STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 16, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Through its Trelleborg Wheel Systems business area, Trelleborg (Stockholm:TRELB) has acquired the French company Cimap Roues Industrielles SAS, which is part of the family-owned CIMAP Group.
Cimap Roues Industrielles, which holds a leading position in industrial tires in France, has been a distributor of Trelleborg's industrial tires since 1999. The company has annual sales of approximately SEK 40 M and some ten employees at its head office in Paris and at a distribution center in Bordeaux.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems thereby strengthens its position in the important after-market for industrial tires in France. Cimap Roues Industrielles will be fully integrated within Trelleborg Wheel Systems current industrial tire organization in France.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems is a leading global supplier of tires and complete wheel systems for agricultural and forestry equipment, as well as for transport vehicles for materials handling, such as forklift trucks and other high-utilization materials-handling vehicles. The business area has sales of approximately SEK 3,000 M, with slightly above 1,900 employees.
Further information can be obtained from Trelleborg's Senior Vice president, Corporate Communications, Mikael Bystrom, +46 (0)410-670 37, +46 (0)708-552169 or from Viktoria Bergman, Vice President, Corporate Communications, +46 (0)410-67094, +46 (0)708-475733.
Trelleborg is a global industrial group. Operations are based on spearhead competence within polymer materials and a high level of industrial know-how, combined with functional solutions and systems designed to meet the needs of our customers. The Trelleborg Group has annual sales of approximately SEK 23 billion, with about 22,000 employees in 40 countries. Trelleborg consists of five business areas: Trelleborg Automotive, Trelleborg Wheel Systems, Trelleborg Engineered Systems, Trelleborg Building Systems and Trelleborg Sealing Solutions. The Trelleborg share has been quoted on the A list of Stockholmsborsen since 1964. www.trelleborg.com
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