Ruukki Construction, part of SSAB, has opened the new roof profile production line in Vimpeli, Finland, Kallanish notes.
Recent years have seen Ruukki spend a total of €8 million ($8.4m) on the Vimpeli plant as part of a multi-year investment programme. In Vimpeli, the company has further improved product properties, streamlined material flows, increased production capacity and the degree of automation, upgraded production lines, and improved social and civil defence shelter facilities, SSAB notes.
The almost 100-metre profiling line in Vimpeli will double the production capacity of the plant’s snap lock roofing. It is dedicated to making Ruukki Classic, Ruukki Classic LowCarbon and Ruukki Trendic profiles, and is the largest single machine investment in the project, which was announced in December 2021.
The improvements will result in new, better and more sustainable roofing products, more efficient for installation partners as well as for house builders and renovators, SSAB says.
Christian Koehl Germany
