Rautaruukki has signed a major contract with the Russian company Terwingo to design and deliver the steel frame and roof structures for a special steel wire production plant to be built in the Lipetsk region. The contract is worth around EUR 7 million.

The Russian company Terwingo focuses among other things on nanotechnology projects. The new plant will make special steel wire for use in the solar energy industry (photovoltaic cells) to cut silicon crystals.

The new plant is being built in Gryaz, near Lipetsk, around 500 kilometres to the southeast of Moscow and will have a production capacity of around 10,000 tonnes a year.

Mr Jussi Tuisku GD of Ruukki Rus said “The contract is a significant one for us. The new building will have a total area of 46,000 m2 and the project is of very great regional importance. Ruukki's capacity to provide fast total deliveries was a key factor in clinching the deal.”

Ruukki has ready conceptualised steel halls and structures in Russia and the Trusscon structures launched this spring will be used in this project. Trusscon is especially suited for large logistics, production and commercial buildings. The roof structures in this project are unique since the plant will have 230 skylights to make optimum use of natural light conditions in the production process.

Ruukki's deliveries will end in January 2012.