Nobia appoints new executive vice president for Continental Europe

Per Skårner (52) has been appointed new executive vice president
operations for Nobia's Continental Europe region, effective 1 January
2008. Per Skårner joins Nobia from NFI Group, Switzerland, where he
is senior vice president of strategy and business development. NFI is
a leading European wood flooring company. His background includes
roles as both CFO and COO at NFI Group, Kährs Group, ABU Garcia,
Grindex and ITT Industries. Per Skårner is currently, and will
continue to be based in Switzerland.

The present EVP operations, Peter Petersson, will resign from the
position for Continental Europe at his own request and will assume
other strategic assignments within Nobia."I am pleased to welcome Per Skårner to the company. With his
extensive experience from different industries and thorough
understanding of our local markets, I am confident that he will
further the development of the Continental European region, which is
an important area for Nobia," says President and CEO Fredrik
Cappelen.


Nobia

2 October 2007

For further information contact:


  * Fredrik Cappelen, President and CEO
  * Ingrid Yllmark, Director, IR and Communications


Telephone Nobia: +46 8 440 16 00 or +46 (0)708 65 59 00


As the leading kitchen company in Europe, Nobia is championing the
consolidation of the European kitchen industry. Nobia creates
profitable growth by enhancing efficiency and making acquisitions.
The Nobia Group works with 20 strong brands in many European
countries. Sales are mainly generated through specialised kitchen
studios, both wholly owned and franchised. The Group has about 8,000
employees and net sales of approximately SEK 16 billion. Nobia is
listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange
in Stockholm. More information is available at www.nobia.com.


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