Suominen Yhtymä - Changes board/management/auditors

Nina Kopola named Suominen's new President and CEO

Tampere, Finland, 2011-11-22 08:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Suominen Corporation
                       Stock exchange release 22 November 2011 at 9:00 a.m. 

Nina Kopola named Suominen's new President and CEO

Technology Licentiate Nina Kopola, 51, has been named President and CEO of
Suominen Corporation and Suominen Group as of 1 December 2011. Ms Kopola has
today begun to familiarise herself with the company's operations together with
current President and CEO Petri Rolig. As of December, Mr Rolig will transfer
to the post of Deputy CEO, with primary responsibility for developing the
Flexibles and Codi Wipes businesses. 

“Suominen's Board of Directors estimates that successful leadership of the new
Suominen, which launched its operations on the 1st of November, will be best
achieved with a management team that has broad international business
experience. Nina Kopola's diverse background as a corporate executive, as well
as her extensive international experience and solid competence convinced the
Board that she is the best person for the job, since the goal is to ensure the
most effective and knowledgeable management for Suominen in this new
situation,” states Jorma Eloranta, Chairman of Suominen's Board of Directors. 

“As a result of the recently completed business acquisition, Suominen has
attained the status of market leader, and it will be an inspiring challenge to
strengthen and develop that position,” says Ms Kopola. “In order to succeed in
that respect, I believe bringing the integration to completion and creating a
new corporate culture will be the most important tasks in the initial stage.” 

Nina Kopola holds a Technology Licentiate degree from Åbo Akademi in Turku,
Finland. She has worked at Neste Chemicals as a research engineer, from where
she transferred to Dynea after Neste Chemicals was bought by IK Invest. During
her ten years at Dynea, Ms Kopola has gained extensive experience in various
functions such as controlling, business analysis and marketing. She has been a
member of Dynea Group management since 2006, first as Executive Vice President,
Market Applications, and since 2008 as President, Dynea Europe. Dynea
manufactures adhesive resins for various industrial applications. Dynea
Europe's net sales last year totaled EUR 489 million. The figure includes 19
production plants in 13 European countries. Ms Kopola has also been responsible
for Dynea's South American operations and she has chaired Dynea's joint venture
in Russia. Nina Kopola's profile can be found on Suominen's website, at
www.suominen.fi. 

Helsinki, 22 November 2011

Suominen Corporation

Board of Directors


For additional information please contact:
Mr Jorma Eloranta, Chairman of Suominen's Board of Directors, tel. +358 (0)40
539 5542 
Ms Nina Kopola, Technology Licentiate, tel. +358 (0)50 385 2018
Ms Minna Lehtonen, Suominen's communications, tel. +358 (0)50 375 2701


Suominen produces high-quality nonwovens, flexible packaging and wet wipes for
industry and the retail sector. www.suominen.fi