Alfa Laval Wins SEK 100 Million Starch Processing Order in Russia

Regulatory News:

Alfa Laval (STO:ALFA) – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply equipment to a Russian processing plant. The order, booked in the Process Industry segment, has a value of approximately SEK 100 million and delivery is scheduled for 2014.

Alfa Laval’s equipment, including separators, decanters, heat exchangers, evaporators and fluid handling products, will form a complete process line for extracting starch and gluten from wheat for further downstream production of sweeteners and animal feed additives.

"This order reflects the good development we have seen in Russia for a while now. It also proves our strong position within starch processing, based on our complete product offering and deep process know-how,” says Lars Renström, President and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group.

Did you know that… in 1903 Alfa Laval was established in Russia and that it opened a joint factory with Alfred Nobel in St. Petersburg four years later?

About Alfa Laval

Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling.

The company’s equipment, systems and services are dedicated to assisting customers in optimizing the performance of their processes. The solutions help them to heat, cool, separate and transport products in industries that produce food and beverages, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, starch, sugar and ethanol.

Alfa Laval’s products are also used in power plants, aboard ships, in the mechanical engineering industry, in the mining industry and for wastewater treatment, as well as for comfort climate and refrigeration applications.

Alfa Laval’s worldwide organization works closely with customers in nearly 100 countries to help them stay ahead in the global arena.

Alfa Laval is listed on Nasdaq OMX, and, in 2012, posted annual sales of about SEK 29.8 billion (approx. 3.5 billion Euros). The company has today about 16 400 employees.

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