Important events:
Orders received SEK 5,201 m (6,793).*
Net sales amounted to SEK 5,367 m (6,900).*
Operating result in remaining operations: SEK 340 m (747).*
Downturn in the economy. Demand stabilised in the fourth quarter.
Cost-reduction program implemented.
Continued investments in product development and internationalisation.
Acquisition of Danish CNC Industriservice in Machinery Trading and 49 percent of Pressmaster in Engineering Technology.
Automotive business area sold HordaGruppen AB.
*)Adjusted for bought and sold operations.