Oct 02, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. CEO of Rottneros Lars Blecko has been appointed CEO of the cash handling company Loomis, subsidiary of Securitas. Securitas aims to list Loomis on the stock market in 2008. Lars Blecko has been CEO of Rottneros since autumn of 1999. “The years with Rottneros have been extremely exciting and intensive. Rottneros has developed from a traditional pulp producer with individual mills into a modern group that is entering the packaging industry. This contributes to that our strong dependence of external factors such as the dollar rate which has substantially moved both up and down now during my years as CEO is decreasing”, says Lars Blecko. “The reason for me leaving Rottneros is that I have received an exciting opportunity to lead the development of an advanced service company with over 20 000 employees and operations all over Europe and USA”. ”I am sad to see Lars Blecko leave Rottneros however understand that he wants to take on new challenges after eight years with us”, says Rottneros’ chairman of the board Bengt Nordin. The assignment of recruiting a new CEO has begun. Rottneros is one of the world’s leading independent producers of market pulp. With approximately 750 employees, the group has a turnover of approximately SEK 2.7 billion.