Interim report for January-September 2004

Powerful earnings growth: Operating profit up 88 per cent to MSEK 125 (66)

· Profit after net financial items up 64 per cent to MSEK 144 (88)

· Profit after tax was MSEK 97 (61), corresponding to SEK 5.80 per share (4.10)

· Net sales increased by 45 per cent to MSEK 2,266 (1,559)

· Operating margin strengthened to 5.5 per cent (4.3)

For additional information contact:
Wigon Thuresson, Managing Director & CEO of SWECO, telephone +46 8 695 66 02, wigon.thuresson@sweco.se
Bo Jansson, Chief Financial Officer of SWECO, telephone +46 8 695 66 06, bo.jansson@sweco.se

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