Legal Proceedings Report • Dec 5, 2007
Legal Proceedings Report
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One employee, a team leader, was killed when an explosion and fire occurred at AAK's plant in Aarhus, Denmark yesterday morning. The accident took place in the facility where vegetable oils are processed to be used as components in chocolate and confectionery fats.
– We feel the deepest sympathy and share the grief of our deceased colleague's family, says Jørgen Balle, Managing Director for AarhusKarlshamn Denmark and President for AAK's business area Chocolate & Confectionery Fats. – Our thoughts go out to them, and we will do all we can to help at this difficult time.
– Security has top priority in the company, both in relation to the employees and to our surroundings, and this accident will cause us to do a new, thorough review so that we can prevent similar accidents in the future, Jørgen Balle says.
The fire was intense, but was put out during Tuesday morning. An examination carried out together with authorities will show what caused the fire, but because of security issues it will take some days before it is possible to gain an overview of the damage and what caused the accident.
Management foresees a standstill in the facilities that were damaged, but the scope is difficult to assess before the investigations are completed. Other production facilities will resume production during the next few days. Part of the lost production volume will be covered by AAK's other production sites.
For further information, please contact:
Bo Svensson, CIO Tel: + 46 454 820 00 or +46 40 627 83 00 Mobile: + 46 708 18 21 93 E-mail: [email protected]
AarhusKarlshamn is the world's leading manufacturer of highly refined vegetable special fats. These fats are noted for their high technology content and are used as butterfat and cocoa butter substitutes, transfree solutions for chocolate fillings and confectionery, and in the cosmetics industry. AarhusKarlshamn has production plants in Denmark, the Netherlands, Mexico, Great Britain, Sweden, Uruguay and the U.S.A. AAK is organised into three business areas: Chocolate & Confectionery Fats, Food Ingredients, and Technical Products & Feed. For further information on AarhusKarlshamn, visit the company's website at www.aak.com
AarhusKarlshamn AB (publ) Phone +46 40 627 83 00 [email protected] 556669-2850 Skeppsgatan 19 Fax +46 40 627 83 11 www.aak.com SE5566692850 SE-211 19 Malmö Registered office: Malmö SWEDEN
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