Larox Oyj - Company Announcement

Invitation to news conference - Larox Group result for the year 2008

LAROX CORPORATION       COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT    2 February 2009   AT 10 a.m.    

Invitation to news conference - Larox Group result for the year 2008            

Larox Corporation publishes the result for the year 2008 On Friday 13 February  
2009 at approx. 8.30 a.m. and arranges a news conference to investors and       
analysts on the same day at Event Arena Bank (second floor, name of the meeting 
room and location is shown on the plasma screen in the Banks entrance lobby),   
street address Unioninkatu 20 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 news conference           
at www.larox.com/investors.                                                     


Please give advance notice of your participation by 10 February 2009 to         
Mr. Jyri Hämäläinen, tel. +358 (0) 20 7687 427; jyri.hamalainen@larox.com       
or Mrs. Tuula Poutanen, tel. +358 (0)20 7687 211; tuula.poutanen@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) 20 7687 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 460 employees. Larox Group is headquartered in Lappeenranta, Finland   
where the Group also has production facilities. Net sales in 2007 totaled 158.3 
million euros, of which more than 95 % were generated by exports and the        
company's foreign operations.