Jan Wikström – New President HEXPOL Gaskets

Regulatory News:

Hexpol AB (STO:HPOLB)

Jan Wikström has been appointed President of HEXPOL Gaskets and HEXPOL Profiles within HEXPOL Group. Current President Lars-Åke Bylander will, on his own request, be leaving the HEXPOL Group for assignment in other industrial activities.

We thank Lars-Åke Bylander for his great efforts during his 15 years with the Group. Jan Wikström will keep his current position as President of HEXPOL Wheels and a member of HEXPOL's Group Management.

HEXPOL is a world-leading polymers group with strong global positions in advanced polymer compounds (Compounding), gaskets for plate heat exchangers (Gaskets), and plastic and rubber materials for truck and castor wheel applications (Wheels). Customers are primarily systems suppliers to the global automotive and engineering industry, the energy, oil and gas sector, medical equipment manufacturers and OEM manufacturers of plate heat exchangers and forklifts. The Group is organised in two business areas, HEXPOL Compounding and HEXPOL Engineered Products. The HEXPOL Group’s sales in 2014 amounted to 8,919 MSEK. The HEXPOL Group has approximately 3,900 employees in eleven countries. Further information is available at www.hexpol.com.

This press release consists of such information that HEXPOL AB (publ) may be obliged to disclose in accordance with the Swedish Securities Market Act and /or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on May 26, 2015..

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