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deliveries that lie ahead. at is how to build a strong
position for the future.
Saab continues to invest in smart technology.
It has always been Saab’s strength to stay a step ahead
and keep our sights set on the horizon. An application
that makes a product a little faster, a method that
makes it more cost ecient or a new material that
increases its capacity. ere is always something that
can be improved. Development is oen done in close
collaboration with our customers. Recent years have
produced several new products or new versions
of previous success stories, and in 2015 more new
products reached the market, including the
GlobalEye airborne radar and sensor system.
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
Our business is built on trust. Not only between us
and our customers but also in relationships with
our partners, fellow citizens and society. Sustainable
business, where ethics, transparency and structured
anti-corruption work are the keys to success. We
continued during the year to strengthen our rules
and how we work. e UN Global Compact is inte-
grated in Saab’s code of conduct and serves as the
basis of our supplier code of conduct. In 2015, we
began to focus on sustainable business throughout
our supply chain.
Behind a record-high order backlog lies the
company’s most important resource: our employees.
I am proud to lead a company with such a high level
of competence. We will continue to become more
international and build home markets around the
world. Employees with around 60 dierent national-
ities and many more backgrounds and experiences
are now shaping Saab as a company on every
continent.
As a cutting-edge high-tech company, we have to
attract competent employees, especially engineers.
is makes a greater interest in technology among
children and young adults a matter of long-term
survival. e importance of education to the devel-
opment of society and companies can never be over-
estimated. We focus on developing our leaders and
employees, so that they have the opportunity to
develop personally and professionally. Our business
goals are broken down into goals for each employee.
is makes Saab better and our customers more
satised.
Mixing people, ideas, experiences and cultures
creates a dynamic company with more innovation
and higher protability. Gender equality is therefore
a success factor we work with on a daily basis. We
have everything to gain from societies of people with
dierent backgrounds and experiences. For me as
CEO, it is important that diversity and tolerance
are embraced wherever we work.
ON THE TECHNOLOGICAL FOREFRONT
Staying on the forefront of technology, combined
with cost eciency, is part of Saab’s DNA. We
have been shaped by tough competition and strict
requirements for low product lifecycle costs. We
know what is needed and can see the road ahead
of us. e latest technology, the smartest solutions
and the newest innovations. Long-term, nancially
stable and on the cutting edge.
Stockholm in February 2016
Håkan Buskhe
President and CEO
Saab continues to invest in smart
technology. It has always been Saab’s
strength to stay a step ahead and keep
our sights set on the horizon.
SAAB ANNUAL REPORT 2015 – 5