Raute - Company Announcement

RAUTE TO RECEIVE AN EUR 12 MILLION ORDER FOR A PLYWOOD MILL IN RUSSIA

RAUTE CORPORATION	STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 10 DECEMBER 2009 at 1:20 p.m.          
RAUTE TO RECEIVE AN EUR 12 MILLION ORDER FOR A PLYWOOD MILL IN RUSSIA           

Raute Corporation has received an order worth approx. EUR 12 million from the   
Russian company Brjanskij Fanernyi Kombinat. The order comprises all production 
lines for a plywood mill. The machinery deliveries to Russia will take place in 
summer 2010 and the start-up of the mill will take place during autumn 2010.    

Brjanskij Fanernyi Kombinat is a well-established, relatively small Russian     
plywood producer with production operations in Brjanskij, in the South-West of  
Russia. The machinery now ordered will be placed in a new mill with an annual   
production capacity of 40 000 m3 of overlaid birch plywood. The mill will       
produce 4x8 ft and 5x10 ft plywood by Western production standards.             

The received order improves Raute's order book but has no impact on the net     
sales and operating profit for 2009. Because of the very low declined order     
book, the order will only have minor, short-term mitigating effect on the       
ongoing adaptation measures. Despite this single received order the market      
situation as a whole is still challenging.                                      


RAUTE CORPORATION                                                               

Tapani Kiiski                                                                   
President and CEO                                                               


FURTHER INFORMATION:                                                            
Mr. Tapani Kiiski, President and CEO, Raute Corporation, tel. +358 3 829 3560,  
mobile +358 400 814 148                                                         
Ms. Arja Hakala, CFO, Raute Corporation,
tel. +358 3 829 3293, mobile +358 400 710 387 


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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.