Componenta - Company Announcement

Timo Laitinen to be Sales and Product Development Director of Componenta

Timo Laitinen to be Sales and Product Development Director of Componenta

Timo Laitinen (45), M.Sc. (Eng.), MBA, has been appointed Senior Vice President,
Sales and Product Development of Componenta. He will be responsible for the
customer interface which is managed through sales and customer management and
product development. They are managed on the Group level in business areas which
override the legal structures and geographical boundaries. Timo Laitinen will
join Componenta on 3 March 2008 and report to Group President and CEO Heikki
Lehtonen. 

Timo Laitinen comes to Componenta from Sandvik where he has worked in several
positions of sales and marketing management, most recently as Vice President,
Marketing and sales support in Sandvik Mining and Construction.  


Helsinki, 25 January 2008 

COMPONENTA CORPORATION


Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO



Further information:

Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO
tel. +358 10 403 00


Componenta is a metal sector company with international operations and
production plants located in Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Turkey. The
pro forma net sales of Componenta was EUR 635 million in 2007 and the Group
employes about 5,100 people. Componenta's shares are quoted on the OMX Nordic
Exchange in Helsinki. Componenta specializes in supplying cast and machined
components and total solutions made of them to its global customers who are
manufacturers of vehicles, machines and equipment.  
Componenta  Corporation 
Panuntie 4 
FI-00610 Helsinki , Finland
Tel. +358 10 403 00
Fax +358 10 403 2721
http://www.componenta.com