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RNS Number : 9564W 
Hightex Group PLC 
06 August 2009 
 
Hightex Group plc ("Hightex") 
 
 
Contract win: New National Stadium Warsaw, Poland. 
 
 
Fabrication and installation of main roof & façade steel structure, radial cable 
system, and fixed & retractable membrane system. 
 
 
6 August 2009 
 
 
Hightex is pleased to announce that, with its Joint Venture partners Cimolai SpA 
(of Pordenone, Italy) and Mostostal Zabrze Holding Sp Z.o.o. (of Katowice, 
Poland), it has been awarded the contract to supply the complete roof system for 
the new National Stadium Warsaw, Poland. This stadium is being built in 
connection with the UEFA 2012 European Football Championship, which will take 
place in Poland and the Ukraine. 
 
 
The contract is worth approximately EUR 13 million to Hightex: the financial 
benefits are described more fully below. 
 
 
The roof consists of a radial cable system supporting the fixed outer portion of 
nearly 55,000 square metres of PTFE/glass membrane, with a retractable inner 
roof in the more flexible PVC/polyester membrane with a surface area of some 
11,000 square metres. 
 
 
72 columns carry the compression ring that picks up the lower radial cables, 
with 72 inclined struts to pick up the upper radial cables. The total steel 
weight is some 12,000 tonnes. The membrane roof is arch supported with a total 
of 72 main bays and 72 secondary bays. The retractable roof is supported by 60 
radial cables and is suspended at 960 points. In total there are 60 driving 
carriages and 900 sliding carriages. The interface between the fixed and 
retractable is composed of a glass shelf which also acts as a gutter. The inner 
fabric when open is stored in a membrane garage which opens and closes by 
sliding vertically. 
 
 
The contract also includes the provision of about 20,000 square metres of metal 
mesh façade panels. 
 
 
The design work will commence immediately, with completion planned to take place 
in April 2011. This expected date of completion allows for a break in the roof 
installation in the middle of the 2010/2011 winter, when the very low 
temperatures will restrict the roof installation activity. 
 
 
The total contract value for the Joint Venture is approximately EUR 78 million, 
of which Hightex's share is about EUR 13 million. Hightex expects that about 80% 
of these revenues will fall in 2010 with the balance coming in 2011. 
 
 
Charles DesForges, Chairman, stated that "Hightex Group is delighted to have 
been selected for such a prestigious project. Taken together with its recently 
completed retractable roof at Wimbledon, this contract win significantly 
reinforces Hightex's reputation as a provider of retractable roof systems. The 
Warsaw stadium contract also provides Hightex with firm visibility of some of 
its planned revenues for 2010." 
 
 
Enquiries: 
 
 
Charles DesForges, Chairman, Hightex Group plc+44 (0) 20 7603 1515 
 
 
Singer Capital Markets 
Jeff Keating / Phil Drake+44 (0) 20 3205 7500 
 
 
About Hightex 
 
 
Hightex has a long history of designing and installing large span roofs and 
facades using tensile polymer membranes, exemplified by the Berlin Olympic 
Stadium, Germany, used for the most recent FIFA World Cup Final in 2006. In the 
case of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Hightex has completed the membrane roof & 
facade as part of the upgrading of the First National Bank (FNB) Stadium in 
Johannesburg, South Africa, which will be the stadium for several first and 
second round matches, one quarter-final and the final match. In addition Hightex 
was awarded the complete membrane facade for the new Green Point Stadium in Cape 
Town, also for the World Cup 2010 
 
 
In 2006 Hightex completed one of the largest membrane projects in the world, 
designing and constructing the energy-saving, sound-optimised, triple layer 
membrane roof for the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. 
 
 
In May 2009, Hightex completed two significant contracts: the membrane element 
of the new retractable roof over the Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis 
Club, Wimbledon and the innovative roof over the Dolce Vita Shopping Mall 
outside Lisbon in Portugal. 
 
 
 
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