ÅF - ÅF acquires leading consulting company in Denmark

For further information, please contact:

Åke Rosenius, President, ÅF Infrastructure Division +46 (0)70-827 91
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Viktor Svensson, Director, Corporate Information +46 (0)70-657 20 26

ÅF, via the Group's Infrastructure Division, is increasing its stake
in the Danish technical consulting company Hansen & Henneberg from 49
percent to 80 percent.

The acquisition takes place against the background of several years'
successful cooperation between ÅF and Hansen & Henneberg. ÅF
purchased 49 percent of the shares in the Danish company in 2001.

Hansen & Henneberg was established in 1947 and today has a staff of
almost 60 based in the company's office in Copenhagen. The company
has a reputation as one of Denmark's foremost consulting companies in
the areas of electrical engineering, lighting systems, traffic
control and information technology.

Among its more recent assignments Hansen & Henneberg has been
involved in projects to design the power supply and instrumentation
for the Great Belt Bridge between the Danish islands of Zealand and
Funen, the Öresund Fixed Link between Sweden and Denmark, Copenhagen
Airport and the Royal Library in Copenhagen.

The acquisition will bring the number of ÅF employees in Denmark to a
total of approximately 100.

Corporate Information
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The ÅF Group is a leader in technical consulting, with expertise
founded on more than a century of experience. We offer highly
qualified services and solutions for industrial processes,
infrastructure projects and the development of products and IT
systems. We are also one of the leading names in testing and
inspection. Today the ÅF Group has 3,500 employees. Our base is in
Europe, but our business and our clients are found all over the
world.