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Invitation to news conference - Larox Group result for the first quarter of the year 2009

LAROX CORPORATION       COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT    14 April 2009   AT 10 AM        


Invitation to news conference - Larox Group result for the first quarter of the 
year 2009                                                                       

Larox Corporation publishes the result for the first quarter of the year 2009   
on Thursday 23 April 2009 at approx. 8.30 a.m. and arranges a news conference to
investors and analysts on the same day at Pörssitalo (Börs-kabinet), street     
address Fabianinkatu 14 Helsinki, Finland at 11.00 a.m.                         

Mr. Toivo Matti Karppanen, President & CEO, Mr. Jori Halkola, Chief Financial   
Officer and Mrs. Hanne Peltola, Director, Human Resources and Corporate         
Communications will be at present.                                              

The presentation material will be available after the publishing of the interim 
review at www.larox.com.                                                        

Please give advance notice of your participation by 21 April 2009 to Mr. Jyri   
Hämäläinen, tel. +358 (0) 20 7687 427 or jyri.hamalainen@larox.com              
You may also take part in the event through a web conference. To register as    
a participant for the web conference please contact Jyri Hämäläinen for further 
details.                                                                        

for Larox Corporation                                                           


Hanne Peltola                                                                   
Director, Human Resources and Corporate Communications                          

Tel. +358 (0) 207687 389 or +358 400 237 191                                    
E-mail: hanne.peltola@larox.com                                                 

Distribution NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd, Central media                             



Larox develops, designs and manufactures industrial filters and is a leading    
technology company in its field. Larox is a full service solution provider      
in filtration for separating solids from liquids. It supplies comprehensive     
aftermarket services throughout the lifespan of the Larox solution. Companies   
world-wide in mining and metallurgy, chemical processing and related industries 
benefit from the Larox technologies. Larox operates in over 40 countries and    
has over 590 employees. Larox Group is headquartered in Lappeenranta, Finland   
where the Group also has production facilities. Net sales in 2008 totaled 208.0 
million euros, of which more than 93 % were generated by exports and the        
company's foreign operations.