Boliden CEO Johansson to take over as SCA CEO

STOCKHOLM, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Swedish hygiene and paper product maker SCA (SCAb.ST: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Monday it had appointed Jan Johansson, currently head of Swedish miner Boliden (BOL.ST: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), as its new chief executive.

SCA, Europe's biggest manufacturer of corrugated packaging and hygiene products, said in a statement its current chief executive, Jan Astrom, stepped down on Monday, and that Johansson would take up his new post within three months.

"The SCA board has decided to carry out a change of Chief Executive officer in SCA," the firm said.

In a separate statement, Boliden said it had begun the search for a new chief executive.

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