Göran Carlsson new Vice President Technology of SSAB

11/27/2001 8:39 AM EST

Göran Carlsson has been appointed Vice President Technology and member
of the Group Management of the SSAB Group. Göran Carlsson is Executive
Vice President of SSAB Tunnplåt and head of the Luleå operations.

Göran Carlsson will stay in his present position as head of the
metallurgy in Luleå until his successor has been appointed. In his new
work Göran Carlsson will concentrate on developing further the Group´s
position as one of the technologically leading steel companies in
Europe.

- Now the Group Management is complete, SSAB CEO Anders Ullberg comments
on the appointment. Göran really has a profound knowledge of the whole
Group after several years in different positions and his technical
experience and broad international contacts will be of great use in his
new work. Göran is my first hand choice and I am very pleased that he
accepted the job. The appointment has been somewhat delayed as I waited
for some of his important projects in Luleå to be completed, Anders
Ullberg summarizes.

- My years in Luleå have been very enriching, Göran Carlsson points out.
Not only myself but also my family have had a wonderful time. It was no
hard decision to accept the job as Vice President Technology in Sweden´s
finest steel company. The technology in the steel business is constantly
developing. I will do my best to fulfil the responsibility to make SSAB
keep its position in the forefront of technology during the years ahead.