Alfa Laval Wins Another SEK 100 Million Cleantech Order for a Biofuel Plant in Vietnam

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(Business Wire)--
Regulatory News:

Alfa Laval (STO:ALFA) - a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation
and fluid handling - has received another order from PetroVietnam Group. The
order value is about SEK 100 million and includes equipment and engineering
solutions to an ethanol production plant in northern Vietnam. Delivery is
scheduled for 2010.

The plant in Vietnam will produce fuel ethanol from cassava chips. Alfa Laval`s
heat exchangers will be used in a starch-based fermentation, distillation and
dehydration process of the ethanol plant.

"Alfa Laval has for many years been an acknowledged leading supplier to the
established ethanol markets in the US and Brazil", says Lars Renström, President
and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group. "This is our second order from Vietnam in short
time and it confirms our strong position also in the growing Asian market."

Did you know… that the PetroVietnam plant is part of the biofuel development
program, ratified by the Vietnam Government last year, with aim to produce 320
million litres of ethanol and vegetable oil by 2015?

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 the Nordic Exchange, Nordic Large Cap, and, in 2008,
posted annual sales of about SEK 28 billion (approx. 2.9 billion Euros). The
company has some 12 000 employees. www.alfalaval.com

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