The Gränges Group Interim Report January-June 1999

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The Gränges Group Interim Report January-June 1999 Continued growth in both sales and earnings * Net sales up 12 percent to MSEK 5,893 (5,267) * Operating profit rose 14 percent compared with the corresponding period of 1998, excluding a nonrecurring gain * Profit before tax amounted to MSEK 300 (272), up slightly more than 10 percent compared with the first half of 1998, excluding the nonrecurring gain * Autoplastics merger approved by European Commission * Earnings per share totalled SEK 5.60 (5.10) For further information, please contact Cecilia Lager, Vice President Investor Relations & Communication, tel. +46 8 459 59 41. This interim report is also available on Gränges' web site on the Internet: www.graenges.se The overhead slide presentation of this report can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Gränges web site on the Internet: www.graenges.se. Choose "Financial Information/Presentations." ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/08/12/19990811BIT00400/bit0001.doc The full report http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/08/12/19990811BIT00400/bit0002.pdf The full report