Press release 16 July 2010
Ruukki has agreed a contract to deliver the steel frame for the roof of a 40,000-square-metre logistics centre for the Mega Image supermarket chain in Romania. The contract is worth over EUR 2 million and includes steel frame manufacture and installation, as well as project management and Ruukki's performance-based fire protection design. The new logistics centre is to built on the outskirts of the Romanian capital Bucharest and will not only be one of the largest logistics centres for Mega Image, but also one of the largest in Romania.
"Ruukki has experience of logistics construction, competence in project management and also has the best references in terms of steel frame production and installation," says Onodi Stefan, General Manager of Arxikon Construction Company SRL, which is Ruukki's customer.
"The project will make use of the structural fire design we have developed to ensure the fire safety of the roof structures and to choose the most effective fire protection method for the different parts of the building. In most cases, this usually also saves costs", says Jouni Metsämäki, Senior Vice President, Central Eastern Europe, Ruukki Construction.
Consisting of seven interconnected units, Mega Image's logistics centre will be 347 metres in length and 12 metres in height. Manufacture of the steel structures will begin at Ruukki's plant in Bolintin Deal, Romania in July. Installation of the roof will be completed in three months, by the end of October. Some components will also be delivered from Ruukki's plant in Oborniki, Poland. The building will be brought into use in February 2011.
Mega Image is a Romanian supermarket chain owned by the Delhaize Group. Ruukki was contracted by the general contractor, Arxikon Construction Company.
Ruukki has extensive experience of steel construction contracts for different kinds of logistics and industrial premises. Ruukki is involved in projects to build a factory making television and LCD monitors for TVP Displays Polska in Poland, a logistics complex for DHL in Tallinn, Estonia and the DHL Business Park in Vantaa, Finland.
For further information, please contact: Jouni Metsämäki, SVP, Central Eastern Europe, Ruukki Construction, tel. +358 20 592 9114
Read more about Ruukki's performance-based fire protection design
Read more about Ruukki's logistics and warehouse references
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 27 countries and employs 11,700 people. Net sales in 2009 totalled EUR 2.0 billion. The company's share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Rautaruukki Oyj: RTRKS). The Corporation uses the marketing name Ruukki.
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