News : Åke Svensson

New strategic partner to Saab in South Africa

6/3/2010 10:30 AM EST - Saab

Investment holding company Sekunjalo Investment Ltd led by Chairman Dr M. Iqbal Survé becomes a new strategic partner to Saab AB and takes up a shareholding position in Saab South Africa (PTY) Ltd.
Sekunjalo Investment Ltd is an African investment holding company, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, and a majority black-owned and black-controlled company with strong B-BBEE (Broad-Based Black Economic...

Håkan Buskhe appointed new President and CEO of Saab

4/26/2010 2:30 AM EST - Saab

The board of the defence and security company Saab has appointed Håkan Buskhe as new President and CEO. Buskhe will take up his position on 1 November 2010 at the latest.
Håkan Buskhe is currently CEO of E.ON Sweden and President of E.ON Nordic, with operations in the Nordic countries and in Poland. He is 46 and holds a Master of Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.

“In Håkan...

Saab's Lena Olving is Swedish business's most powerful woman

3/8/2010 12:45 PM EST - Saab

Each year, the Swedish weekly magazine Veckans Affärer names the 125 most powerful women in Swedish business. At the top of this year's list is Lena Olving, chief operating officer for the defence and security company Saab.
"I'm both proud and honoured by the distinction," says Lena Olving, chief operating officer at Saab, and the year's most powerful woman in Swedish business. Veckans Affärer's list draws...

Åke Svensson resigns as President of Saab on September 1 and takes up a position...

2/19/2010 2:00 AM EST - Saab

Åke Svensson, President and CEO of the defence and security company Saab, is appointed President of the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries. He takes up his new position on September 1, 2010, and will remain as President and CEO of Saab until then.
The recruitment of a new President and CEO for Saab begins immediately. The annual general meeting on April 15, 2010 will suggest that Åke Svensson remains...

Saab – Results and summary January-December 2009

2/12/2010 1:30 AM EST - Saab

Defence and security company Saab presents the result for 2009.
Results January–December 2009:
Order bookings amounted to MSEK 18,428 (23,212) and the order backlog at year-end amounted to SEK 39.4 billion (45.3 billion)

Sales rose by 4 percent to MSEK 24,647 (23,796), also adjusted for divestments and exchange rate effects

Gross income amounted to MSEK 6,137 (4,634), corresponding to a gross margin of 24.9...

Saab presents the result for 2009

2/9/2010 10:00 AM EST - Saab

Defence and security company Saab will make its result for 2009 public February 12 at 7.30 am.

CEO Åke Svensson and CFO Lars Granlöf will present the result at a press and analysts meeting at 10.00 am the same day.

Press and analysts meeting
Friday February 12, 10.00
World Trade Center Conference Center, Stockholm
(Entrance via Klarabergsviadukten 70 or Kungsbron 1)

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Saab signs contract with United Arab Emirates for airborne surveillance system

11/17/2009 7:15 AM EST - Saab

Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract for the sale of an airborne surveillance system to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The contract is worth approximately 1.5 billion SEK.
The contract covers two Saab 340 AEW (Airborne Early Warning) systems, comprising of the Saab 340 aircraft equipped with the advanced Erieye radar system. The contract also includes ground equipment as well as logistics...