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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

Proposals for SWECO’s Nomination Committee

February 18, 2008 Press release

SWECO AB’s Nomination Committee, consisting of Gustaf Douglas (Investment AB Latour), Lars Kritz (J. Gust. Richert Memorial Fund) and Olle Nordström (Skirner Förvaltning AB) and representing more than 70 per cent of the number of votes and more than 53 per cent of the share capital in the company, have decided to put forward proposals… Read more

SWECO hired to help built eastern Sweden’s largest port

February 7, 2008 Press release

The new port will cover an area of 60 hectares. Its nine berths with a total length of 1,800 meters, capacity for 500,000 TEUs of container goods and ro-ro capacity for 300,000 vehicles per year, make this Sweden’s largest port investment in many decades. “This is an unusually exciting and challenging project. The breadth SWECO… Read more

SWECO to transfer treasury shares

February 6, 2008 Press release

By virtue of authorisation granted by the AGM on 26 April 2007, the Board of Directors of SWECO has decided to transfer 350,000 class B treasury shares to Thunes Partners AS, Instanes Rådgivende Ingeniører AS, Monstad AS and Paradis Prosjektering AS in their capacity as sellers of Opticonsult AS. The transfer is to be carried… Read more

SWECO AB (publ) Year-end report 2007

February 6, 2008 Press release

• Operating profit improved by 20 per cent to SEK 432.5 million (361.9). • Operating margin was 9.5 per cent (9.3). • Net sales increased by 17 per cent to SEK 4,569.5 million (3,894.7). • Profit before tax was SEK 425.7 million (364.4). • Profit after tax was SEK 303.3 million (258.3), equal to earnings… Read more

SWECO and Hand in Hand prepare for environmental projects in India

January 31, 2008 Press release

“I look forward to cooperating with Hand in Hand, which is already managing projects in the country and has a good knowledge of local conditions and entrepreneurship. Our contribution will be to provide technical expertise related to viable initiatives in the environmental area,” says Magnus Montelius at SWECO. SWECO and Hand in Hand will draft… Read more

SWECO to design new CHP plant in Hungary

January 8, 2008 Press release

The assignment is being carried out on behalf of the Hungarian paper producer W. Hamburger Papirgyarto and will employ around 40 consultants from SWECO for one year. The services will be provided under a so-called EPCM contract that gives SWECO’s consultants total responsibility for all engineering and design related to the plant, from project management… Read more

2007

Bo Jansson Deputy Managing Director of SWECO

December 14, 2007 Press release

The board of directors of SWECO AB has appointed the company’s CFO Bo Jansson as Deputy Managing Director of SWECO AB with effect from 1 January 2008. Bo Jansson is 55 years old, a member of the Group Executive Management and an employee of SWECO since 2000. Prior to this, he held the position of… Read more

New acquisition makes SWECO largest in Lithuania

December 13, 2007 Press release

”In the past year we have grown from 80 to over 800 employees in Central and Eastern Europe. Now we are adding another 175 employees and doubling the number of consultants in Lithuania,” says Per Johansson, Managing Director of SWECO Central and Eastern Europe. Hidroprojektas has most of its employees based in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second… Read more

SWECO acquires Norwegian Opticonsult – becomes one of Norway’s largest engineering consultancies

December 6, 2007 Press release

”The acquisition of Opticonsult will make us one of the largest and most competitive consulting engineering companies in Norway with a staff of nearly 800. It will also give us better geographical coverage in the country,” says Vibecke Hverven, Managing Director of SWECO Grøner. Opticonsult has most of its employees based in Bergen and Stavanger.… Read more

SWECO acquires additional company in Norway

November 30, 2007 Press release

”Tveiten is a valuable asset with impressive expertise, long experience. and a strong market position in southwestern Norway,” says Vibecke Hverven, Managing Director of SWECO Grøner. Tveiten AS is a mid-sized consulting engineering firm with 29 employees in the Telemark region, southwest of Oslo. The company’s speciality areas include water and wastewater engineering, environmental engineering,… Read more

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