Interim report January-June 2003

INTERIM REPORT
January - June 2003


·Net sales amounted to sek 4,342 m (4,787) in the second quarter and
sek 8,631 m (9,330) in the first half of the year. For comparable units/exchange
rates, net sales during the period rose slightly more than 2 percent compared
with the same period in 2002.

·Profit after tax rose 35 percent during the quarter to sek 176 m (130) and
25 percent during the first half of the year to sek 317 m (254).

·Earnings per share rose 40 percent during the quarter to sek 2.10 (1.50)
and 29 percent during the first half of the year to sek 3.80 (2.95).

·Profit after net financial items increased during the quarter to sek 277 m
(199) and during the first half of the year to sek 500 m (372).

·First half of the year, excluding items affecting comparability:

*Operating profit sek 529 m (515)
*Profit after net financial items sek 481 m (453)
*Profit after tax sek 298 m (314)
*Earnings per share sek 3.55 (3.65)

·Acquisition of the Kunhwa auto components company in South Korea and the
ETU industrial profiles company in Germany.

·Decision to further consolidate Automotive production structure in North
America.






Further information can be obtained from
Bo Jacobsson, CFO, Trelleborg AB,  tel: +46-410-670 99; mobile: +46-70-685 65 60;
or from Mikael Byström, Senior Vice President Corporate Communications,tel: +46-410-670 37; mobile: +46-708-55 21 69.




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