Ruukki strengthens its position in retail and logistics construction in Sweden

2012-11-12 09:23:03 -

Rautaruukki Corporation Press release 12 November 2012 at 10.15am EET



Ruukki has signed contracts with Nimag Projekt Ab and Peab for the design,

manufacture and installation of steel frames and load-bearing roof structures

for the Bauhaus store near Stockholm and for Ikano's shopping centre to be built

in Uddevalla, Sweden. The contracts are worth a total of around EUR 6 million.



Under the contract signed with Nimag Projekt Ab, Ruukki will design and deliver

the steel frame, load-bearing roof structures and façades, including

installation, for the new Bauhaus store to be built in the municipality of

Upplands Väsby near Stockholm.



Under the contract signed with construction firm Peab Sverige AB, Ruukki will

design and deliver the steel frame and load-bearing roof structures, ready

installed, for a 25,000 m(2).shopping centre being built in Uddevalla for Ikano.

The shopping centre will also include an Ikea store.



"These contracts strengthen, in line with our strategy, our position in retail

and logistics construction in Sweden. We have numerous showcases of retail

single-storey construction from the past few years, where we have been able to

offer customers energy-efficient envelope and frame building solutions.

Likewise, we also have a strong foothold in logistics construction, an example

of which is Sweden Post's new sorting centre completed this year at Hallsberg in

Central Sweden," says Sami Eronen, SVP, Building Projects at Ruukki

Construction.



The structures for the Uddevalla project will be manufactured at Ruukki's plant

in Gargzdai in Lithuania and those for the Upplands Väsby project will be

manufactured jointly by Ruukki's plants in Gargzdai, Lithuania and Seinäjoki,

Finland. Deliveries and installation for the Ikano building will be made by the

end of this year and for the Bauhaus store by the end of June 2013.



For more information, please contact:

Sami Eronen, Senior Vice President, Building projects, Ruukki Construction, Tel

+358 20 592 5173





Ruukki provides its customers with energy-efficient steel solutions for better

living, working and moving. Ruukki operates in some 30 countries and employs

around 11,800 people. Net sales in 2011 totalled EUR 2.8 billion. The company's

share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Rautaruukki Oyj: RTRKS).

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