SWECO acquires GIS consulting company

SWECO acquires GIS consulting company

SWECO Position has signed an agreement to acquire the Swedish GIS consulting
company SWEGIS, a total supplier of software and services for Geographic
Information Systems.

The acquisition will further strengthen SWECO Position's offering in the Swedish
consulting market for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). SWECO Position is
currently Sweden's leading independent provider of geographic IT solutions. 

“This represents an important step in our development that will allow us to
advance our position in western Sweden. The acquisition will also provide
valuable experience and expertise in several key areas, particularly
applications development,” says Jan Zakariasson, Managing Director of SWECO
Position.
SWEGIS was established in 1997 and has an annual turnover of more than EUR
766,000. The company has 7 employees and works out of offices in Gothenburg. The
clients include organisations such as the Church of Sweden, Västra Götaland
County Council, the National Road Administration, Värmlandstrafiken and a number
of Swedish municipalities. The company is also involved in several interesting
development projects in Norway.

”We are very pleased to be joining the SWECO team. There are many advantages in
being part of a large and growing company. Among other things, this will give us
the opportunity to develop even more competitive solutions,” says Mikael
Elmquist, Managing Director of SWEGIS.



For more information contact:
Jan Zakariasson, Managing Director of SWECO Position. Telephone: +46 8-695 63 22
E-mail: jan.zakariasson@sweco.se
Mikael Elmquist, Managing Director of SWEGIS. Telephone: +46 31-712 02 90
E-mail: mikael@swegis.se.


SWECO is the Nordic region's leading provider of consulting services with
combined expertise in engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
SWECO has 4,500 employees in eight countries and recorded annual sales of around
SEK 3.9 billion in 2006. The company has projects currently under way in some 75
countries worldwide. The SWECO share is quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.