Alfa Laval’s Annual Report 2006 published

Alfa Laval’s Annual Report 2006 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 7, 2007.
"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
The financial goals that are stated in the Annual Report are:
- Growth shall be at least five percent on average per year over a business cycle.
- The EBITA-margin to be reached is 12 – 15 percent.
- The goal for return on capital employed (ROCE) is 20 percent.

As financial standards Alfa Laval states that debt/equity ratio shall be below 100 percent, cash-flow from current operations 11 – 14 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