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2008

SWECO acquires Danish architectural firm

April 30, 2008 Press release

“This has enabled us to further strengthen our position in the Nordic market, not least in the interesting Öresund region which offers many exciting challenges for us,” says Jan Mattsson, President of SWECO FFNS. SWECO’ Danish subsidiary Skaarup & Jespersen is the actual acquirer of Birk Nielsen. Skaarup & Jespersen has been part of the… Read more

SWECO to evaluate EU funds

April 22, 2008 Press release

Sweden has been granted approximately SEK 15 billion in structural funds for the period 2007-2013. Around SEK 13 billion of this will be invested in boosting regional competitiveness and employment, and it is these billions SWECO Eurofutures has now been commissioned to review. In Sweden, responsibility for informing about grant opportunities and processing applications has… Read more

New members appointed to Board of SWECO

April 10, 2008 Press release

Gunnel Duveblad was born in 1955. Between 2002 and 2006 Gunnel was Managing Director of EDS Nordeuropa and between 1977 and 2002 she worked for IBM, from 1990 onwards in various managerial positions. She is a board member of HiQ, IBS and Posten AB. Øystein Løseth was born in 1958. He is currently Director of… Read more

Annual General Meeting of SWECO AB on 10 April 2008

April 10, 2008 Press release

The Annual General Meeting of SWECO AB on 10 April 2008 passed resolutions according to the following. Board of Directors The AGM resolved, in accordance with the proposal of the Nominating Committee, that the Board of Directors shall consist of seven regular members with no deputies. Eric Douglas, Birgit Erngren Wohlin, Aina Nilsson Ström, Mats… Read more

SWECO chosen as structural engineer for new Swedbank Arena in Solna

April 9, 2008 Press release

One of SWECO’s greatest challenges is to engineer the steel structures that will bear up the weight of the retractable roof that extends over the pitch. Each half of the roof weighs a full 400 tonnes, and the engineers must also include the considerable extra load arising from snowfall. “We are one of the structural… Read more

Estonian monument taking shape with help from SWECO

March 28, 2008 Press release

In October last year SWECO was selected to transform Freedom Square, the heart of Tallinn in the centre of the city’s old town district. The monument to the War of Independence will be placed adjacent to the square and SWECO has been given responsibility for everything from the permitting process to completion of the construction… Read more

SWECO wins environmental contract on Sri Lanka

March 26, 2008 Press release

Many areas of Sri Lanka lack functioning systems for wastewater treatment and a large share of the contaminated water and raw sewage from industries and households is discharged directly into the sea. Two new wastewater treatment plants, twelve pumping stations and 200 km of pipe will now be built and installed to improve the situation… Read more

SWECO’s environmental consultants win contract in Turkey

March 11, 2008 Press release

SWECO has been commissioned to examine the proposed design and supervise construction of the wastewater treatment plant. The assignment also includes training of management personnel from the municipality who are responsible for water services and the individuals who will operate the facility in the future. “We are carrying out many similar assignments in Europe and… Read more

SWECO AB (publ) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

March 6, 2008 Press release

NOTIFICATION Shareholders who wish to participate in the Meeting must be entered in their own name in the register of shareholders maintained by VPC AB (the Nordic Central Securities Depository) no later than 12:00 p.m. on Friday, 4 April 2008, by mail to SWECO AB, Att: Ellinor Alvehed, Box 34044, SE-100 26 Stockholm, Sweden. Notification… Read more

Completed conversion of class C shares to class B

February 21, 2008 Press release

850,000 class C shares, issued within the framework of SWECO’s 2007 Share Bonus Programme, have been converted to shares of class B. After the conversion SWECO has a total of 86,414,350 shares outstanding, consisting of 9,389,075 class A shares, 76,875,275 class B shares and 150,000 class C shares. SWECO holds 2,004,306 class B treasury shares… Read more

Anna Elisabeth Olsson

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