Sapa Group Financial Reports during 2004


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 21, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Information on Sapa's financial development will be released as follows:


 Report on full-year operations 2003     6 February
 Interim Report January-March 2004       15 April
 Interim Report January-June 2004        15 July
 Interim Report January-September 2004   18 October

Press and analyst presentations will be held in connection with the reporting.


For further information please contact:
Gabriella Pihl, Communications Manager
telephone +46-8-459 59 62

Sapa is an international industrial group, which develops and markets value-added aluminium profiles, profile-based components and systems, and heat exchanger strip in aluminium. Sapa will in 2003 have a turnover of approximately 12 billion SEK, with 7,800 employees all over Europe and in USA and China. Sapa is one of Europe's leading companies within its field and the customers are found in the transport, building, engineering and telecom industries. Sapa is listed on the O-list of Stockholmsborsen.

Further information about Sapa can be found on our web site www.sapagroup.com

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The following files are available for download:

http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/01/21/20040121BIT00760/wkr0001.doc

http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/01/21/20040121BIT00760/wkr0002.pdf