Voestalpine AG announced that Hubert Zajicek is appointed to the Management Board of voestalpine AG, and succeeds Herbert Eibensteiner as Head of the Steel Division as of July 3, 2019 As a result, Zajicek, from Upper Austria, the Steel Division's Management Board member responsible for Technology since 2014, will also become one of the six members of the Management Board of voestalpine AG. Zajicek's appointment runs from July 3, 2019 to March 31, 2024. After his current contract ends, CEO Wolfgang Eder will hand over the chairmanship of the Group to Herbert Eibensteiner on July 3, 2019 at the Annual General Meeting of voestalpine AG. Hubert Zajicek will then take over Eibensteiner's current position as a Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG, and Head of the Steel Division. As previously communicated, the contracts of the remaining Members of the Management Board of voestalpine AG run until March 31, 2024, with each remaining in their respective area of responsibility. Herbert Eibensteiner, Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG and Head of the Steel Division
Hubert Zajicek new Head of the Steel Division. In his new function Hubert Zajicek (50), the member of the Steel Division's Management Board responsible for Technology since 2014, brings wide-ranging experience drawn from managerial positions held within the Group. Hubert Zajicek, Member of the Management Board of the Steel Division.
Voestalpine AG is one of the European largest steel makers. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- flat steel (32.6%): hot and cold laminated steel, galvanized steel, sheet metal, etc.;
- long steel (21%): steering systems, rods, non-welded tubes, etc.;
- special steel (18.9%);
- steel components (18.6%);
- other (8.9%).
Net sales break down by market into automotive (31.6%), oil industry (15.4%), rail transportation (10.3%), construction (10.1%), civil and mechanical engineering (10%), household appliances (4.4%), aerospace (2.2%) and other (16%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Austria (7.5%), Europe (54.5%), North America (17.2%), Asia (6.9%), South America (4.6%) and others (9.3%).
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