Jan. 5, 2007 — Commercial Metals Co. has completed its acquisition of substantially all the operating assets of a steel fabrication business in Rosslau/Saxony-Anhalt in eastern Germany.

Announced in late November subject to regulatory approval and other conditions, the acquisition was carried out by CMC's subsidiary, Commercial Metals Deutschland GmbH.

The fabrication unit has an annual capacity of 40'000 tons with customers in the eastern and western part of Germany serving the construction industry. It reaches the major markets surrounding Leipzig, Halle, Berlin, Hanover and Hamburg. The facility was previously owned and operated by Bruhler Stahlhandel GmbH.

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Commercial Metals Co. and subsidiaries manufacture, recycle and market steel and metal products, related materials and services through a network including steel minimills, steel fabrication and processing plants, construction-related product warehouses, a copper tube mill, metal recycling facilities and marketing and distribution offices in the United States and in strategic overseas markets.