Hexagon wins tender in the China mining market

Hexagon wins tender in the China mining market

Hexagon's subsidiary Leica Geosystems has won a tender to install a complete
machine control fleet management system in one of the largest open pit mines in
China, the Haolinhe Coal. An integrated GPS dispatching system will be installed
to monitor and control over 250 large machines simultaneously.

The order is worth 4 MUSD, which makes the tender the largest in Leica
Geosystems' mining history. The tender is also the first tender in the mining
industry in China and gives Leica Geosystems a stable and powerful position in
the Asian machine control market.


For further information please contact Sara Kraft, Investor Relations, at +46 8
601 26 27, ir@hexagon.se

Hexagon AB is a global technology group with strong market positions within
measurement technologies and polymers. Hexagon's vision is to be number one or
number two in each strategic business area. The group has about 9 400 employees
in 30 countries and net sales of about 14 000 MSEK.