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The latest corporate and financial news from Sweco Group. For press enquiries, please contact our head of press and public affairs.
2008
Sweco to sponsor yacht race for the environment
“As one of Europe’s leading providers of consulting services for water and the environment, it is only natural for Sweco to support a project so clearly committed to influencing the Baltic Sea environment in the right direction,” says Mats Wäppling, Managing Director and CEO of Sweco. 4Oceans will take part in a number of yacht… Read more
Sweco streamlines industrial operations in Finland
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… Read more
Implemented share subscription within the framework of the Sweco warrant program 05/08
Within the framework of Sweco’s warrant program 05/08, through the exercise of the warrants, a total of 1 588 480 series B shares in Sweco have been subscribed to at a subscription price of SEK 26,70 per share. The share subscription has been registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office and VPC and means an… Read more
Sweco gets major order when Outokumpu invests in Avesta
The Finnish steel manufacturer, Outokumpu, is initiating an investment to increase production capacity at the ironworks in Avesta. Sweco is being engaged for project and construction management; an assignment that is worth almost SEK 70 million. Outokumpu is investing approximately SEK five billion in increasing the production at the steel plant in Avesta, an investment… Read more
Institutional investors acquire 1.7 percent of the shares in Sweco
Today, a number of institutional investors, mainly from Sweden, acquired 1,530,080 series B shares in Sweco corresponding to 1.7 percent of the total number of shares and 0.9 percent of the voting rights. The shares have been placed with investors by HQ Bank through a so-called book-building. In connection with this, senior executives at Sweco… Read more
HQ Bank investigates conditions for placing shares in Sweco with investors
Senior executives at Sweco, who collectively have 262,000 warrants with a term lasting through 31 October 2008, and which entitles them to 1,530,080 series B shares, have assigned HQ Bank to investigate conditions for placing shares in Sweco AB (publ) with investors that correspond to the options through so-called book-building. As previously reported, a decision… Read more
Sweco participates in developing eco-city in China
”China is in great need of new cities that can relieve the pressure on the country’s congested and polluted mega-cities. Sweco has worked in the country over the last eight years and has developed a number of cities and communities with ecological profiles, but this is the largest assignment so far,” says Eva Nygren, Managing… Read more
Incentive program for senior executives
Sweco’s AGM in April 2008 resolved in favour of a new warrant programme directed to approximately 50 senior executives in the Sweco Group, whereby a total of 1,700,000 warrants will be offered at a market-based premium, 6,35 SEK per each warrant. The application period for acquisition of the warrants was 12 May-23 May 2008. At… Read more
Sweco wins contract from Swedish Rail Administration
Sweco has been commissioned to prepare construction documents for the railway section between Agnesberg and Marieholm, which among other things contains new railway bridges over the E45 European Highway and the Lärjeån River. The geotechnical conditions in the area are such that extensive soil reinforcement will be necessary along much of the alignment. ”Another challenge… Read more
Sweco strengthens positions in Russia
“The acquisition of the remaining shares in Lenvodokanalproekt will further strengthen our position in this strongly expansive market. The need for improvements in the environmental and infrastructure areas remains urgent in Russia, where the market for consulting services related to water and environment is valued at more than EUR 160 million annually,” says Mats Wäppling,… Read more
Anna Elisabeth Olsson
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