Sweco streamlines industrial operations in Finland

Sweco streamlines industrial operations in Finland

Sweco has sold the mechanical engineering service business of its Finnish
operation. The unit, consisting 130 employees, has been acquired by Engineering
Office Comatec Oy.


The aim of the sale is to streamline the service offering in industrial
engineering and focus on core activities in plant investment, production
optimisation and product development.

In 2007 the mechanical engineering service business generated net sales of EUR
9.4 million. Comatec will take over the unit on 31 August 2008.

Following the sale, Sweco's industrial engineering operations consist of some
1,000 consultants who offer qualified consulting services to clients worldwide,
mainly in the chemical, pulp and paper, energy, mining, electronic,
manufacturing and marine industries.

For additional information contact:
Kari Harsunen, Managing Director, Sweco Industry, +358 50 364 0022
Aulis Asikainen, Managing Director, Engineering Office Comatec, +358 400 504 021

Sweco is a provider of international consulting engineering services with
combined expertise in engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
The Group has annual sales of approximately SEK 4.6 million and 5,400 employees
in ten countries. The company has projects currently underway in some 80
countries worldwide. Sweco is a member of the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm.

The information contained herein is subject to the disclosure requirements in
the Swedish Securities Exchange and Clearing Operations Act and/or the Financial
Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on 26
June 2008 at 9.00 a.m.