Aspo - Company Announcement

NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR KAUKOMARKKINAT LTD

ASPO Plc    STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN    April  4, 2011 at 9:45 am.

Jukka Nieminen (age 41), Master of Science (Tech), has been appointed as the
new Managing Director of Kaukomarkkinat Ltd, part of Aspo Group, as of August
8, 2011. He succeeds Jari-Pekka Lehmuskoski (age 54) who will continue
as Managing Director until August 8, 2011, when he will start as Business
Director of the electronics division.

Jukka Nieminen has previously worked in several international management tasks.
He is currently the Managing Director of the Germany-based REHAU, a supplier of
innovations and systems in construction and industry. Before that, he was the
CEO of Naps Systems, a specialist in customized and innovative solar electricity
solutions, as well as the Vice President of Marioff Corporation Oy's Land
Division."As a conglomerate, our goal is to invest in the development of Kaukomarkkinat
as part of Aspo. Kaukomarkkinat aims at becoming Finland's leading company in
local energy solutions, which requires solid competence in strategy development
and meeting objectives. Jukka Nieminen's expertise and vision as well as his
international experience are very suitable for Kaukomarkkinat's aim to develop
the local energy solutions business. The society's goal to increase the amount
of renewable forms of energy, such as solar energy, and of improving energy
efficiency opens up new opportunities for Kaukomarkkinat," says Aki Ojanen, CEO
of Aspo Group.

Kaukomarkkinat specializes in energy efficiency technology, solutions to improve
efficiency in the process industry, and security and digital products.
Operations are based on the products of the best companies in the industry and
the willingness of the company's own experts to improve the operations and
efficiency of its customers. Kaukomarkkinat operates in Finland, Poland, Russia,
China, and Vietnam.

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

Further information:
CEO Aki Ojanen, Aspo Plc, +358 9 5211, +358 400 106 592,aki.ojanen(a)aspo.com

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Aspo is a conglomerate that owns and develops business operations in Northern
Europe and growth markets focusing on demanding B-to-B customers. Our strong
company brands - ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko and Kaukomarkkinat - aim to be
the market leaders in their sectors. They are responsible for their own
operations, customer relationships and the development of these. Together they
generate Aspo's goodwill. Aspo's Group structure and business operations are
continually developed without any predefined schedules.

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