Blom Romania S.R.L, the Romanian subsidiary of Blom ASA, has signed a contract with SC APA OLTENIA SA to deliver technical assistance for new infrastructure in Dolj County. The expected value of the agreement is approximately NOK 18 million. The project will start in 2011. The project includes technical assistance and supervision of planning of extension and rehabilitation of infrastructure for water and waste water treatment. The Company was further awarded two contracts with a total expected order value of MNOK 12 within the same market segment earlier this month. The contracts confirm that the company's strategy to expand its activity in the growing economies in Central and Eastern Europe has given results. The contract also confirms that the company has successfully been able to expand into new services to its established customer base. The Company has so far this year won contracts of this type in Romania with a total expected order value of more than NOK 80 million. The infrastructure in many Eastern European countries has a significant need for renovation and expansion. During the last year funding for this kind of projects has increasingly been made available by among others the EU and the World Bank. Blom presently experiences an increased level of public tenders related to infrastructure projects, of which the water and waste water management project in Dolj County is an example. For further information please contact: Dirk Blaauw, CEO Blom ASA, at tel: +47 22 13 19 23 or Lars Bakklund, CFO Blom ASA, at tel: +47 22 13 19 34