Componenta - Changes board/management/auditors

Tapio Rantala to become Director, Business Development at Componenta

Tapio Rantala to become Director, Business Development at Componenta

Tapio Rantala (55), Lic. Sc. (Tech.) has been appointed Director, Business
Development at Componenta Corporation and a member of the Corporate Executive
Team as from 1 May 2008. Tapio Rantala will be responsible for development
projects for foundry operations and for managing and developing purchasing and
internal sourcing. In his work Tapio Rantala will report to President and CEO
Heikki Lehtonen and concerning purchasing activities to Olli Karhunen, Senior
Vice President at the Foundries Division.

Marko Sipola, who has been responsible for business development, is leaving to
become President of the Viafin Group in summer 2008. 

Helsinki, 2 April 2008 

COMPONENTA CORPORATION


Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO




Further information:

Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO
tel. +358 10 403 00


Componenta is a metal sector company with international operations and
production plants located in Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Turkey. The
pro forma net sales of Componenta was EUR 635 million in 2007 and the Group
employes about 5,100 people. Componenta's shares are quoted on the OMX Nordic
Exchange in Helsinki. Componenta specializes in supplying cast and machined
components and total solutions made of them to its global customers who are
manufacturers of vehicles, machines and equipment.  
Componenta  Corporation 
Panuntie 4 
FI-00610 Helsinki , Finland
Tel. +358 10 403 00
Fax +358 10 403 2721
http://www.componenta.com