KLIPPAN AB: Interim Report January -- March 2003


KLIPPAN, Sweden, May 7, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- KLIPPAN AB :


 - Result after net financial items MSEK 4.4Mkr (18.1)
 - Weak market development
 - Production co-ordination continues. The move of coloured paper
   from Caldwells to the Swedish mills executed. 

The business in general

KLIPPAN AB bought Stora Enso Molndal AB as at 2 April 2002, whereupon this company changed its name to KLIPPAN Molndal AB. On 30 October 2002 KLIPPAN took over the operation at Caldwells Mill in Scotland. These events have meant that certain comparisons between the first quarter of 2003 and the corresponding period in 2002 are not relevant.


For further information, please contact
Bengt Ostensson, President/CEO
tel +46(0)771-11 00 00 or +46(0)70 595 86 27 

Kenneth Nellros, Corporate Manager Finance
tel +46(0)771-11 00 00 or +46(0)70 542 93 25

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