July 05, 2008

Rautaruukki to supply steel structures wood processor in Russia

Rautaruukki announced that it will supply steel structures in Russia for woodworking company Russian Laminate.

The construction project, which includes eight separate buildings, will take place on the production site of the Igoryevskiy woodworking plant in the Smolenskaya region, in western Russia.

Ruukki’s delivery is to consist of steel frame elements, sandwich panels and all steel structures except the foundation. Deliveries are to start in the middle of June 2008, with the production area ready to enter use almost within a year from the start of construction.

In addition to the main production building, Ruukki’s steel structures will be used for the bark stripping and cutting section facilities, electrical power installations with biofuel storage, and administration building. In total, Ruukki will deliver steel structures for a new factory complex of 60,000square meters.

Mr Andrey Romanov director of production and development of the company Russian Laminate said that “Ruukki has great experience in construction of industry buildings. Ruukki is a stable, reliable and qualified steel construction company. This became the determinant for the choice of the manufacturing company.”

The new production complex will become one of the most powerful production factories of medium density fiber board in Russia. After beginning production, it will be able to produce 400,000 cubic meters of plates per year. MDF plates are used in furniture production and for laminated flooring, as well as in other applications.