UPPLANDS VASBY, Sweden, Sept. 17, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Lidkoping, one of the subsidiaries of KMT, listed on the Swedish Stock Exchange, recently received a large order from a new customer within the American automotive industry. The customer is one of the leading developers and manufacturers of components and systems for different kinds of vehicles. This is historically one of the largest orders for Lidkoping, consisting of complete systems and surrounding equipment for high-precision grinding.
"Getting an order of this magnitude from a new client in the U.S. proves that our products can compete on the world market when it comes to technical level and process solutions as well," said Johan Westberg, President at Lidkoping.
"We have targeted on the American automotive industry for some time and now we are getting results," commented Bjorn Kumlin, CEO of the KMT Group.
For further information, please get in touch with:
Bjorn Kumlin, CEO, Karolin Machine Tool AB Tel +46 8 594 211 50 / + 46 70 587 26 60 e-mail: bjorn.kumlin@kmt.se Johan Westberg, President, Lidkoping Machine Tools AB Tel: +46 510 880 00 / +46 70 558 82 98 e-mail: johan.westberg@lidkoping.com
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