Gislaved Gummi AB has acquired 53.5 % of the shares in Elastomeric

20 July 1998

Today Gislaved Gummi AB, a member of the Hexagon Group, has acquired 53.5 % of the
shares in Elastomeric Engineering Company Ltd, Sri Lanka (EEC).
EEC, listed on the Columbo Stock Exchange market, is an industrial rubber company.
In 1998, the turnover is estimated to approximately MSEK 60. The company has 480
employees.
“The acquisition is another step in Gislaved Gummi globalisation and will give the Hexagon
Group a positive result effect already this year”, says Börje Andersson, Managing Director of
the Hexagon Group”.
“We have co-operated with EEC during a number of years and consequently we know the
company very well. The co-operation has developed positively during these years. The
acquisition as such will give us some synergies both product and marketwise. I refer to
gaskets for heat exchanger and industrial wheels. Shortly, we will make a mandatory offer for
all the remaining shares of EEC”, says Roland Folkesson, Managing Director of Gislaved
Gummi AB.
Hexagon is an industrial and commercial group whose business concept is to acquire mediumsized
industrial companies and develop them in long term. The company is listed on the
Stockholm Stock Exchange and, in 1997 the turnover amounted to SEK 4.2 billion.
Landskrona, 20 July 1998
HEXAGON AB (publ)
Börje Andersson
President and CEO
For further information, please feel free to contact:
Börje Andersson, Hexagon AB, tel. +46 418 44 92 00 or +46 418 154 24
Torbjörn Wistrand, Commercial Development, Hexagon AB, tel. +46 70 520 02 28
Roland Folkesson, M.D. of Gislaved Gummi AB, tel. +46 70 537 48 01
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