STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 14, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- As of today, the company Gunnebo Industrier AB is traded on Stockholm Stock Exchange's O List.
Gunnebo Industrier's activities cover the development, manufacture and marketing of chain and lifting components, fastening systems, blocks, non-skid products and telescopic ladders. Gunnebo Industrier is an international group with activities in 12 countries. The company's turnover amounted to SEK 1,240 million during 2004.
"We warmly welcome Gunnebo Industrier to Stockholm Stock Exchange," says Jukka Ruuska, President of Stockholm Stock Exchange and of OMX Exchanges.
"We have been looking forward to today's listing with confidence. The result for the year 2004 was satisfactory and the first quarter this year has provided us with a good start for the rest of the year. To be listed separately on the Stockholm Stock Exchange will create further prerequisites for Gunnebo Industrier's future growth. We are market leaders on the majority of the markets on which we operate and the listing will create good conditions for both organic and structural growth", says Christer Lenner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gunnebo Industrier.
Photos from the welcoming ceremony and a filmed interview with Gunnebo's President and Chief Executive Officer Christer Lenner will be available on the www.omxgroup.com/stockholmstockexchange website under Corporate actions and Changes in listed companies/Listings.
Gunnebo will be traded in the Industrials sector. Further information about Gunnebo's industry classification and similar matters is available on www.omxgroup.com/stockholmstockexchange under Press releases and Exchange notices /Search /Equity related information.
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