BE Group invests SEK 26 million in production services in Finland

BE Group invests SEK 26 million in production services in Finland 

Press Release 

September 3, 2008 


BE Group continues to pursue its strategy of expanding the service share of
sales. As part of that it has been decided that the company will invest about
SEK 26 million in production service machinery for mainly stainless steel and
aluminium in Lapua and Lahti in Finland.

The largest part of the investment is laser cutting and water jet cutting
machines for processing of stainless steel, acid resistant and aluminium to be
able to better provide customer adjusted ready-made products. Also included are
investments in bending, drilling, machining and blasting to increase the
capacity to deliver steel parts in carbon steel.

“Our aim is to within 3-4 years increase the total service share of sales up to
50% for the whole of BE Group. Our company is the biggest within stainless steel
in the Nordic market and the demand for more advanced products increases in that
product area, especially in Finland. Therefore it is natural to continue to
invest in new machinery to be able to satisfy our customers”, says Håkan
Jeppsson president and CEO of BE Group.

The new investments will take place in the sites of Lapua and Lahti.
Construction will start as soon as possible and the facility is expected to go
operational during Q4 2009.


BE Group may be required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant to
the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication at
1.00 p.m. on September 3.

For questions, please contact:

Håkan Jeppsson, president and CEO, Tel: +46 (0)705-50 15 17, 
e-mail: hakan.jeppsson@begroup.com


BE Group AB (publ), listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm since November
2006, is one of the leading trading and service companies within steel and other
metals in Europe. The company has about 10,000 customers, primarily within the
construction and engineering industries. BE Group provides service in the steel
and aluminium sectors. The company's sales in 2007 were SEK 7.7 billion. BE
Group has approximately 1,000 employees in ten countries in northern Europe,
where Sweden and Finland are its largest markets. The head office is in Malmö,
Sweden. Visit www.begroup.com for more information.