Raute - Annual report/ annual accounts

RAUTE'S ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2008 PUBLISHED

RAUTE CORPORATION    STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    17 MARCH 2009 AT 11.00 a.m.      


RAUTE'S ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2008 PUBLISHED               

Raute's Annual report 2008 and the Complete consolidated financial statements   
for 2008 have been published in PDF format in Finnish and English on the        
company's website at www.raute.com.                                             

The printed Annual report and Financial statements can be ordered by email from 
ir@raute.com.                                                                   


RAUTE CORPORATION                                                               

Molli Nyman                                                                     
Manager, Marketing and Communications                                           


FURTHER INFORMATION:                                                            
Ms. Molli Nyman, Manager, Marketing and Communications, Raute Corporation,      
mobile phone +358 50 598 9572           

RAUTE IN BRIEF:                                                                 
Raute is a technology company serving the wood products industry worldwide. Its 
most important customers are the plywood and LVL industries. The company is one 
of the world's leading suppliers of mill-scale projects to these customer       
industries. The total service concept also includes technology services, with   
which Raute supports its customers throughout the entire life cycle of their    
investments. Raute's head office and main production plant are in Nastola,      
Finland. Its other production plants are in the Vancouver area of Canada, in the
Shanghai area of China, and in Jyväskylä and Kajaani, Finland. Net sales in 2008
were EUR 98.5 million and the number of personnel 573. More information on the  
company can be found at www.raute.com.                                          

DISTRIBUTION:                                                                   
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd, main media, www.raute.com

Attachments:

raute_annual_report_08.pdf