27th Jan 2006 10:48
Rexam PLC27 January 2006 Rexam Chairman assumes additional Chairmanship of Swedish company Rexam, the global consumer packaging company and the world's leading beveragecan maker, announces that its chairman, Rolf Borjesson, has been appointedchairman of the Sweden-based company, Ahlsell AB. He will take up hisappointment on February 1, 2006. Ahlsell, owned by Cinven and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, two private equitygroups, is one of the Nordic region's leading building materials distributioncompanies. It supplies products and peripheral services to professional usersin the heating, plumbing, electrical goods, tools, refrigeration and DIYmarkets, and has sales of SEK 17bn (c £1.2bn). Rolf Borjesson is also a non-executive Director of Avery Dennison, based inCalifornia, and SCA, based in Stockholm. 27 January 2006 Enquiries 020 7227 4100 Andrew Mills, Group Communications Director Rexam is a leading global consumer packaging company and the largest beveragecan maker in the world. Our vision is to be the leading global consumerpackaging company. We are business partners to some of the world's most famousand successful consumer brands as well as young, entrepreneurial start-ups. Weoffer a broad range of packaging services and solutions for differentindustries, using different materials and technologies. We have 23,000 people in22 countries. Three things characterise us - leadership in our industry, ourcommitment to innovation and our passion to deliver exceptional value. Rexam hasan ongoing turnover of approximately £3.1 billion and is a member of the FTSE100. Its ordinary shares are listed with the UK Listing Authority and trade onthe market for listed securities on the London Stock Exchange under the symbolREX. For further information, visit Rexam's web site at www.rexam.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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