NCC receives SEK 125 million order from Holmen Paper

NCC receives SEK 125 million order from Holmen Paper As part of the Hallsta Max project, which involves the replacement of a paper machine at the Hallstavik paper mill in Sweden and the upgrade of other parts of the mill, NCC has been commissioned by Holmen Paper to undertake landscaping, demolition and rebuilding contracts worth approximately SEK 125 million. 147This will be a demanding project, in part because the work will be performed in premises where the client146s ordinary production activities will continue to be conducted as usual throughout the project period,148 says Christer Östman, Manager of Forest Industry Contracts at NCC Contracting Sweden. NCC146s work will be carried out between April 2001 and May 2002 and require a maximum of about 100 employees at peak activity. During a 70- day period in February150March 2002, when the old paper machine will be disassembled and the new one installed, work on the project will be conducted on a three-shift basis. A total of about 20 administrative employees will also be involved in the project. For further information, please contact: Thomas Stenvall, Heavy Industry Manager, NCC Contracting Sweden (Tel: +46-920-73423, or Tel: +46-70-687 3423) Kjell Backman, Project Calculation Manager, NCC Contracting Sweden (Tel: +46-920-73424, or Tel: +46-70-687 3424) Charlotte Hagman, Information Manager, NCC Contracting (Tel: +46-8-655 1684, or Tel: +46-70-376 1064) Gisela Lindstrand, Press Officer, NCC (Tel: +46-8-655 2346, or Tel: +46- 70-392 9500) All of NCC146s press releases are available on www.ncc.se NCC is one of the leading construction and property development companies in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region. NCC has annual sales of approximately SEK 40 billion, with 25,000 employees. The NCC Group is divided into six business areas: Contracting, Housing, Property Development, Industry, Telecom and Service. As of the beginning of 2001, all of the NCC Group146s contracting operations are concentrated in a single business area 150 NCC Contracting 150 which specializes in the construction, extension and refurbishment of buildings and industrial premises and on the construction, repair, operation and maintenance of roads and civil engineering facilities. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/06/20010406BIT00370/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/06/20010406BIT00370/bit0001.pdf