Summary of Alfa Laval’s Capital Markets Day

During Alfa Laval’s Capital Markets Day today in Copenhagen, Denmark, the company repeated that it believes that the operating margin for the fourth quarter 2007 will be approximately on the same level as the 21 percent reported in the third quarter of 2007.
The company developed its strategy within structural growth. Alfa Laval presented three areas where the company sees structural growth: the emerging BRIC-countries, energy and energy related industries and clean technologies, meaning products and applications that drives of the need to reduce the environmental impact from various industries.

Alfa Laval’s President and CEO Lars Renström started with presenting the development within the BRIC-countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China). The order intake during the last year in these four emerging markets has increased substantially. The BRIC-countrie’s share of the Group’s total order intake has increased from 18 to 21 percent. China is the company’s second largest market and represents 11 percent of the total order intake.

”The growth in the established countries in North America and Western Europe has also been good”, said Peter Leifland, who presented the regions North America and Western Europe. ”It is gratifying that we have created this growth with the same number of employees.”

Ulf Granstrand, head of the Process Technology Division, made an update of the situation in energy and energy related industries. He said that Alfa Laval sees a lower demand from the production of renewable fuels from North America and Western Europe, while Brazil is still strong. The strong order intake that Alfa Laval has enjoyed during the latest years has created a stable base for a considerable potential for the aftermarket business.

An increased need of clean technologies is an important driver for Alfa Laval’s products. The company presented several areas where its products are helping the customers to reduce the environmental impact. One area is more environmental friendly refrigerants, another is the re-use of water in industry, and a third is marine applications, where Alfa Laval has a very strong position.

A fourth area is refinery where the environmental savings are very large. One example is a special type of heat exchangers. Alfa Laval has sold in total 5,000 of those heat exchangers and that saves 12 million tons of CO2 emissions, corresponding to the emissions from all family cars in Sweden during one year.


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 2006, posted annual sales of about SEK 20 billion (approx. 2,2 billion euros). The company has some 11,000 employees.

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

Mikael Sjöblom
Investor Relations Manager
Alfa Laval
Tel: +46 46 36 74 82
Mobile: +46 709 78 74 82