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Ruukki to Open Special Steels Sales Office in India
11/21/2011 - Ruukki announced plans to open a sales office in Mumbai, India, by the end of this year to support the company’s strategic target for special steels in the region.
Ruukki announced plans to open a sales office in Mumbai, India, by the end of this year. The new office will support Ruukki's strategic target for special steels in the region.
"The use of special steels in the emerging market countries is currently showing strong growth,” said Thomas Hörnfeldt, Senior Vice President, Sales, Special steels at Ruukki Metals. “It is important to have a presence in the markets and to be close to our customers so that we can provide them with increasingly better and faster service”.
In India, Ruukki focuses especially on sales of high-strength Ruukki Optim and wear-resistant Ruukki Raex special steels for the company’s customers in transportation as well as in mining and construction equipment manufacturing. Special steel products enable lighter vehicle structures, which in turn helps to save energy, reduce emissions and prolong lifecycles in applications requiring wear resistance.
In support of the company’s effort to strengthen sales of special steels in the emerging markets, Ruukki had already opened a sales office also in Beijing, China, in September. Ruukki has had operations in China since 2005 and opened its first sales office there in 2009 in Shanghai.
Ruukki supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated systems to the construction and engineering industries, offering a wide selection of metal products and services. Rautaruukki, which has operations in 27 countries and employs 11,700 people, uses the marketing name Ruukki.
