2011-09-14
Viktoria Karsberg appointed Head of Group Communications at Ovako
As a step in its efforts to strengthen its brand and make the company better known to the general public, Ovako has decided to increase its communications and marketing resources. The Group Communications function will manage external and internal communications, including media and public relations. A newly established function, Group Marketing, will focus on and manage marketing communications, brand issues, graphic identity and business intelligence.
Viktoria Karsberg has been appointed Head of Group Communications. Her previous position was Senior Consultant at the public relations company MSL, which is part of the JKL Group. She has also worked as a journalist for the newspapers Expressen and Aftonbladet.
Sture Holm, current Head of Group Communications, has been appointed Head of Group Marketing.
For more information, please contact:
Tom Erixon, CEO, tel. +46 8 622 13 50 Viktoria Karsberg, Head of Communications, tel. + 46 70 209 93 96
Picture Viktoria Karsberg
Picture Sture Holm
Ovako is a leading European producer of special long steel products for the heavy vehicle, automotive and engineering industries. Our production covers low alloy steels and carbon steels in the form of bars, tubes, rings and pre-components. The company has 14 production units and several sales companies in Europe and the US. Net sales are EUR 1,100 million and the company employs 3,000 people. The total steel production capacity is 1.3 million tonnes per year.
www.ovako.com