New Business Unit Manager in France

Nick Friend, 52, has been appointed Business Unit Manager of Hygena
with 151 kitchen stores in France and three in Spain. He succeeds
Daniel Souissi, 60, who after more than six years with Hygena will
leave the Nobia Group. Nick Friend has worked at Nobia for three
years and his positions have included Head of Gower in the UK.

Nobia AB
28 April 2009


For further information, contact:
Preben Bager, President and CEO, or
Ingrid Yllmark, Director Communications & IR
Telephone +46 8 440 16 00 or +46 708 65 59 00


Nobia is the company behind several strong European kitchen brands,
such as Magnet in the UK, HTH in the Nordic countries and Poggenpohl
internationally. The Group manufactures and sells complete kitchen
solutions and generates value by utilising economies of scale. Nobia
has approximately 8,500 employees and net sales of about SEK 16
billion. The Nobia share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm under the
short name NOBI. For more information visit www.nobia.com.