Staffan Söderqvist new CFO at Pergo

Staffan Söderqvist new CFO at Pergo We are very pleased to announce that Staffan Söderqvist will take up the position as Sr VP Finance and CFO at Pergo. The preliminary starting date is June/July. Staffan Söderqvist has previous experience from Pergo. In 1994, he started up the company 's activities in Asia and was the manager there until 1998 when he left Pergo for a position as manager for Ericsson's mobile telephone operations in Japan. After Japan he was responsible for the integration of Sony Ericsson in China. Staffan Söderqvist has also held several positions as finance manager within Ericsson. Today Staffan Söderqvist works as Sales director at Flextronics, based in Copenhagen. Trelleborg 2004-04-26 Pergo AB Corporate Communications For further information, please contact: CEO - Göran Bernhoff, phone number +46 410 36 31 00 Pergo is a laminate flooring company with leading market positions, particularly in Europe and the US. Net sales amounted to MSEK 2,799 (3,194) in full-year 2003 and the number of employees was 795 (784) as at December 31, 2003. Pergo developed laminate flooring at the end of the 1970s and launched the product in Europe during the 1980s. The company started sales in the US in 1994 and, to a smaller degree, in Asia in 1995 and Latin America in 1997. The company's products have been marketed under the Pergo® brand name since 1989. The company is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. For further information about Pergo, please visit our homepage www.pergo.com. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/04/26/20040426BIT20650/wkr0006.pdf Press release in pdf