Alfa Laval’s Annual Report 2005 published

Alfa Laval’s Annual Report 2005 is now published and is available on www.alfalaval.com.

In the Annual Report the company’s CEO and President Lars Renström repeats the outlook for the near future that Alfa Laval stated in its Year End Report published on February 9: "In most of the markets, geographical as well as customer segments, that Alfa Laval serves a continued very strong demand is expected." Financial goals and standards Alfa Laval’s financial goals remain. They are: - Growth shall be at least five percent on average per year over a business cycle. - The EBITA-margin to be reached is 10 – 13 percent. - The goal for return on capital employed (ROCE) is at least 20 percent. As financial standards Alfa Laval states that debt/equity ratio shall be below 1.0, cash-flows from current operations 9 – 12 percent of sales and investments approximately 2.5 percent of sales. For further information: Mikael Sjöblom Investor Relations Manager Alfa Laval AB Tel: +46 46 36 74 82