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Componenta and Metso Foundries Jyväskylä agree on technology transfer for automatic moulding line

Componenta and Metso Foundries Jyväskylä agree on technology transfer for
automatic moulding line

Componenta Corporation has signed an agreement with Metso Foundries Jyväskylä Oy
to transfer technology for Metso's automatic moulding line to Componenta. Metso
Foundries Jyväskylä Oy will discontinue production on this line by 30 September
2008. The cooperation agreement signed will enable to continue to supply
castings to Metso's customers without disruption during the transition period
and afterwards. The agreement does not involve transferring personnel or
equipment.

Componenta's objective with this agreement is to increase business on its
existing production lines.

Metso Foundries Jyväskylä's automatic moulding line has had an yearly output of
about 10,000 tonnes.  Componenta has production lines for similar-sized products
at Karkkila in Finland, at Weert in the Netherlands and at Orhangazi in Turkey,
and these had a combined output of approximately 100,000 tonnes and net sales of
EUR 135 million in 2007.

Helsinki, 28 January 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
net sales of Componenta were EUR 635 million in 2007. The Group employs 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
www.componenta.com