1. Market for construction material products in Sweden. Keyfigures 2001 (SEK) Total turnover110billion Exportapprox 50billion Importapprox 23billion Companies, producers3 350 st Numb of people empl. approx60.000 st Comp. in total, wholesalers, retailers 6.000 st Turnover / company approx 32billion Turnover / employed approx 1,8 billion EB 03/049F

2. IB – Building Material Producers Association of Sweden Established in 1967 One of 48 sector and employer associations of Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, with today 57 000 small and medium-sized member companies. Lobbying, mainly in overall policy issues, EU, conditions for business, economic commercial policy, environment policy, etc Members today, big and mostly foreign owned companies Instead of a central organization

3. Member Companies of the Swedish Building Material Producers Association ( IB) Cementa AB Eurotak AB Formica PSM AB Gyproc AB Heidelberg Cement Northern Europe AB Icopal AB

4. Member Companies of the Swedish Building Material Producers Association (IB) Isola-Platon AB Knauf Danogips GmbH Lafarge Tekkin AB Norgips Svenska AB Optiroc AB Paroc AB

5. Member Companies of the Swedish Building Material Producers Association (IB ) Plastmo AB Saint-Gobain Isover AB Thermisol Sweden AB Trelleborg Building Systems AB Lindab Profil AB

6. BYSAM – Cooperation between various building material producers organizations in Sweden The Swedish Precast Concrete Federation Swedish Building Material Producers Association Masonry and Rendering Information The Plastics and Chemicals Federation

7. BYSAM – Cooperation between various building material producers organizations in Sweden National Association of the Swedish Joinery Factories Swedish Ready Mixed Concrete Association The Swedish Wood Association including Wooden House Manufacturers within the Swedish Forest Industries Federation Swedisol – the Swedish Mineral Wool Association

8. BYSAM – Cooperation between various building material producers organizations in Sweden Federation of Swedish Heating Water and Sanitation Equipment Manufacturers The Swedish Paint and Printing Ink Makers Association The Swedish Flat Glass Association The Swedish Association of Air Handling Industries

9. Activities / Priorities The Swedish marketsituation for the building sector, specifically Housing, still very low Increased cost for construction and building products according to politicans and media Competition, competition-rules Environment, new requirement from customers, society, dangerous substances, EICP(BPD), Evaluations, etc CPD and European harmonization and integration, standardization, CE_marking,internal market issues, etc

10. Activities / Priorities National legislation, new bills and proposals Quality, general conditions, sector and business agreements /contracts, guarantees 2 or 10 years ? Reasearch an Development, where common mutual interest, building process, etc, BIC e-Business, strategy, market portals /sites, etc Official Gov reports for consideration, etc

11. Reputation Campaign 2003-2006 To increase the knowledge and the reputation of the building material industry in Sweden for politicans, media and the ordinarie people. Important sector for swedish economy, growth, employment and good posibilities to expand at home and abroad in developing a ”new” and promising construction industry sector. Competitive and a value added to reasonable costs Innovative, modern, R&D, more of systems, functions, prefabrication, moduls, industialization, etc