Last Thursday, we had had a board meeting at our subsidiary in Norrköping and the entire board was on site to update themselves on the situation. As always a lot of points were up for discussion and as earlier meetings much focus was on market and product development. Since November we see a strong upturn on most of our markets and in the past year we have established a number of new markets such as Austria and Poland to name two, which contributes strongly to the full order book we now have the pleasure of seeing again. 2009 was a year that for the vast majority did not live up to previous year's sales figures but it was a year, that by far lived up to the hopes we had for Fors MW, after all for 2009.

We have a range of marketing activities planned for 2010 and all were screened and discussed. Several exhibitions are planned, lots of advertising and also with new approaches in the ad itself. We discussed the website relevant to the market trend we see since it was launched in May 2009. That the homepage next week will be up in French and German will certainly contribute to even more activity on the French and German speaking markets. Not only that. Within one month the website is evident in Finnish and before the end of the year, we aim to add even the Russian and Estonian languages.

It was a good board meeting with strong hopes for the future and with satisfaction for the 2009 that now has come to an end and in which Fors MW, with hindsight, did really well!

Best regards Ulrica Fors Stenmarck
Chairman AS FORS MW