Annual Report 2002
- The Group reported its best result ever, SEK 31 million before tax, an increase
by 43 % from the previous year. Net sales increased by 24 % to
SEK 636 million.
- Earnings per share increased by 11 % to SEK 57.5 (52). The number of shares increased from
300 000 in the previous period to 384 000 in the current period.
- In January, NOTE was approved by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) as a training unit
for soft soldering FSD 5115.
- In May, for the second year in a row, a conference called the Construction Days was organised.
Over two days, seminars and discussions were held on how best to
should design electronics to enable efficient production.
- In May, the Gothenburg office was opened to handle sales and some manufacturing
for NOTE's customers in western Sweden.
- NOTE advanced to 4th place among engineering companies in Svenska Dagbladet's
growth list published in June.
- NOTE's Board of Directors was strengthened by an Extraordinary General Meeting in September.
Ulf Mikaelsson, former Head of Division at Skandia, and Lennart Svensson were elected,
former CFO of Holmen.
- On 1 October, NOTE merged with one of southern Sweden's leading EMS providers,
Xperi AB in Lund, with subsidiaries in Lithuania.
was through a new issue of just under 22 % NOTE shares, which was approved
at an extraordinary general meeting on 16 October. The meeting also elected Xperi's CEO,
Kjell-Åke Andersson, on the Board of NOTE AB.
- The Group's global co-operation alliance, ems-ALLIANCETM, has been further developed
during the year from meeting customer requirements for market-orientated production
to also encompass global competitive material agreements and solve
production issues through technology exchange.
by 43 % from the previous year. Net sales increased by 24 % to
SEK 636 million.
- Earnings per share increased by 11 % to SEK 57.5 (52). The number of shares increased from
300 000 in the previous period to 384 000 in the current period.
- In January, NOTE was approved by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) as a training unit
for soft soldering FSD 5115.
- In May, for the second year in a row, a conference called the Construction Days was organised.
Over two days, seminars and discussions were held on how best to
should design electronics to enable efficient production.
- In May, the Gothenburg office was opened to handle sales and some manufacturing
for NOTE's customers in western Sweden.
- NOTE advanced to 4th place among engineering companies in Svenska Dagbladet's
growth list published in June.
- NOTE's Board of Directors was strengthened by an Extraordinary General Meeting in September.
Ulf Mikaelsson, former Head of Division at Skandia, and Lennart Svensson were elected,
former CFO of Holmen.
- On 1 October, NOTE merged with one of southern Sweden's leading EMS providers,
Xperi AB in Lund, with subsidiaries in Lithuania.
was through a new issue of just under 22 % NOTE shares, which was approved
at an extraordinary general meeting on 16 October. The meeting also elected Xperi's CEO,
Kjell-Åke Andersson, on the Board of NOTE AB.
- The Group's global co-operation alliance, ems-ALLIANCETM, has been further developed
during the year from meeting customer requirements for market-orientated production
to also encompass global competitive material agreements and solve
production issues through technology exchange.
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