Focus : 

• Voestalpine will need less and less “blue colars” and more and more data experts.
• The new rolling mill in leoben will be drived by 2 employees and 15,000 sensors instead of 15 to 20 workers by shift for the old plant.
• The Group digitalization transformation will take 15 years with no negative impacts on jobs 
• “We will replace those who retire by ‘white-collar workers’.
• Overs 50s, will be  managed to bring them to a reasonable pace until retirement
• For those who are between 35 and 50, we must really qualify them
• New digital disciplines will be created in the group

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