About us

Steyr Automotive

Tradition meets Innovation

Steyr Automotive is a leading Austrian company for commercial vehicles and industrial vehicle solutions based in Steyr, Upper Austria. We combine more than a hundred years of experience in vehicle construction with technology-neutral, sustainable drive concepts and offer comprehensive expertise in development, contract manufacturing, painting and special vehicle construction. Our four business units cover all services along the value chain in the commercial vehicle sector, from engineering and series production of commercial vehicles and superstructures, production and pre-assembly of individual components to painting — reliably, innovatively and with high production capacity in Austria.

Zeitstrahl

1914

Ereignis 1
Completion of the factory

1919

Ereignis 2
Production start-up of the first trucks

1941

Ereignis 3
First all-wheel drive truck rolls off the production line

1989

Ereignis 4
Acquisition of the Steyr truck business by MAN

2006

Ereignis 5
TGL series named Truck of the Year

2019

Ereignis 6
Start-up of plastic parts painting

2021

Ereignis 7
The birth of Steyr Automotive

2023

Ereignis 8
Acquisition of the vehicle business unit of M-U-T

2023

Ereignis 9
Start of contract manufacturing of truck-mounted forklifts

2024

Ereignis 10
Contract manufacturing agreement with SuperPanther

Engineering, Superstructures, Contract Manufacturing & Paint

Business Units

Steyr Automotive bundles its expertise in four Business Units: Contract Manufacturing for the industrial contract manufacturing of complete commercial vehicles, Paint for the painting and pre-assembly of plastic, metal or carbon components, and Engineering as a service provider in the field of research and development. In addition, Steyr Automotive develops and produces its own superstructures for waste collection and street cleaning in the MUT business unit.

MUT Special Vehicles

MUT Special Vehicles

Under the MUT brand, Steyr Automotive develops and produces its own bodies for waste collection and street cleaning, tailored to the needs of each individual customer.

learn more

Contract Manufacturing

Contract Manufacturing Steyr Automotive

As a contract manufacturer, Steyr Automotive provides flexible series and small-series production for commercial vehicles — on schedule, quality-assured and scalable to your production requirements. Our customers include established companies as well as ambitious start-ups.

learn more

Paint

Paint division Steyr Automotive

The Paint business unit bundles all competencies for industrial coating of plastic, metal and carbon parts (CFRP). We also offer pre-assembly work and just-in-sequence logistical supply to assembly plants when required.

learn more

Engineering

Engineering Steyr Automotive

The Engineering division covers all competencies in research and development at Steyr Automotive and spans the entire development process from the first concept to prototype construction and homologation.

learn more

Steyr Automotive

Facts & figures

Steyr Automotive is an Upper Austrian company in the heart of Europe. We stand for the highest production competence, modern infrastructure and, above all, top qualified employees. The plant comprises...

500.000 m²

total area

218.000 m²

built-up area

218.000 m²

production and logistics area

1.000

employees (incl. apprentices and leasing staff)


find out more

additional information

Steyr Automotive Promotional Video