Rautaruukki Oyj Stock Exchange Release 22.2.2008 RAUTARUUKKI TO DELIVER EUR 100 MILLION STEEL STRUCTURE ORDER FOR FOOTBALL STADIUM IN ST PETERSBURG Rautaruukki has signed a major contract to deliver steel structures for the new Zenit football stadium in St Petersburg, Russia. The contract is a unit price delivery valued at a total of around EUR 100 million and is the biggest steel structure delivery in Rautaruukki's history. The project investor is the city government and the main contractor LLC Avant. Deliveries of steel structures for the stand will begin in April and continue until October 2008. The first football game at the new Zenit stadium will be in spring 2009. The stadium will have a total of 60,000 seats. The truss-like stand structures to be delivered by Rautaruukki weigh a total of 23 000 tonnes. - Cooperation with the city of St Petersburg strengthens our position as a dependable partner capable of making reliable deliveries to very demanding customers. This is also an excellent example of the strategic progress we are making to be the industry leader in steel construction in Europe, says Saku Sipola, President, Ruukki Construction. - Ruukki was the best choice of partner. We chose Ruukki because of its worldwide reputation and top quality products. Ruukki is also able to produce a large volume of challenging structures to very tight schedule, says Gregory Feldman, General Manager, LLC Avant. The structures will be made partly at Ruukki's own facilities in Obninsk and Balabanovo, Russia and partly by subcontractors. The biggest support structures to be delivered to the stadium are 50 metres high and weigh over 60 tonnes. The metals used for the structures will be sourced mainly from Russian suppliers. Ruukki has sound experience of steel structure supplies for sports complexes and arenas. Since 2006, Ruukki has delivered materials, roof structures, panels, façades, including installation, for a number of arenas in Sweden, Russia and Latvia. Further information: Saku Sipola, President, Ruukki Construction, tel. +358 20 59 28979, +358 40 55 15953 Sergey Chernishev, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Russia, Ruukki Construction, tel. +7 49 57 842096, +7 812 346 6969 Photos of arenas and sports complexes supplied by Ruukki available at: http://www.datahotelli.com/ruukki_mediakit/mediaKit.jsp?id=4039743&type=search Rautaruukki Corporation Anne Pirilä SVP, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations Rautaruukki supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated systems to the construction and engineering industries. The company has a wide selection of metal products and services. Rautaruukki has operations in 24 countries and employs 14,600 people. Net sales in 2007 totalled EUR 3.9 billion. The company's share is quoted on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki (Rautaruukki Oyj: RTRKS). The Corporation has used the marketing name Ruukki since 2004. www.ruukki.com DISTRIBUTION OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Main media www.ruukki.com
RAUTARUUKKI TO DELIVER EUR 100 MILLION STEEL STRUCTURE ORDER FOR FOOTBALL STADIUM IN ST PETERSBURG
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