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2006
SWECO continues to grow in Eastern Europe – acquires engineering consultancy in Lithuania
SWECO’s Lithuanian subsidiary SWECO BKG, with 40 employees, has acquired more than 70 per cent of LSPI to form a new market-leading company. The new company will offer qualified consulting services in areas such as water and environment, structural engineering, infrastructure, energy and building service systems. “The acquisition represents an additional step in our focus… Read more
SWECO AB (publ) Interim report January-June 2006
Comments from the CEO, Wigon Thuresson: “SWECO showed impressive performance during the period, with a 30-per cent improvement in operating profit. Net sales were up by 11 per cent and we have further increased our market shares.” “The new organisational structure that was introduced in May will give us a better platform for ongoing international… Read more
SWECO wins major contract from Ringhals AB
Ringhals AB, part of the Vattenfall Group, plans to modernise the switchgears at nuclear reactors 1, 3 and 4. The upgrade will take place within the framework of an ongoing and very large-scale investment programme. In the first stage, SWECO Energuide will be responsible for project and assembly management, engineering design and testing of the… Read more
SWECO grows in Eastern Europe – forms Estonia’s largest engineering consultancy
The formation of the new company represents an additional step in SWECO’s strategy to expand in the growth markets of Eastern Europe. “We are now advancing our position in Estonia by forming the country’s largest engineering consultancy. As the market leader the new company will be able to offer clients a wider range of consulting… Read more
SWECO chosen for hydropower project in Laos
SWECO’s Swedish and Norwegian hydropower experts will analyse the technical and economic feasibility of a capacity increase in the existing hydropower plant. The enlargement is intended to be accomplished by a new dam with upstream reservoir and possibly a new power plant. The assignment will be carried out on behalf of the privately owned Theun-Hinboun… Read more
SWECO wins contract from Svenska Kraftnät
The Sydlänken transmission line runs between Hallsberg in Närke and Hörby in Skåne, a distance of 400 km. SWECO’s task is to compare two different alternatives – a traditional technical solution consisting of a 400 kV overhead alternating current line, and another based on an underground direct current line. The assignment also includes studies on… Read more
SWECO forms new company for eastward expansion
SWECO Eastern Europe encompasses SWECO’s existing operations in Estonia, Lithuania and Bulgaria. The new company will be headed by Per Johansson, currently Managing Director of SWECO VIAK, who will take up his new duties on 1 June. Central and Eastern Europe is showing a particularly strong demand for SWECO’s services in water and environmental technology,… Read more
Management shift at SWECO: Bo Carlsson new Director of SWECO VIAK. Åsa Bergman new Director of SWECO Projektledning
Bo Carlsson has been appointed as the new Managing Director of SWECO VIAK with effect from 1 June. He will succeed Per Johansson, who has been made Managing Director of the newly established company SWECO Eastern Europe. Bo Carlsson is 49 years old and has worked for the SWECO Group for 16 years, since 2001… Read more
SWECO to streamline ore transports from Aitik
At present, the ore is transported from Aitik to Gällivare by road, for continued transport by rail to the smelter at Rönnskär, Skelleftehamn. The new track connection will replace all road transports. The construction of a new terminal in Aitik will also result in reduced loading and unloading with loaders/forklifts. SWECO VBB’s assignment includes the… Read more
SWECO wins a contract from Talvivaara mine project in Finland
The size of the engineering project is around 15 person-years. The mining production will start in 2008. When in full scale operation, the mine will produce 30,000 tonnes of nickel per year. The Talvivaara mine project is one of the largest of its kind in Finland across the times. – For SWECO PIC this task… Read more
Anna Elisabeth Olsson
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