Partnership with Sorvimo supporting Ruukki's strategy: world-class digital tools for design and calculation
Ruukki is strengthening market leadership through digital tools
Ruukki Construction, a leading provider of roofing and facade solutions, is one of the key players in the construction industry. In addition to its high-quality and sustainability-driven product portfolio, Ruukki has a major focus on delivering value-adding services and digital solutions to its stakeholders. For example, digital design and dimensioning tools help optimize the use of Ruukki's products in building design making it a preferred supplier of construction materials.
Installation of Ruukki's sandwich panels. (Image: Ruukki Construction)
“Digital design tools represent a tremendous opportunity, and Ruukki is committed to being a forerunner. The main goal, of course, is to ensure that Ruukki's products are included in design plans and that engineers know how to fully utilize them.”
– Leena Pyssysalo, Technical Sales Manager
To reach these goals, Ruukki has partnered with Sorvimo, which develops and maintains the Ruukki Design Tools portal. The portal includes a range of applications supporting the design of building envelope products. In addition to software development, Sorvimo provides Ruukki with structural engineering expertise for advanced calculations and R&D projects.
Ruukki Design Tools portal simplifies complex design tasks
Ruukki’s Design Tools portal is a trusted resource for construction professionals, serving thousands of active users. The portal brings together dimensioning applications for thin sheet products (TrayPan, Poimu, PurCalc, ComSlab), along with support tools for acoustics, and snow and wind loads.
Ruukki Design Tools portal brings all applications together in one easy-to-use interface for thousands of users.
Managing extensive product data is a complex challenge for a company like Ruukki, which has operations spanning several businesses, countries and production sites. Having a single portal for design tools has simplified data management, and now the user-friendly dimensioning applications always provide the latest product information and precise calculation models, ensuring optimized results without overdesign and waste. Calculations for a design can be created in minutes and easily adjusted using various parameters, such as environmental actions like snow and wind loads. Projects created in the portal can be easily shared, supporting virtual teamwork and ensuring smooth handovers or reviews by others.
“The Design Tools portal makes engineers’ work significantly easier and faster - even extensive calculations are completed in minutes! At Ruukki's sales and technical support, we can provide comprehensive customer service by easily demonstrating how changes in parameters or installation scenarios influence the design. The portal also supports employee onboarding by helping staff build product expertise and understand the effects of design decisions.”
– Leena Pyssysalo, Technical Sales Manager
Benefits of the Design Tools portal
- Streamlines design process for thousands of professionals
- Strengthens Ruukki's technical sales and customer support capabilities
- Centralized updates – ensuring up-to-date product data
- Comprehensive service covering maintenance, support, and development
Sorvimo is a proven partner for business-critical tools
After the active development phase, Sorvimo now ensures the smooth operation of Ruukki Design Tools portal by maintaining the system, providing user support, and continuously adding new features based on Ruukki's needs and user feedback. Updates are released several times a year, ensuring up-to-date product information and keeping the tools aligned with evolving requirements. The tools offered through the portal have become an integral part of daily work, making a seamless partnership with Sorvimo essential for the success of Ruukki's design and technical support.
“When Sorvimo was originally chosen as the development partner for the Design Tools portal, it was clear from the very first contact that they truly listen to users. Today, I feel that if the design tools didn't work, nothing else would work either! We've become quite dependent on them, so the collaboration with Sorvimo plays a major role in keeping everyday work running smoothly. Sorvimo has proven to be a reliable and approachable partner for such a critical solution.”
– Leena Pyssysalo, Technical Sales Manager
Learn more about Ruukki's dimensioning applications from the Ruukki Design Tools portal.
Ruukki Construction manufactures steel-based building products and provides related services, focusing on roofs and walls. Operating under the Ruukki and Plannja brands, the company serves customers in 10 European countries and emphasizes sustainability in its operations. Ruukki is part of the SSAB Group.
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