Search voestalpine Railway Systems Home Company About History History Know-how for more than 160 years Next In 1851, Count Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck founded the so-called “Hugo-Hütte”, which developed into the most important company in the field of railway systems through consistently innovative research - voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH, former voestalpine VAE GmbH. All over the world, customers have confidence in this well-founded know-how when they require turnouts systems for highest speeds, highest axle loads or shortest train intervals and complex requirements for individual solutions. 1851: Foundation of the company 1866: Start of industrial turnout production 1953: Start of export activities 1980: Patent on AMS welding 1988: Market introduction of movable crossings (MPF) 1990: Start of internationalization 1992-1992: Privatization of VAE 1998: Successful defense against hostile take-over 2000: Plug and play turnout 2002: Start of industrial HYTRONICS production 2003: New owner; 100% voestalpine 2011: Splitting of the Austrian subsidiary, VAE Eisenbahnsysteme GmbH, in the newly founded voestalpine Weichensysteme GmbH and voestalpine HYTRONICS GmbH 2014: Rebranding/renaming of voestalpine HYTRONICS Group in voestalpine SIGNALING 2018: Bundeling of the railway infrastructure competences (high-tech turnouts, high-quality rails and intelligent, tailor-made signaling solutions) under the joint "Railway Systems" brand 2020: voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH was founded How can we help you? If you have questions or feedback, please feel free to contact us. We are happy to help! CONTACT US voestalpine Railway Systems voestalpine Railway Systems is the global leader for railway infrastructure system solutions, offering outstanding products, logistics and services for rails, turnouts, signaling and monitoring applications. Creating maximum customer benefit is the driving force behind all activities of the group. Print this page © 2021 voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH Kerpelystraße 199, 8700 Leoben, Austria T. +43 50304 28 0 Legal Notice