SWECO is cleaning the water in Russia

SWECO is cleaning the water in Russia

SWECO's Russian subsidiary Lenvodokanalproekt has received two new orders in
north western Russia. The orders are worth EUR 1.6 million in total.

Lenvodokanalproekt has been engaged by the water company in the city of
Petrozavodsk to inspect the city's water and sewage treatment system. The order
also includes preparing the technical design with proposals for improving the
system. Petrozavodsk has approx. 250 000 inhabitants and is in the Karelian
Republic in north western Russia. 

“There is a great deal of investment in improving the environment and
infrastructure in Russia. We can see how new roads and sewage treatment works
are developing and how the energy supply is more reliable and society more
sustainable,” says Per Johansson MD at SWECO Eastern Europe. 

The Russian market for consultant services in the field of water and the
environment is undergoing strong growth and is currently valued at approx. EUR
160 million per annum. While SWECO is continuing to receive new orders in
eastern and central Europe, the number of staff has been increased tenfold in
one year. 

“We are expanding rapidly in the east. New challenging assignments must be
matched by the right consultants. In recent years we have grown from 80 to 800
employees in central and eastern Europe,” says Per Johansson.

Today SWECO is established in Scandinavia as well as in Lithuania, Estonia,
Russia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.


For further information please contact:
Per Johansson, MD of SWECO Eastern Europe, +46 (0) 734-12 66 68,
per.johansson@sweco.se

This is the type of information that SWECO may be obligated to disclose inaccordance with the Swedish Securities Exchange and Clearing Operations Act
and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.

SWECO is the Nordic region's leading provider of consulting services with
combined expertise in engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
SWECO has around 4,800 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. SWECO is a member of OMX Nordic Exchange in
Stockholm