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    SCA acquires hygiene products company in Brazil

    SCA is acquiring the Brazilian hygiene products company Pro Descart. Consideration for the deal amounts to SEK 450m on a debt-free basis. The company has annual sales of SEK 360m.Brazil is the most highly populated country in South America, with 190 million inhabitants and a favourable economic growth. The market for hygiene products has a good growth potential, this applies especially for incontinence care products, having shown double digit growth. “I am very happy that we are now establishing ourselves in Brazil, which is also of strategic significance,” comments Jan Johansson,

    New report: Hygiene crucial for women’s wellbeing

    A majority of women in both emerging and more mature markets view wellbeing as the most important dimension of personal hygiene, even more so than staying healthy. This finding is a main conclusion of the 2011 Hygiene Matters Report – an annual hygiene study commissioned by SCA.SCA’s 2011 Hygiene Matters Report reveals that the most important dimension of personal hygiene is ‘wellbeing’; 59 percent of women choose the wellbeing dimension as the most important aspect. “SCA wants to raise the awareness of the connection between hygiene, health and wellbeing around the world. We believe

    SCA divests Asian packaging operation

    SCA today signed an agreement to sell its Asian packaging operation and puts focus on hygiene growth in Asia.The buyer is International Paper and the purchase consideration amounts to USD 200m. In 2009, the Asian operation reported sales of approximately USD 250m and had approximately 4,500 employees at 15 plants in China, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. “We divest our packaging business in Asia in line with our strategy, to focus on our hygiene products there”, says Jan Johansson, President and CEO of SCA. The purchase consideration will be settled in cash. The transaction will result

    SCA to further invest in personal care products in Russia

    A new production line for incontinence care products will be built in Russia by SCA following the company's assessment that the market for incontinence care products is expected to grow considerably in the years immediately ahead.The Russian market for personal care products is characterized by strong growth. SCA has been established in the Moscow region since 2008, with the installation of production facilities for baby diapers. To meet the anticipated consumer demand, SCA has decided to invest in a production line for incontinence products at its plant in the city of Veniov in the Tula

    Bodil Eriksson resigns from SCA

    SCA’s Senior Vice President Corporate Communications, Bodil Eriksson, has decided to leave her position at the company to take up the role as executive vice president of the newly established Swedish pharmacy chain Apotek Hjärtat.“Bodil Eriksson has worked at SCA for the past four and a half years, and I wish her the very best in her new position,” says Jan Johansson, CEO and President, SCA. The process to find her successor has been initiated.

    SCA sells Pratovecchio paper machine

    SCA has reached an agreement to sell its Italian Pratovecchio facility and paper machine to Cartiera Carma. The transaction will not result in neither capital gain nor capital loss.The agreement follows an announcement in March 2009 aimed at improving supply-chain operations in Italy. A concentration of resources to nearby Lucca was decided and implemented. At that stage, a closure of the Pratovecchio paper machine was discussed. However, SCA has instead reached an agreement to sell the property and paper machine to Cartiera Carma, a privately-owned company based in Italy. The paper machine

    Invitation to Press Conference Q3

    SCA’s interim report for 1 January – 30 September 2009 will be released on Tuesday, 27 October around 08.00 CET. Media and analysts are invited to a press conference at which the report will be presented by Jan Johansson, President and CEO. Date: Tuesday, 27 October 2009 Time: 10.00 CET Venue: Aulan, Salén Konferenser, Norrlandsgatan 15, Stockholm, Sweden The press conference will be webcast live at www.sca.com. You can also participate by telephone. To participate, call +44 20 7162 0077, +1 334 323 6201 or +46 8 5052 0110. Please note that the conference call telephone numbers have been

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