YIT has won several state paving contracts in Finland and Norway in April–June

YIT has been successful in spring tendering and won several state paving contracts in Finland and Norway during the period April–June. The total value of the contracts recorded in the order backlog for the second quarter of the year is approximately EUR 18 million.  

In Finland, YIT has won ELY centre contracts in Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Southern and Northern Ostrobothnia and Southeast Finland. The total volume of asphalt mass is approximately 160,000 tons.  

In addition to state paving contracts, YIT will carry out the remix-paving of Finavia’s Kuusamo and Pori airports in 2019. 

In Norway, YIT has won the state contracts in the region of Tromsø in Northern Norway and the region of North Trøndelag in Central Norway. The total volume of asphalt mass is almost 60,000 tons. 

For further information, please contact:
Hanna Raitanen, Communication Specialist, Finance and Sustainability, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 (0)400 846 556, hanna.raitanen@yit.fi  

Heikki Vuorenmaa, Executive Vice President, Paving segment, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 (0)50 482 0832, heikki.vuorenmaa@yit.fi  

YIT is the largest Finnish and significant North European construction company. We develop and build apartments and living services, business premises and entire areas. We are also specialised in demanding infrastructure construction and paving. Together with our customers, our nearly 10,000 professionals are creating more functional, attractive and sustainable cities and environments. We work in 11 countries: Finland, Russia, Scandinavia, the Baltic countries, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The new YIT was born when the over-100-year-old YIT Corporation and Lemminkäinen Corporation merged on February 1, 2018. Our pro forma revenue for 2018 was approximately EUR 3.8 billion. YIT Corporation's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy. www.yitgroup.com