Rautaruukki - Company Announcement

Rautaruukki's acquisition of Lithuanian steel frame company approved

Rautaruukki Corporation         Stock exchange release 30 December 2008 at 14.25

Rautaruukki's acquisition of Lithuanian steel frame company approved 

Rautaruukki Corporation has acquired the entire share capital of the Lithuanian
steel frame company Gensina from the company's private owners. The transaction
was approved today 30 December 2008. 

Gensina is active within the production and assembly of steel frames. The
company's customers are international and local investors and construction
firms in Lithuania. Gensina has 82 employees and its net sales in 2007 were
around EUR 9 million. 

The acquisition furthers Ruukki's frame and envelope project management
business in Lithuania and the other Baltic states, and also strengthens
Ruukki's manufacturing network serving the Baltic states. 


For further information, please contact: Guntis Duks, Baltic Sales Director,
Ruukki Construction, tel: +371 6704 4930, guntis.duks@ruukki.com 



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 26 countries and
em-ploys 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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