Sapa inaugurates new plant in Lodz, Poland

Sapa inaugurates new plant in Lodz, Poland Sapa, the Gränges Group extrusion business, inaugurates, in connection with the Sweden-days in Lodz, Poland, its new plant in Lodz for powder coating and connected treatment of aluminium extrusions. The new plant has 3 production areas capable of producing over 30 tonnes of aluminium extrusions a week without any restriction on colour or size of order required. The investment, amounting to around MSEK 35, will give Sapa the possibility and flexibility for strong market growth in the coming years. Sapa is one of the leading extrusion companies in Poland. This investment gives Sapa the possibility to offer its clients a complete range of anodised as well as powder coated aluminium extrusions in long lengths, hereby offering solutions mainly to customers within the building industry. For further information, please contact Sven Magnusson, Director of Business Development for Business Area Extrusions (Sapa), tel. +46 8 459 59 42 or Peter Arendt, MD Sapa Poland, tel. +48 67 210 11 12. Gränges is an international industrial group focused on value-added products based on aluminium and plastics. The products range from extrusions, heat transfer material and foil to components and systems in plastics to the transport industry. The group is one of Europe leading companies within its field with customers in the transport, engineering, construction and packaging industries. Gränges is quoted on the OM Stockholm Exchange "A-list". Visit Gränges web site on the Internet: www.graenges.se ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/10/08/19991008BIT00220/bit0001.pdf http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/10/08/19991008BIT00220/bit0002.doc