Sweco has sold the mechanical engineering service business of its Finnish operation. The unit, consisting 130 employees, has been acquired by Engineering Office Comatec Oy.

The aim of the sale is to streamline the service offering in industrial engineering and focus on core activities in plant investment, production optimisation and product development.

In 2007 the mechanical engineering service business generated net sales of EUR 9.4 million. Comatec will take over the unit on 31 August 2008.

Following the sale, Sweco’s industrial engineering operations consist of some 1,000 consultants who offer qualified consulting services to clients worldwide, mainly in the chemical, pulp and paper, energy, mining, electronic, manufacturing and marine industries.