Cramo Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Appointment in the Cramo Group management team

Vantaa, Finland, 2011-05-09 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cramo Plc    Stock
Exchange Release 9 May 2011, at 09.00 am Finnish time (GMT+2) 

Appointment in the Cramo Group management team

Mr Dirk Schlitzkus, (47), Attorney, has been appointed as Senior Vice
President, Central Europe and member of the Cramo Group management team as of 9
May 2011. As from the same date Mr Dirk Schlitzkus becomes Managing Director of
Theisen Baumaschinen AG, a part of the Cramo Group. Mr Schlitzkus will report
to Mr Vesa Koivula, President and CEO of Cramo Group. 

Mr Dirk Schlitzkus joined Theisen in 1994 as a consultant lawyer. In 1998 he
was promoted to Director with extensive responsibilities. Mr Schlitzkus was one
of the driving forces behind the company's fast expansion of rental depots
(from 15 to about 100) in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Switzerland, in
addition to which he has been involved in the restructuring of Theisen Group
and its various companies and departments. "Mr Schlitzkus has built a successful track record in several different areas.
He is well respected in the entire Theisen Group and well prepared to take over
the responsibility of the further development of the company", says Mr Vesa
Koivula, CEO, in a comment. 

CRAMO PLC


Vesa Koivula
President and CEO



Further information
Vesa Koivula, President and CEO, tel. +358 40 510 5710



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Cramo is a service company specialising in construction machinery and equipment
rental and rental-related services, as well as the rental and sale of modular
space. As one of the industry's leading service providers in the Nordic
countries and Central and Eastern Europe, Cramo operates in fifteen countries
with approximately 400 depots. With a group staff close to 2.400, Cramo's
consolidated sales for 2010 was EUR 500 million and Cramo shares are listed on
the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. For further information, please visit
www.cramo.com.