voestalpine defies weak economy -- largely stable performance in the first quarter of 2013/14

Despite the definite cooling of the macroeconomic environment in the most important global economic regions, the voestalpine Group's performance continued to be stable both as far as revenue and results are concerned. It is especially gratifying that voestalpine's workforce has reached a new record figure of 47,154 employees. More Information: http://bit.ly/1cuCy5R