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| Rautaruukki to improve efficiency in Central Eastern Europe The Finnish metal-based components, systems and integrated systems supplier Rautaruukki Corporation said on Tuesday (7 October) that its Ruukki Construction division is to improve production efficiency and optimise production capacity and logistics in the Central Eastern European region. These actions are part of Rautaruukki's new corporate-wide operational excellence programme, Boost. In the Czech Republic, the smaller profiling unit at Ostrava will be closed and the machinery will be gradually relocated to Ruukki's bigger plants in Hungary, Poland and Romania by the end of the first quarter of 2009. Employer-employee negotiations at the Ostrava unit will start soonest and affect 81 people. The Ostrava unit has been located in rented premises since 2002. In future, roofing and cladding profiles for the Czech and Slovak markets will be delivered from Hungary and Poland. In Poland, a profitability programme has been launched at the Oborniki steel frame and sandwich panel plant. The 9-month programme will enhance processes and aims at a significant improvement in the plant's earnings performance. Detailed actions will be specified as the programme progresses. These actions are being taken with the aim of an annual improvement in Ruukki Construction's operating profit of more than EUR 3 million starting in 2009. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |