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Rautaruukki to Supply Steel Structures for Mill in Poland

09/26/2011 - Rautaruukki will supply the steel structures for a paper mill being built in Ostroleka, Poland. The project includes the manufacture and installation of the steel frame for the paper mill and warehouse.

Rautaruukki has been contracted to deliver the steel structures for a paper mill being built by Stora Enso in Ostroleka, Poland. The project includes the manufacture and installation of the steel frame for the paper mill and warehouse. The contract is worth over EUR 8 million.
 
Stora Enso will use Ruukki's double-grade high-strength steel for the steel structures. This grade is ideal for the building’s large truss structures in the building. For this application, Ruukki's high-strength steel enables structures that are up to 20% lighter in weight.
 
“This is a very important contract for Ruukki and an opening to the markets in Central Eastern Europe,” said Jorma Korhonen, Business Director, CEE & Baltics at Ruukki. “This is the first time high-strength steel will be used in a large building project in this market area. High-strength steel enables Ruukki to stand out from the other actors in the field.”
 
Ruukki will manufacture the steel structures at the company’s steel structure plants at Oborniki in Poland and Bolintin Deal in Romania between October 2011 and February 2012. Installation work will begin in November 2011 and the mill is scheduled for completion during the first quarter of 2013.
 
The contract is a continuation of earlier cooperation between the two companies. In 2009-2010, Ruukki provided the steel frame for the power plant delivered by Metso to Stora Enso's Ostroleka Mill.
 
Rautaruukki supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated systems to the construction and engineering industries. Rautaruukki has operations in 27 countries and employs 11,700 people. The company reported net sales EUR 2.4 billion in 2010. The corporation uses the marketing name Ruukki.