Company ContactOri Yehudai President CEOFrutarom Ltd

Frutarom'sproducts are designated for the industries of food and beverage, flavor andfragrance, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, health food and functional food,food supplements and cosmetics.Frutarom operates through two divisions:- Flavors Division, which develops, produces and marketsflavor compounds and food systems.- Fine Ingredients Division, which develops, produces andmarkets natural flavor extracts, functional food ingredients, naturalpharmaceutical/nutraceutical extracts, specialty essential oils, citrusproducts and aroma chemicals.Frutarom's products are produced in its plants in the US, the UK,Switzerland, Germany, Israel, Denmark, China and Turkey. Its global marketingsystem includes the marketing divisions in Israel, the US, the UK,Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Romania, Russia,Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, China, Japan, HongKong, India and Indonesia. In addition, the Company operates local agents anddistributors throughout the world. Frutarom employs approximately 1,500people around the worlds.Company ContactOri Yehudai, President & CEOFrutarom Ltd.Tel: 97299603800Email: SOURCEFrutarom Industries LtdCompany Contact: Ori Yehudai, President & CEO, Frutarom Ltd., Tel:97299603800, Email: .

STOCKHOLM, Sweden(Business Wire)Regulatory News: Atlas Copco (STO:ATCOA) (STO:ATCOB): (unaudited) Tough end to a record year Organic order intake declined 19 following significant drop in world-widedemand 27 decline including cancellations, mainly in mining Continued aftermarket growth in all business areas. Forceful actions to reduce capacity and costs; redundancy costs of MSEK 258booked in the quarter. The Board proposes a dividend of SEK 3.00 per share.Near-term demand outlook The current economic situation makes the outlook very uncertain but demand isexpected to remain very weak in most industries and regions. Measures to adaptcapacity and costs The fourth quarters actions to adapt capacity and costs tothe rapidly deteriorating business environment led to a reduction of employeeswith about 1 350 in total, and MSEK 258 in redundancy costs. Further reductionswill take place, affecting more than 3 000 people globally. Associatedredundancy costs are estimated to about MSEK 400, most of which will beaffecting the first quarter of 2009.

The total reductions in workforce areexpected to give about MSEK 2 000 in annual savings. Atlas Copco discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the SecuritiesMarkets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. Atlas Copco is a world leading provider of industrial productivity solutions.The products and services range from compressed air and gas equipment,generators, construction and mining equipment, industrial tools and assemblysystems, to related aftermarket and rental. In close cooperation with customersand business partners, and with 136 years of experience, Atlas Copco innovatesfor superior productivity. In 2008, Atlas Copco had 34 000employees and revenues of BSEK 74 (BEUR 7.7). Learn more at This information was brought to you by Cision http:// CopcoAnalystsIngrid Andersson, Investor Relations Manager,Phone: 46 8 743 8290 or 46 70 497 8290 orMediaDaniel Frykholm, Media Relations Manager, Corporate Communications,Phone: 46 8 743 8060 or 46 70 865 Copyright Business Wire 2009.