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Strong first half year 2006 for Block Watne Gruppen

(Oslo 30 August 2006) Block Watne Gruppen achieved operating revenues of NOK 727 million for the first half, on a par with the same period of 2005. In the second quarter operating revenues were NOK 370 million, a reduction of 3.5 per cent compared to second quarter 2005. Operating profit (EBIT) for first half totalled NOK 105 million, representing an increase of 10.5 per cent. In the second quarter operating profit of NOK 56 million is an increase of 0.7 per cent compared to second quarter 2005.   A strong order intake has given the group a good backlog. Orders in hand totalled NOK 1

THE FOOD DIVISION OF RAISIO TO BE REORGANIZED

Raisio plc Stock Exchange Release 30 August 2006 at 9.00 a.m.THE FOOD DIVISION OF RAISIO TO BE REORGANIZEDRationalization needs also in general administration and research & development The performance of Raisio has been unsatisfactory and the growth slower thanplanned. Streamlining of group structure started in spring and will now befollowed by reorganization of Food Division. The turnover of Food Division in2005 was EUR 210 million i.e. half of the group turnover and the Division is loss-making. For financial and production reasons Raisio will begin the codetermination talks

Eniro: Capital market day November 27

Eniro is arranging a capital market day in Stockholm on November 27, 2006 to start at about 1:00 p.m.The objective of the capital market day is to provide a more detailed description of Eniro’s current challenges, strategic choices and priorities. Participants from Eniro will include Tomas Franzén, President and CEO of Eniro, Wenche Holen, President of Eniro Norway, and Joachim Jaginder, CFO.Please mark November 27 in your calendar. A separate invitation with further information and instructions for registration will be sent out well before that date.

LBI continues to experience strong development

Framfab AB changed name to LBI International AB at 1 August. This interim report for January-June 2006 refers to the former Framfab business with an appendix at the end of the report that includes Framfab and LB Icon summary financial data for the first half year. Financial consolidation began July 31, 2006, and will be reported for the first time in the LBI January-September interim report# Net sales for January-June were EUR 31.0 million (22.5), an increase of 41% from the same period of 2005. Net sales for the second quarter of EUR 15.3 million (12.8) were 21% higher than the

Getinge strengthens its market position in Brazil in Cardiopulmonary

Getinge’s Medical Systems business area has signed an agreement covering the acquisition of 75% of the shares in Brazilian Comercio E Industria Medica LTDA. The agreement also includes the option to acquire the remaining shares at a future date. The company, based in Sao Paulo, manufactures and markets consumables - so-called custom tubing sets - that are used in heart-lung machines during heart surgery. The market for arrested heart surgery is relatively well-developed in Brazil and amounts to approximately 5% of the global market, with a considerable number of foreign patients. Medical

More jobs in Falun

Scania is taking a further step in its effort to obtain replacement jobs in Falun, Sweden, when the company’s European axle and gearbox production is concentrated in Södertälje, Sweden. Zakrisdalsverken AB will take over portions of Scania’s production in Falun, thereby creating about 60 jobs.“Together with the agreement we signed with the LEAX Group in June, so far we have obtained at least 160 replacement jobs in Falun,” says Per Hallberg, Scania’s Head of Production and Procurement. “This shows that we are taking responsibility for both our employees and the municipality. “Given the

Artimplant appoints new CEO

Västra Frölunda, Sweden, August 29, 2006. The biomaterials company Artimplant, appoints Hans Rosén to new CEO, effective immediately.The Board of Directors has appointed Hans Rosén to new CEO, effective immediately. Hans Rosén, born in 1960, has extensive experience from corporate management in the life science sector, most recently as CEO of Vivolux AB, drug development within cancer therapeutics and earlier as CEO of Diffchamb AB, a food diagnostics company formerly listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and acquired by Raiso in 2003. He has board positions in Vivolux AB and Ottonova AB.

Additional contract for the KCM flash smelter project in Zambia

Outokumpu Technology has signed a contract with Konkola Copper Mines Plc. (KCM) for the supply of slag cleaning furnaces for KCM's new copper flash smelting plant to be built in Zambia. The contract value is approximately EUR 28 million. This order is continuation to the 20 million euro contract with KCM that Outokumpu Technology announced in January for the flash smelting furnace and related engineering. Outokumpu Technology's scope of supply covers engineering of the slag cleaning and cobalt recovery processes, delivery of electric furnace equipment and related supervision services for

Swedish company op5 AB goes international and raises 21 million SEK in new capital from venture capital firms Pod Holding and KTH Seed Capital!

op5, an open source based product & service development company, announces today that the company has secured further funding of 21 million SEK, which will be used to drive the international expansion.Jan Josephson CEO of op5 AB:When we started the company in 2003 we could not even dream about the speed and growth that we now have. In a few years on the market we have established a solid and fast growing market in Sweden. We have large and small enterprise customers as well as governmental. The need for better control and quality in the IT systems is a global trend following the broad

WEST SIBERIAN SCHEDULES CONFERENCE CALL

West Siberian Resources Ltd’s has scheduled a conference call at 9 am UK time (10 am Swedish time) on Monday, September 4 to review second quarter 2006 earnings and August oil production. The earnings report will be announced on Thursday August 30 and the August oil production report will be presented prior to the conference call on Monday.In order to participate in the conference call please dial International Dial In +44 (0) 1452 583 043 and code 5277410 Sweden Free Call 0200 890 107 and code 5277410 UK Free Call 0800 694 1562 and code 5277410 All investors, analysts, media and the

Länsförsäkringar Hypotek: Interim report, January-June 2006

- The operations are continuing to perform favorably. Our ambition is to further strengthen our position through value-for-money mortgage loans and a strong local presence. I am very pleased that we have increased our net interest income despite intense competition, says Anders Borgcrantz, President and CEO of Länsförsäkringar Hypotek.Summary: Lending increased by 25%, from SEK 27 billion to SEK 34 billion. The market share for mortgage lending rose from 2.7% to 2.9%. The market share of new lending in the home-mortgage market was approximately 4.5%. Operating income amounted to SEK 18.4 M (

Länsförsäkringar Bank: Interim report, January-June 2006

- We are continuing to deliver growth and earnings. We are achieving this in a market with intense competition and depressed margins. This is strong evidence of our strength and sustainability. Operations are anchored on solid ground, but despite the positive development in recent years, we want to achieve more. We will continue to challenge by satisfying customers’ entire needs for banking and insurance services, says Tomas Johansson, President and CEO of Länsförsäkringar Bank.Summary: Operating income amounted to SEK 111 M (102) before loan losses and to SEK 82 M (69) after loan losses.

REDEMPTION OF RAKVERE LIHAKOMBINAAT'S MINORITY SHARES PROCEEDS

HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj RELEASE 29 August 2006, at 10amREDEMPTION OF RAKVERE LIHAKOMBINAAT'S MINORITY SHARES PROCEEDS On 25 August 2006 Rakvere Lihakombinaat submitted an application tothe Estonian Central Depository of Securities for transferring theminority shares to HK Ruokatalo Group against fair monetarycompensation (EEK 45.40 or appr. EUR 2.90 per share). The transfertakes place on or about 31 August 2006. After the transfer HKRuokatalo Group owns Rakvere's entire share capital. HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj Kai SeikkuCEO DISTRIBUTION:Helsinki Exchangeswww.hk-ruokatalo.fi

JAlbum raises capital from Nordic Venture Partners

Nordic Venture Partners has invested in JAlbum. The financing will be used primarily to support the company in enhancing its software and website to support the growing JAlbum community. JAlbum has grown rapidly to become one of the most widely used and loved open-source photo and video album software projects in the world.JAlbum is a website, community and free software that produces photo and video albums. JAlbum allows you to generate virtually any imaginable album look and works and runs anywhere. JAlbum is written in the Java programming language so it runs not only on Windows, but

Nyenburgh Beheer B.V. extends its membership of the Nordic Exchange to include Helsinki

Nyenburgh Beheer B.V. has been approved as a member of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Nyenburgh, which is already a member of the Nordic Exchange in Copenhagen and Stockholm, will gain trading access to the equity market on the Nordic Exchange in Helsinki as of August 29, 2006.Jouni Torasvirta, President of the Helsinki Stock Exchange says: “We are very pleased to welcome Nyenburgh Beheer B.V. to the Nordic Exchange in Helsinki. The expansion to the Helsinki Stock Exchange improves furthermore the possibilities of Central European investors to trade with Finnish stocks.” “We are very pleased

Aker Kvaerner delivers process systems to Sonatrach

29 August 2006 - Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Sonatrach, the national oil company of Algeria, for delivery of process equipment to Sonatrach's Hassi Messaoud facility located 650 km southwest of Algeirs. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately USD 23 million. The process equipment will provide electrostatic desalination and degassing of crude oil, and at the same time improve and upgrade Sonatrach's processing capacity and equipment at the Hassi Messaoud facility. The delivery consists of three complete skid mounted desalting trains with various

OMX introduces futures and options on VINX30 index

From September 1, 2006, OMX will offer VINX30 index futures and options covering the 30 largest Nordic companies. The derivatives on VINX30 offer investment opportunities in the Nordic region for both institutional as well as private investors.OMX now expands its index derivatives offerings so that all types of investors are able to invest in the Nordic stock market via one single product – the VINX30 index futures and options. For investors the use of futures and options on VINX30 is a cost efficient way to broaden their investment in the largest and most liquid companies listed on OMX,

SKF acquires Austrian Economos and strengthens its sealing business

SKF has acquired 100% of the shares of Economos Austria GmbH from Salzer Holding GmbH.Economos is an Austrian industrial seals company manufacturing hydraulic and pneumatic seals for the oil and gas, food and beverage, pulp and paper, mining and steel industries. Economos's sales for the year 2005 were close to 70 million Euros and the number of employees was 805. SKF pays 67 million euros on a cash and debt free basis for the company. Economos has a global presence, with Western Europe being its main market. The company is headquartered in Judenburg in Austria. Economos operates through

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