Urban Hedman new Head of Business Area Lifting at Gunnebo Industrier AB

Gunnebo Industrier has engaged Urban Hedman to be the new Head of Business Area Lifting.

Urban Hedman is taking over from Robert Hermans and will take up his new position on March 20, 2006. Urban Hedman has a fine track record in industry and comes from Johnson Pump AB, where he was Director of Marketing and Sales for the Business Area Industry. Urban Hedman has already been employed for ten years by Gunnebo Industrier’s Business Area Lifting, including periods as Marketing Manager and Plant Manager. In recent years he has also held other senior positions, including President of ABB Facilities Management and Business Area Manager with Attendo Respons. “We are delighted that Urban Hedman is rejoining us. He possesses detailed knowledge of Gunnebo Industrier in general and of the Business Area Lifting in particular,” says Christer Lenner, Gunnebo Industrier’s President and CEO. “Moreover he has solid operative experience from running companies or business areas. This combination makes him an ideal business area manager with us,” concludes Christer Lenner. “I am looking forward with great optimism to coming back to Gunnebo Industrier, as I enjoyed my ten years with the company some time ago. On top of this the company is in a very exciting and dynamic phase, which made my decision fairly easy,” says Urban Hedman.