Alfa Laval wins SEK 50 million food order in India

Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has received an order for a complete solution to a vegetable oil plant in India. The order value is about SEK 50 million and delivery is scheduled for 2011.

The project is India’s first complete, integrated edible oil complex, for refining different types of crude oils – i.e. from sunflower and soya bean – into high quality oils. The order includes Alfa Laval’s separators, mixers and heat exchangers.

“India has recently become Alfa Laval’s third largest market after the US and China”, says Lars Renström, President and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group. “This order confirms the good development we have seen in the country, not the least in the food and vegetable oil industry driven by increased living standard.”

Did you know… that the world-wide consumption of vegetable oil has grown at an average annual rate of 4.2 percent over the past decade? The growth in India and other fast growing countries has been driven by increased living standards and a growing population.


About Alfa Laval
Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling.  

The company’s equipment, systems and services are dedicated to assisting customers in optimizing the performance of their processes. The solutions help them to heat, cool, separate and transport products in industries that produce food and beverages, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, starch, sugar and ethanol.

Alfa Laval’s products are also used in power plants, aboard ships, in the mechanical engineering industry, in the mining industry and for wastewater treatment, as well as for comfort climate and refrigeration applications.

Alfa Laval’s worldwide organization works closely with customers in nearly 100 countries to help them stay ahead in the global arena.

Alfa Laval is listed on the Nordic Exchange, Nordic Large Cap, and, in 2010, posted annual sales of about SEK 24.7 billion (approx. 2.6 billion Euros). The company has 12 600 employees.

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For more information please contact:
Peter Torstensson
Senior Vice President, Communications
Alfa Laval
Tel: + 46 46 36 72 31
Mobile: +46 709 33 72 31

Gabriella Grotte
Investor Relations Manager
Alfa Laval
Tel: +46 46 36 74 82
Mobile: +46 709 78 74 82