KUNGSBACKA, Sweden, March 31, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- In the presence of the Swedish Minister for Industry and Trade Leif Pagrotsky, Chairman of the Board Carl Bennet and President and CEO Patrick Holm, together with a large number of guests and personnel, Elanders' new Infomedia Centre was inaugurated in Molnlycke, on the outskirts of Gothenburg. Five Elanders units with 250 employees now share a common workplace in the more than 13,000m(2) big building. The building is located in Molnlycke Business Park in Harryda Municipality and owned by Castellum.
"Elanders is a shining example through its establishment of a new platform in West Sweden for international expansion," the Minister for Industry and Trade, Leif Pagrotsky, pointed out in his inauguration speech this afternoon and continued, "Elanders is developing from a conventional printing Group into a company that provides the right information to people who need it, at the right time and in t in the right media."
"Elanders' new Infomedia Centre in Molnlycke is the largest venue in Elanders to date that can offer all our services under one roof," emphasised Patrick Holm, President and CEO of Elanders AB.
Master Vendor, Elanders' name for full-service solutions for publishing, means that a customer only needs one supplier for all the services in the publishing chain - from structuring information to production, storage and distribution. It means taking total responsibility that borders on outsourcing. Master Vendor means Elanders is in tune with the trends and tendencies that currently characterise the market; purchase decisions being made higher up in companies, customers wanting fewer suppliers, competitors active on an international level, partnership between customers and suppliers and finally just-in-time deliveries growing in importance.
The new Infomedia Centre in Molnlycke is one of the largest investments in our time in the Swedish graphic industry and every detail is built to produce and deliver services within the framework of Master Vendor.
For further information please contact:
Patrick Holm President and CEO Elanders AB +46 300 50 195 Mobil +46 708 210 410 Jimmy Lundbeck Elanders Region West Manager Tel +46 31 750 07 44 Mobil +46 734 350 004
Elanders AB (publ) is the leading Nordic Infomedia company and produces publishing solutions for any kind of information. Through its full- service Master Vendor concept Elanders offers specialised solutions throughout the entire value chain in the publishing process. Turnover in 2002 was some MSEK 2,100 and, including subsidiaries in five countries, the number of employees is around 1,500. The company is listed on The Stockholm Stock Exchange, the O list. For further information, please see www.elanders.se
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