SWECO and Hand in Hand prepare for environmental projects in India

SWECO and Hand in Hand prepare for environmental projects in India

Next week, the consulting engineering company SWECO is sending a team of
environmental experts to state of Tamil Nadu in southern India to identify
future environmental projects in collaboration with the charitable trust Hand in
Hand.


“I look forward to cooperating with Hand in Hand, which is already managing
projects in the country and has a good knowledge of local conditions and
entrepreneurship. Our contribution will be to provide technical expertise
related to viable initiatives in the environmental area,” says Magnus Montelius
at SWECO.

SWECO and Hand in Hand will draft a proposal outlining possible future
environmental projects in Tamil Nadu, targeting areas such as improved waste
management and upgrading of water and wastewater systems. Another conceivable
focus is on development small-scale biogas plants.

The goal is to find projects with the potential to achieve the most positive
impact. To succeed, it will be necessary to study both the technical needs and
the will to carry out projects in different parts of the region. 


For further information please contact:
Magnus Montelius, SWECO, +46 734-12 66 46, magnus.montelius@sweco.se
Peter Ullman, SWECO, + 46 734-12 58 10, peter.ullman@sweco.se 

Hand in Hand is a Public Charitable Trust whose primary objective is to support
development and aid projects in the southern Indian province of Tamil Nadu. To
the greatest possible extent, these efforts are designed to promote self-help
and self-reliance through programs focusing on child labour elimination,
education, empowerment of women, microfinancing and entrepreneurship.

SWECO is the Nordic region's leading provider of consulting services with
combined expertise in engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
SWECO has around 4,900 employees in ten countries and recorded annual sales of
around SEK 3.9 billion in 2006. The company has projects currently underway in
some 75 countries worldwide. The SWECO share is quoted on the Stockholm Stock
Exchange. SWECO is a member of OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm.

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