER Profil in Bruckbach, Austria, supplies specialty profiles to various industrial sectors and is also one of the leading producers of profiles for industrial knives. The company, with approximately 150 employees, generated revenue of EUR 48.4 million in the 2025/26 business year (2024/25 EUR 51.5 million). The transaction was successfully completed with the closing at the end of April 2026 following approvals from the relevant authorities.