Changed group organization and new manager for Sweden within BE Group


BE Group has appointed Kalle Björklund as the new head of Business Area Sweden
and President of BE Group Sverige AB. Kalle Björklund is currently Marketing
Manager for the Business Area, which has, to date, been headed by CEO Kimmo
Väkiparta.

Kalle Björklund is 42 years of age and a graduate engineer in mechanical
engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He has been
employed by BE Group since 2008 in a number of different positions on the
purchasing and marketing side, and he has 12 years previous experience from
various management positions within Albany International in Sweden, the UK and
Finland.

“Kalle has the background and experience necessary to lead BE Group Sweden
forward,” says Kimmo Väkiparta, President and CEO of BE Group AB. “Together with
the rest of the management team, he will continue developing the Group’s
offering and strengthening positions in the key Swedish market further.” In
connection with the change, Kimmo Väkiparta will leave his position as head of
Business Area Sweden and President of BE Group Sverige AB, to focus fully on
Group-wide matters.

At the same time, BE Group is also implementing a change in its Group
organization to increase market focus and streamline the operations in Sweden
and Finland.

The change entails:

  · Business Area CEE being phased out in its current form and being replaced by
a new structure in which the Group’s operations in the Baltic States are placed
organizationally within Business Area Finland.
  · The operations in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are being brought
together with the Swedish companies Lecor Stålteknik and BE Group Produktion
Eskilstuna in a new development organization directly beneath the CEO.
  · The current Business Area Manager for CEE, Nikolai Makarov, will transfer to
a newly established Group-wide role responsible for Operations development.

All changes are being implemented effective from August 15, 2013.

For further information, please contact:
Kimmo Väkiparta, President and CEO
tel.: +46 (0)705 972 342  e-mail: kimmo.vakiparta@begroup.com

Torbjörn Clementz, CFO and Executive Vice President
tel.: +46 (0)708 690 788  e-mail: torbjorn.clementz@begroup.com

BE Group, listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm exchange, is a trading and service
company in steel and other metals. BE Group provides various forms of service
for steel, stainless steel and aluminium applications to customers primarily in
the construction and engineering sectors. In 2012, the Group reported sales of
SEK 4.6 Bn. BE Group has more than 850 employees, with Sweden and Finland as its
largest markets. The head office is located in Malmö, Sweden. Read more about BE
Group at www.begroup.com

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