voestalpine AG is an Austria-based holding company engaged in the production and distribution of steel and related products. The Company operates, along with its subsidiaries, in four divisions: the Steel Division focuses on the production and processing of flat steel products for the automotive, white goods, and construction industries; the Special Steel Division manufactures long steel products, medium-wide strip steel, open-die forgings, and drop forgings; the Metal Engineering Division manufactures rails and turnout products, rod wire, drawn wire and pre-stressing steel, among others; and the Metal Forming Division provides metal processing solutions, in particular special tubes and sections, special strip steel, and complex components for the automotive industry, as well as manufactures welded tubes and hollow sections, open special sections, custom-made special tubes, and precision parts.

Sales Analysis. During the year ended March of 2019, sales at Voest-Alpine AG were 13.56 billion Euro (US$15.02 billion). This is an increase of 5.1% versus 2018, when the company's sales were 12.90 billion Euro. This was the third consecutive year of growth at Voest-Alpine AG. Sales of Metals Division saw an increase of 7.8% in 2019, from 2.86 billion Euro to 3.08 billion Euro. Not all segments of Voest-Alpine AG experienced an increase in sales in 2019: sales of Other/consolidation fell 26.6% to 11.60 million Euro. (However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales).