Rautaruukki designs and delivers steel structur...

Press Release 25 November 2008

Rautaruukki will design and deliver steel structures for a logistics
complex in Minsk, Belarus. The contract is worth EUR 1 million.
Ruukki will design and deliver steel structures for the logistics
complex and administration quarters totalling more than 9,000 square
meters. The customer is Belrusinvest.


"This is the first time we are working together with Ruukki. We chose
Ruukki as our supplier because they have experts in the structures
used in logistics buildings. For us, it is also important to work
with an established partner with a strong position as a manufacturer
of steel structures. This was the decisive factor that clinched the
deal in Ruukki's favour," said Viktor Davidenko, Director of the
Group of Companies Belrusinvest.

According to Mr Davidenko, the warehousing complex will be used to
satisfy the Group's own needs, as well as to rent to companies that
need warehousing facilities in the city of Minsk.
The logistics building will be completed in 2009. Ruukki opened sales
office in Belarus in October 2008. Expansion of sales network will
improve Ruukki's customer service and provide the potential for new
partnerships.

Jouni Metsämäki, Senior Vice President, Northern and Eastern Europe,
Ruukki Construction, tel. [phone]


Rautaruukki supplies metal-based components, systems and total
solutions to the construction and engineering industries. The company
has a wide selection of metal products and services. Rautaruukki has
operations in 26 countries and employs 15,000 people. Net sales in
2007 totalled EUR 3.9 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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