Alimak announces new Head of Communications & IR

Alimak Group (Nasdaq: ALIG), the vertical access solution company, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Sofia Wretman as new Head of Communications &
Investor Relations.
Sofia has more than ten years of experience from strategic communications. Prior
to joining Alimak, she held a position as a senior consultant at one of the
largest communication agencies in Sweden; Hallvarsson & Halvarsson, where she
worked with communications and IR for more than eight years. Sofia has also
worked as communications manager at SAS Institute Sweden; a global leader in
analytics and business intelligence.

Commenting on the appointment, Tormod Gunleiksrud, CEO of Alimak said; I am
happy to welcome Sofia to Alimak Group. She will assume the overall
responsibility for communication within the Group and she will also be a member
of the executive management team. We see the recruitment of Sofia as a natural
step in enhancing the communication with all our stakeholders, especially
following our IPO on Nasdaq Stockholm last year.

Sofia will assume her position on February 1, 2016 and will replace John Womack
who has held the position on an interim basis since March 2015.

For more information, please contact:

Tormod Gunleiksrud, CEO, Phone: +46 8 402 14 42

About Alimak Group

Alimak is a global market leader and pioneer in designing, developing,
manufacturing, distributing and servicing industrial vertical access solutions.
The company provide high quality hoists, elevators and platforms primarily for
the industrial and construction sectors. Alimak has a global sales, services and
distribution platform across more than 60 countries with strong market
positions. The company has a well-established and highly resilient aftersales
business and its large global installed base of ca. 21,000 units provides unique
know-how into its customer’s needs. Alimak was founded in 1948, is headquartered
in Stockholm and employ over 1,100 people across the world. The Group had
revenues of SEK 1.8 billion in 2014.