Rautaruukki supplied steel structures for Swedb...

Press release 12 May 2009

The Swedish Institute of Steel Construction has chosen Swedbank
Stadium as the 2009 steel construction of the year. Rautaruukki was
responsible for the design, manufacture and installation of the steel
structures for the stadium in Malmö, Sweden.


The Swedish Institute of Steel Construction gives an award every
other year for an innovatively constructed, architecturally
impressive steel structured building. Ruukki's challenge was to
construct the impressive, technically complex structures
cost-effectively.

Ruukki was responsible for delivering and installing the wall and
roof structures, as well as for project management. Work on building
the stadium started in April 2007 and was completed in November 2008.
The stadium can hold 24,000 spectators and is one of the largest in
Sweden. The building comprises 58 trusses equivalent to 1,180 tonnes
of steel beams. The outdoor measurements of the building are 150 x
200 metres.

Another Ruukki delivery, an unusual lecture hall built at the
University of Karlstad in Sweden, was also nominated for this year's
award. The round, multimedia studio, which is suspended from the
ceiling, weighs 30 tonnes and can take 120 people. The lecture hall,
which was completed in late 2008, has also been nominated for the
ECCS Biannual European Steel Design Awards to be held in Barcelona in
September 2009.

For further information, please contact: Sami Eronen, SVP,
Infrastructure and Construction Northern Europe, Ruukki Construction,
tel. [phone]

Photos of the buildings: ruukki.com > Media > Logo and images > New
for press

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 26 countries and employs 13,300 people. Net sales in
2008 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.

www.ruukki.com


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