Gunnebo Industrier strengthens capacity utilisation

Gunnebo Industrier strengthens capacity utilisation

Gunnebo Industrier is divesting its Fastening business area's plant in
Jokioinen, Finland, and moving production to the business area's Polish and
Swedish plants.

OFA Fastening continues to actively work up the Finnish market and is
simultaneously broadening its assortment throughout the Nordic market. The
Jokioinen plant has manufactured a limited range of nails. The production is
being moved to the Polish and Swedish plants, thereby enabling improved capacity
utilisation.

Christer Lenner, CEO of Gunnebo Industrier AB, says that "our Polish and Swedish
plants will now have considerably better capacity utilisation. While OFA
Fastening continues to operate in the Finnish market, we will strengthen our
position by broadening the Fastening business area's assortment throughout the
Nordic market."

Pintos OY in Finland, the purchaser of the plant, will take over the operations
per 17 August. 



For additional information, feel free to contact:

Christer Lenner, CEO and President, Gunnebo Industrier AB
+46 705 91 03 05, christer.lenner@gunneboindustries.com

Martin Jonsson, Business Area Manager, Gunnebo Fastening
+46 705 10 14 86, martin.jonsson@gunneboindustries.com

Tobias Bülow, Director of Group Communications, Gunnebo Industrier AB
+46 703 38 93 10, tobias.bulow@gunneboindustries.com


Gunnebo Industrier AB, an international group of industrial companies, is active
in 14 countries and has around 50 major distributors and agents worldwide. The
group develops, manufactures and markets chain and lifting components, fastening
systems for the construction industry, blocks and systems for heavy lifting,
non-skid products and telescopic ladders. Gunnebo consists of the Fastening,
Lifting and Technical Products (including the Blocks, Non-Skid and Telescopics
business units) business areas. Gunnebo Industrier, which sells well-known
products in established segments, is the leader in each product and market area.
With around 1,300 employees, the group reported sales of approximately SEK 1.7
billion in 2006. For further information visit www.gunneboindustries.com.