Thomas Björk New President of Plannja

12/10/2002 8:44 AM EST

Thomas Björk has been appointed new President of Plannja. Thomas Björk
will take office during the first half of 2003. He will replace Jan
Hedlund, President pro tem.

Thomas Björk is today President of Norrbottens Lantmän (Member of the
Swedish Farmers´ Supply and Crop Marketing Cooperative). Thomas Björk,
born in 1956, is Bachelor of Science (Econ.). In 1994 he left the
position as Division Manager at Plannja to become Director of Marketing
at Älvsbyhus, a leading producer of wooden houses in Sweden.

- I am glad to welcome Thomas Björk back to the SSAB family, says Anders
Ullberg, President and CEO of the SSAB Group in a comment. Thomas Björk
knows us well after his previous years in Plannja and it is good news
that he now has decided to return to us in this new role.

Plannja, subsidiary of SSAB Swedish Steel, is one of Europe´s leading
building sheet companies. Plannja processes sheet into, among other
things, roofing tiles and rainwater run-off products. Sandwichtype
prefabricated building sections are also being manufactured to an
increasing degree. The products are examples of Plannja´s focus on
complete and fully-planned systems solutions for both large and small
construction projects.

The Plannja sales in 2001 amounted to SEK 1,3 billion. Plannja has 470
employees.

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