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EditorialHans Berger

ZoomBuilders TestimoniesPrinting Houses Chose Lindab Buildings

Buildings of the Year Winners

RoboticsRobotized Welding System

May 2012

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regrettable but this decision was necessary to align our manufacturing capacity with market conditions and lower our cost structure in line with lower production levels. The Luxembourg plant has greater capacity and higher productivity. The primary frame production capabilities include robotic welding and a more efficient process flow. MSB building components are also produced at the Luxembourg plant. An added consideration favoring the Luxembourg plant is the poor condition of the Přerov building roof which we assess to require major repairs in the near future. Certain labor intensive components will continue to be produced at an adjacent facility in Přerov. Engineering, logistical and administrative services for our CEE Builder/Dealer network and customers will also remain in Přerov.

Despite weaker growth in the construction sector we are achieving very positive results in several regions. Russia in particular continues to be a key growth market for Building Systems. To support this growth the construction of the factory extension in Yaroslavl, Russia is in progress and will

be completed in the fourth quarter. This will increase local production capacity by 60%. Another major market opportunity for our systems is Belarus. Alutech Incorporated, a leading producer of aluminum roller shutter systems, sectional doors and aluminum profile systems located in Minsk has placed its sixth building order with us recently. Sales in Germany have also remained steady throughout the first quarter underlining the strength and quality of our Builder/Dealer network.

We are confident that our strong sales activities, the quality and strength of our Builder/Dealer network and our focus on production efficiency improvements and new products and systems such as multistory car parks will support our vision “to be the preferred supplier of sustainable solutions for industrial buildings in Europe, Russia and CIS”.

Hans G. BergerManaging Director

In January Lindab lowered the Company’s growth target reflecting a slower growth forecast for Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Despite weaker market conditions Lindab’s organic growth target will likely exceed the relevant construction market growth by two to four percentage points.

Consistent with weaker demand for our products, Lindab Buildings announced the downsizing of the manufacturing capacity at the Přerov, Czech Republic facility in February. The loss of jobs is always very

Editorial

Since last January more than 50,000 professionals in the construction branches including architects, engineers, craftsmen, contractors, investors and other trade representatives took part in the International Construction Fair Budma 2012 in Poznań, Poland. BUDMA International Construction Fair provides a forum for the leading construction businesses in this part of Europe to meet.

BUDMA is the place where companies can present their new products and introduce their innovative solutions to the market.

That is why Lindab Buildings decided to inform about rebranding, new products like parking decks, recent developments. It was also great opportunity to meet business partners and find new clients.

Lindab Buildings shared a stand with long term Builder W.P.I.P. company from Poznań which promoted its new conception “Industrial Green Building” and previewed the design of their future office.

Lindab Buildings Exhibits

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Lindab Facade Cassette System exceeds any expectations offering an aesthetic solution for demanding wall cladding of hall structures, offices, as well as public buildings.

The external wall cassette system looks like sharp horizontal and vertical lines on the wall facade, in square or rectangular shape, providing an exclusive appearance for the building.

Lindab’s facade cassettes are very easy to assemble; it is simply a matter of clicking them together and fastening with screws, this makes the assembly both quick and easy. A small, yet significant, detail is the cassette’s drip, which prevents water collecting in the joints.

The elegant corner solution and the concealed joints give the facade a

perfect finish; the cassettes are tailor-made so that they naturally comply with the facade’s architectural language and in terms of color, the architect can use his everlasting creativity when taking Lindab Facade Cassette System into consideration.

Lindab CassetteBetween Technical Customised Solution and Design

RoboticsState-of-the-Art Developments

During recent months, Lindab Buildings developed a robotized welding system for pre-engineered welded section beams in the Diekirch facility located in Luxembourg.

Thanks to the state-of-the-art in house OPSys CAD-CAM development, providing the ability to design the tailor made buildings in 3D, an ambitious project has been launched to create the automatic generation of welding robot programs out of the 3D digital drawings.

The freshly installed robotic cell is now operational and able to weld steel beams via a simple human-machine interface that each welder can use without having to program the robots at any time.

After few months in service, the results are positive; the first station output compared to manual welding is a great step in efficiency enhancement and significantly improves our competitiveness, in line with our strategy focus.

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Picture 1: The 16,000m² building is located near Poznań (Poland). The aim of CGS INVEST was to create an integrated system with the highest technical standards, which simplify and speed up production. Accuracy, precision and high quality workmanship of the general contractor fully complied with customer expectations.

Pictures 2 & 5: The building is located in Ecuelles in the Paris area (France). The office building, an open space of 265m², joins on to the production hall of 780m². In the production area the absence of intermediate columns allowed ergonomic internal layout of machines.

Picture 3: WPIP company has built a functional building in Poland, which will allow for fast, easy and accurate processing of orders.

We have lost count of the printing buildings built by Lindab Builders in Europe: They are in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic and other countries...

The specific requirements for the printing industry vary according to the respective production technique practiced. The Lindab Buildings system provides flexible design of attractive buildings which meet the different requirements of the customer as demonstrated in the following buildings recently built by Lindab.

For each building, there was the same objective: to meet the business and personal needs of the individual printing premises.

Printing Houses

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The client was very satisfied because of the high technical standard and attention to details.

Picture 4:Due to the growing demand for quality books, Azbuka-Atticus publishing group, one of the largest printing companies in Russia, wanted new premises with a production capacity of 69 million books. To maintain fixed temperature and humidity, the building was equipped with Lindab cooling and ventilation systems. Lighting is also crucial in the printing process, so the complex has a combination of natural lighting (through skylight panels) and electric lighting calculated using DIAL.

Picture 6:The 2800m² building for Imprim’Eclair located in Reims (France) was designed according to the specific requirements of the printing industry. A huge ventilation system maintains the special climatic conditions, 55% of humidity and a constant room temperature of 20°C.

Buildings designed to meet each specific need

Excellent acoustic absorption Excellent thermal insulation by ASTROTHERM Optimum use of space with free span up to 100m Maintenance of special climatic conditions by special Lindab cooling and ventilation systems Vibration-free floor Designed to meet each

specific requirement Maximum flexibility for future business activity Environmentally friendly solution Developed with the latest technologies Reliable and enduring Optimised natural lighting Pleasant interior comfort Low maintenance cost

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Building of the Month / Quarter Winners

Quarter 2/2011 Builder: LRCI (F) • Cust.: Hubert Frères SNC Month 07/2011 Builder: Alan-Invest (RUS) • Cust.: Azbuka-Atticus Publishing Group Month 08/2011 Builder: OZ-BUD (PL) • Cust.: Commune of Dziadowa Kłoda

Month 09/2011Builder: Wertbau (D) • Cust.: Heko GmbH Präzisionstechnik

Month 10/2011Builder: NPSM (UA) • Cust.: N-AUTO

Quarter 3/2011Builder: ROC (F) • Cust.: SEMIIC❽

Month 11/2011Builder: A2P Ingénierie (F) • Cust.: Espace Graphic

Month 12/2011Builder: Metallomontaj+ (RUS) • Cust.: Biysk-Auto

Quarter 4/2011Builder: FHU Multi Projekt (PL) • Cust.: FHU Multi Projekt

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Lindab Buildings presents the winners of the Building of the Year competition. These 2 projects, already presented to you in our newsletters, were chosen by a majority vote of Lindab Builders from the 12 “SSB of the Month” and four “MSB of the Quarter” contributions.

GasOil Engineering (picture above) decided to complete a new, more spacious head office (3,910m² on three floors), reflecting its brand and its market position in Slovakia and rewarded the contract to Builder Hornex.

The skating rink below was built for the 7th Asian Winter Olympic Games in Kazakhstan by Contractstroy-A. The building possesses a 6,400m² arch roof supported by special pillars and a gallery connecting the main building with the rink.

Building of the Year Winners

New contest in 2012“Best Building Solution” All Lindab buildings, completed within less than 4 years, can compete in this new contest in 4 categories: Small and Smart, Inside Views, Large and Simple, Sustainable.

We publish the winner every 3 months: in May, June, September and December. Lindab Buildings adjudicators will vote to determine the winners.

What to win: A dinner for two people in a gourmet restaurant, your building featured on the homepage of the www.lindab.com website, an aquarelle painting of your building, an award sign, and finally an article published in our monthly newsletter.

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The completion of these three buildings, located in Plan de Campagne – the largest shopping precinct of France – near Marseille, is what we might call a long-term project.

It was built by Lindab Builder Primanova based in Marseille, for the company Dock Européens, one of the investors of the site.

With an area of 1.200m², the two last

Chinese Restaurant Opening in a Lindab Multi-Storey Building

TMT Wadowice has built for shoe manufacturer Conhpol in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Poland). The 2,800m² steel structure without interior columns and DSR200 roof system was completed within three weeks and the shoe production started one year later.

Designed to the dynamism of Conhpol, these turnkey premises are dedicated to

the production of shoes. The client, Mr Henry Konopka opted for an aluminum blinds system for the front elevation, which at the height of the windows is equipped with actuators for changing the angle of the slats.

The space conception, devoted to work efficiency as well as aesthetic appeal totally satisfied the company owner. He

also underlines the excellent cooperation with TMT Wadowice who already built a previous building for them. Convinced by the advantages of the building system, Mr Konopka already plans future extention with Lindab Buildings.

Builder: TMT Wadowice (Poland)Customer: Conhpol

Ergonomic and Functional Working Environment in Poland

buildings of this project – a two-storey and a single-storey building – are once again intended to welcome people: an Asian restaurant on the ground floor, a decoration shop on the first floor and a pub in the single-storey building.

Fully respecting the RT2005 French building regulation with 120mm insulation in the roof, 80mm sandwich panels in the walls, the two buildings offer an architectural aspect: panels from FunderMax at the top (wood and resins) with a meticulous calepinage, large panels at their ends and roof overhangs over the different access.

Perseverance and good relationships with his customer werethe keys that gave Didier BOURJAC (PRIMANOVA) the chance to complete this project.

Builder: PRIMANOVA (France)Customer: SAS DOCKS EUROPEENS

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Lindab Builders TestimoniesW.P.I.P. Sp. z o.o., Builder in Poland:

Bolesław Jerzy Stasik, chief executive officer W.P.I.P. Sp. z o.o. Poland (picture opposite) stated: “Whenever I need support, a Lindab employee goes with me to meet my customer and look for best solutions. This is really helpful.”

Integro Steel, Builder in Russia:

Viktor Batanov, General Director Integro Steel (lower left picture) declared:“As I’m more a sales guy, I’m thankful to get full support from Lindab’s experts for all technical aspects like feasibility, certificates and approvals or building physics.”

Friedrich Hallenbau GmbH Builder in Germany:

Markus Hanke, Managing Director Friedrich Hallenbau GmbH (lower right picture) stated: “With the new communication concept focusing on customer’s dreams and sustainable products, I have a strong position in the market.”

At Lindab we are working to develop new products and solutions that simplify and facilitate the daily work of our Builders. We asked Builders their point of view on how they perceive their partnership and opportunities with Lindab Buildings. See why Lindab is their preferred partner...

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Allplan in 10 Lessons

CE marking according to EN1090-1 will be mandatory from July 1 2014. However, Lindab structures are already in compliance with the EN1090-2 standard. So Lindab can already today affix the “CE marking” on its structural steel products: a real commercial benefit and a competitive advantage.

The CE marking on the Lindab structure covers the main structure: frames, crane rail beams, mezzanine structures, wind bracing and the secondary framing.

The CE marking is a mandatory conformity mark allowing products to be placed on the market in the EU. This product complies with the harmonized EN standard or the respective ETA (European Technical Approval). For all deliveries, a

« CE marking » sheet is added to the transport documents, showing the conformity certificate number and declared product performances. A small label may appear on the labeling of individual or bundles of parts.

More information is available on your Extranet under “News/Marketing News” and “New tools for you”.

CE Marking of Lindab Buildings: A Real Commercial Benefit

“A picture is worth a thousand words…”

The customer likes to dream about his future new building. With Cyprion-Allplan, Builders help him to visualize their proposal as well as their knowhow. He makes your proposal his own and starts to buy it.

Builders can now learn in comprehensive

steps how to enhance their Allplan drawings and illustrations by following the 10 lessons on the Lindab Extranet.

The main idea is to build a whole project from the start to the end within 10 lessons. While doing this, you will discover, step by step, the different features of that software.

With help of texts, print screens and

videos it is easy to progress and master the capabilities of Cyprion-Allplan.

Go to Extranet and take this opportunity to learn how to delight your customer and make him buy. If you want to get some more information, feel free to contact directly your local Lindab Buildings office or the experts from the central Cyprion team in Diekirch.

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Steel-Concrete

Composite Structure To take up the shear forces between the steel beam and the concrete slab, the Hilti X-VHB shear connectors create a steel-concrete composite structure, which is more resistant and rigid than the steel section itself.The concrete is not a dead weight anymore, but contributes to the total resistance. This way the size of the steel beam can be reduced or the admissible load on the existing profile increased.

The Hilti X-HVB shear connectors are fastened using powder actuated technology. This solution has several advantages: installation independent of weather condition, no external energy source needed and no anti-corrosion treatment of the steel deck or beam required.The shear connectors and the deck are fixed in one operation with a light and compact tool. This method does not require specialists: operatives trained by Hilti are capable to execute the work.

Additional information: www.hilti.com

Eight Aluzinc Roofs Built by our Network Every Week

Thanks to its excellent corrosion resistance and its natural appearance, the Aluzinc® coating has become a reference in construction internationally.

Its 25 years guarantee in construction makes it an unique steel, able to offer solutions for any type of exterior or interior project: contemporary, traditional or industrial.

Aluzinc®, produced in Dudelange (Luxembourg) offers major benefits, associated with excellent transformation and reflectivity. Thanks to these advantages it is a material used around the world, particularly in roof and wall cladding.

Numerous references on Lindab buildings exist. Indeed, since 1962, the Lindab Builder network has completed over 8,500

Aluzinc roofs worldwide, which represents nearly 8 buildings per week.

This good collaboration between ArcelorMittal and Lindab Buildings will certainly give birth to numerous other projects.

Lindab S.A.P.O. Box 152 • Route d'EttelbruckL-9202 DiekirchPhone: +352 80 29 1-1 • Fax: +352 80 34 66info@lindabbuildings.com • www.lindabbuildings.com

Publisher: Lindab S.A.Text and Coordination: Marketing Department

Lindab is expanding its engineering operations to Central-Eastern Europe with a new Engineering office in Łomianki near Warsaw (Poland).

Long time experience on the market, a well established active network of Builders, and future market development, Poland represents a significant opportunity for Lindab.This new location is intended to provide product and technical support, as well as

additional levels of service to facilitate the activity of our local Builder Network.

The new office will have a big impact on service and quality for our Builders. Central location of the office and ability to deliver service in Polish, Lithuanian, Russian or English shall be a milestone for development on North-East market.

The team is made up of 7 engineers who have joined the company more than

one year ago and have been trained to our building system. The team leader is Olga Knyrevich, a senior engineer from our Engineering office in Přerov (Czech Republic).

From now on the team is ready to develop strong and leading solutions for our customers and will bring, in Poland and in the whole region, the same level of service and knowhow that has made Lindab so successful in its other markets.

Lindab New Engineering Office In Poland

• AA Projekt Sp. z o.o., Rybnik (PL)• Acade, Bordeaux (FR)• Alboserv, Oradea (RO)• Amur Grup SA, Iasi (RO) • Beecken Bau Gmbh, Winsen (D)• BERHORD LLC, Krasnodar (RUS)• Best-S, Ekaterinburg (RUS)• Builder spol. s.r.o., Bratislava (SK)• Conelt, Sibiu (RO)• Cons-service Ltd, Almaty (KZ)• Industrial Engineering and Contracting

RO srl, Bucuresti (RO)• Izolacje Sp. z o.o. Sp.k., Banino (PL)• Jaswor Sp. z o.o., Torun (PL)• KRUS LLC, Moscow (RUS)• Lind Efect Srl, Corunca/Mures (RO)• LLC Swiss Techno Montazhe,

Ostapovo (RUS)• MHRC spol. s r.o., Banská Bystrica

(SK)• MVK-Stroy LLC, Moscow (RUS)

Lindab Buildings Welcomes 29 New Builders

• OOO Iksis, Kaliningrad (RUS)• OPTIBER Mérnökiroda Kft., Tímár (H)• Proftechnology LTD, Astana (KZ)• Prometey LLC, Stavropol area (RUS)• Przedsiebiorstwo Produkcyjno-

Uslugowe Mark - Bud Sp. z o.o., Bialystok (PL)

• SK Stynergy, Moscow (RUS)

• SKP Stroy OOO, Novosibirsk (RUS)• SSB, LLC, Saint-Petersburg (RUS)• Stroy Trading, Krasnoyarks (RUS)• Stroyinteryer, Chita (RUS)• TyumenPromMontaj, Tyumen (RUS)• Yuzhstalkonstrukcia JSC, Krasnodar

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