# voestalpine starts up new high-tech forging line in Kapfenberg, Austria

voestalpine's High Performance Metals Division started a new EUR 40 million forging line at its Kapfenberg site in October 2018, enabling production of materials for rotating aircraft turbine components. The line will process around 20,000 tons of material annually.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-23
- Where: Kapfenberg, Styria, Austria
- Value: $45.6M (40.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Oct 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 20,000 tons per year
- Products: high-performance steel forgings for aircraft turbine components, steel grades for automotive and oil & gas
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [voestalpine](https://endata.com/companies/19723.md)

## Sources

- [voestalpine.com](https://www.voestalpine.com/group/en/media/press-releases/2018-11-23-voestalpine-boosts-aerospace-business-with-startup-of-new-high-tech-forge-in-kapfenberg/), 2018-11-23: "With the new high-tech forging line at voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl going into operation, we are enhancing our position as a leading technological supplier of highly sophisticated aerospace materials."

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