SecoTools: Interim Report for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005

FAGERSTA, Sweden, Aug. 4, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- SecoTools:

 -- Invoicing was the highest ever for a single quarter, SEK 1,251 M. 
    Growth was 14 percent, compared with the preceding year. 

 -- Operating profit for the quarter increased by 20 percent and 
    amounted to SEK 285 M (237). The operating margin for the quarter 
    was 22.7 percent (21.6). 

 -- Invoicing for the six-month period was SEK 2,430 M (2,158). 

 -- Net profit for the six-month period was SEK 372 M (300). 

 -- Earnings per share before dilution for the six-month period 
    amounted to SEK 12.80 (10.40).

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CONTACT:  SecoTools
          Kai Warn, President and CEO
          Tel: +46 223-401 10

          Tomas Eliasson, CFO
          Tel: +46 223-401 20

          investor.relations@secotools.com

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