Swedish Match News

Hans Pettersson has been appointed president and CEO of the MacGREGOR group. He took up his position on August 27, 2002 and will be based in the company’s Stockholm headquarters. Pettersson succeeds Anders Jagraeus who has been president and CEO since 1997. Jagraeus will pursue other interests outside the MacGREGOR Group. Pettersson joined MacGREGOR in 2001 as the general manager of the Cranes division. He has played a key part in steering the out-sourcing of MacGREGOR’s crane production to China. With an extensive international business background gained among others from 12 years with the Swedish Match group, based in South East Asia and Germany, Pettersson worked for 10 years in the paper industry prior to joining MacGREGOR.

"Service is the primary area of future growth for MacGREGOR," said the Group's president and CEO, Hans Pettersson, announcing a plan that will simplify the organisation's structure to increase its efficiency. After his appointment in August last year, Hans Pettersson initiated an exhaustive performance improvement programme that examined every aspect of MacGREGOR's activities. "For more than 60 years we've consistently come up with revolutionary cargo handling solutions that have become the standard. We have a truly global presence, both in terms of manufacturing and our service network. More than 13,000 ships use MacGREGOR products. Why weren't we more profitable?" he said.