Interim Report January - March 2010

Interim Report January - March 2010

First quarter 2010

•Strong order intake with 16 per cent organic growth in the first quarter.

•North America and Europe return to growth and the emerging markets continue
their rapid expansion.

•The gross margin improvement in the quarter confirms profitability of newly
launched products. With expected volume growth in combination with cost control
- the foundation for an EBIT margin expansion is in place. 

•Strong earnings and the continuous focus on working capital generated operating
cash flow of 249 MSEK (-15) in the first quarter.



The interim report for the first quarter 2010 will be presented today at 15:00
CET at a telephone conference. For participation, please see instructions at the
Hexagon website.

For further information please contact:
Mattias Stenberg, IR Manager, Hexagon AB, +46 8 601 26 27, ir@hexagon.se



Hexagon AB is a global measurement technologies company with strong market
positions. Hexagon's mission is to develop and market leading technologies and
services to measure in one, two or three dimensions, to position and update
objects and to time processes. The group has about 7 500 employees in 39
countries and net sales of about 12 000 MSEK. Read more at www.hexagon.se.