15.03.2005, 09:01
Finland’s leading environmental services provider Lassila & Tikanoja, and Stena, the recycling services leader in the Nordic region, have announced their decision to cooperate in the field of metal and electronic waste recycling by arranging for joint collection and processing.
"Being able to jointly offer a comprehensive solution to the industry, we can meet customer requirements in many ways", say Jari Sarjo, L&T President and CEO, and Anders Jansson, Stena Metall Group CEO.
L&T has the most comprehensive environmental services network in Finland, catering for both local and national customer requirements in environmental services and recycling. In the past few years, Stena has taken important investments in Finland. Combined with an extensive geographical coverage built up, nation-wide metal recycling services can be offered. Put together L&T’s and Stena’s operative networks provide for a nation-wide coverage in terms of collection and recycling.
"From the client’s point of view, our cooperation will provide a superior nation-wide collection network", says Jari Sarjo. “By way of cooperation we can both improve the quality and coverage of our services and provide simple and reliable services to our clients. This cooperation also supports our intention to grow in Finland, which is a home market for Stena”, says Anders Jansson.
Among other things, L&T is taking care of the producer responsibility in the recycling of tyres, paper, packaging materials and plastics. Stena’s operations include recycling of wrecked cars. A producer responsibility involving collection and recycling electronic waste will become applicable in Finland in August 2005. Producers are manufacturers and importers. "By joint efforts of L&T and Stena, the WEEE producer community can be offered a nation-wide service network", says Jari Sarjo.
The cooperation between L&T and Stena is exclusively operative. L&T is in charge of collection, while Stena is handling the processing of metals to produce customer-specific recycled raw materials. "Our competences back up each other. There are no over-lapping areas. Our cooperation will also strengthen our efforts in research and product development, as well as in marketing and sales", Jari Sarjo and Anders Jansson conclude.
For further information, please contact:
Jari Sarjo, President and CEO, Lassila & Tikanoja plc, Tel. +358 10636111
Göran Rönnberg, President, Stena Metalliyhtymä, Tel. +358 19 716 22 10,
Mobile +358 503 24 74 20, Operator +358 10 80 23 23
Ninnie von Mentzer, Communications Manager, Stena Metall, Tel. +46 31 775 20 25,
Mobile +46 70 775 20 25
Lassila & Tikanoja plc is a Finnish public listed company specializing in environmental management and property and plant maintenance. L&T’s services are split into three divisions: Environmental services, Property services and Industrial services. L&T is operating in Finland, but also increasingly throughout the Baltic region. In 2004, the company’s net sales totaled 336,7 M €, and the total number of professional staff is 6600. L&T was founded in 1905.
The Stena Metal Group is a family company founded in 1939. Stena Metal is the leader in recycling and environmental services in the Nordic region and is operating from more than 200 sites in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland and Russia. There are nine business areas: Metal, Aluminum, Paper, Environmental services, Electronic waste recycling, Steel, Oil, Trading and Finance. In FY 2003/2004, the total group sales amounted to 1904,5 M €.