Ruukki Construction

Ruukki Construction produces and sells energy-efficient building solutions, with a focus on Northern and Eastern Europe.

Fast facts

Ruukki Construction is a supplier of steel-based building products and services for roofs and walls for sustainable buildings.

Employees, approximately: 1,400

Revenue in 2024: SEK 5,508 million

Head of Ruukki Construction: Sami Eronen

Operations in 10 countries

Ruukki Construction offers sustainable building products and services such as roofs and building envelopes. Core business segments are non-residential and residential construction. Ruukki Construction has operations in 10 countries, with production units in Finland, Poland, Sweden, Estonia and Ukraine. Ruukki’s customers are active in the construction and real estate sectors.

Environmentally-aware construction has become normal practice. Alongside environmental awareness, customers’ requirements include the construction of high-quality, healthy buildings. Ruukki is responding to evolving requirements by offering customers the best products and solutions to promote sustainability. Examples of this include Ruukki® LowCarbon products made with SSAB Zero™ steel based on recycled steel and which reduce a building’s carbon footprint and increasingly more energy-efficient panels and the Ruukki Life panel, which cuts carbon dioxide emissions originating in production by as much as 20%.

Market position

Ruukki Construction has a strong market position in residential and non-residential construction in Finland, Scandinavia, the Baltic states, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which are Ruukki’s key geographical market areas.

Demand drivers and trends

Construction business cycles greatly affect demand in Ruukki Construction’s market area. Recent years have seen depressed demand in the construction markets in the Nordic countries and Europe. Alongside the cyclical nature of construction, demand is greatly affected by various trends such as digitalization, consumer behavior, urbanization and sustainable construction.

Strengths

  • Recognized brand with a focus on product and service innovations
  • Reliability with high-quality and certified products as well as extensive warranties
  • Strong knowhow in steel-based building products

Strategy

Ruukki Construction offers complete steel-based roofing and wall solutions for buildings. This includes products, design and technical support, with SSAB as the main steel supplier. Several restructures in recent years have given Ruukki Construction a solid foundation on which to achieve sustainable growth with customers in the core business areas – roofing and building envelopes in the Nordics, Baltics and Central Eastern Europe.

Ruukki Construction contributes to SSAB’s strategy by:

  • Strengthening the position on the Nordic home market by focusing on the building segment
  • Strong competence in steel-based building products as a basis for future product development in SSAB
  • Developing an offering with low CO2 emissions in the building segment

Customers and end-users

Core business segments:

  • Non-residential construction
  • Residential construction
  • Industrial construction

Ruukki Construction’s customers operate in many activities in real estate and construction. The most important decision groups are:

  • Architects and structural designers
  • Lead contractors and installation companies
  • Real estate owners and developers
  • Residential roofing dealers and tin smiths
  • House owners

Products and services

  • Steel roofs, rainwater systems, roof safety products and accessories for residential construction
  • Building envelopes such as sandwich panels, load-bearing sheets and façade claddings for non-residential construction
  • Design and product optimization services

Ruukki Construction has production units in Finland, Poland, Sweden, Estonia and Ukraine. Ruukki Construction’s major steel supplier is SSAB Europe, but there are also external steel suppliers, mainly in CEE. Competitiveness is secured by market level pricing from all suppliers.

Competitors

Other steel-based building product suppliers like Kingspan, Lindab and Areco.