2013-11-27 10:00:00 CET

2013-11-27 10:00:49 CET


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Okmetic Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT OF OKMETIC OYJ



OKMETIC OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    27 NOVEMBER 2013 AT 11.00 a.m.

CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT OF OKMETIC OYJ

Atte Haapalinna, D.Sc. (Tech.), born 1969, has been appointed member of
Executive management group, customer support and new business development as
areas of responsibility (Senior Vice President, Customer Support). Haapalinna
will assume the new role on January 1, 2014 and will report to President Kai
Seikku.

Atte Haapalinna has worked for Okmetic since year 1998. In his current position
as Business Development Manager in new business development he started in 2011.
His earlier positions include i.a. Application Manager and Senior Application
Engineer.

President Kai Seikku: "The goal is to improve the performance of Okmetic's
products in customers' processes and to get the voice of the customer better
heard."

Senior Vice President, Research, Okmetic Fellow Markku Tilli will leave the
Executive management group on December 31, 2013 but will continue in his current
position. Tilli has worked for Okmetic for almost 30 years, since the foundation
of the company in 1985.

As of January 1, 2014, the members of Okmetic's Executive management group will
be
Kai Seikku, President,
Mikko Montonen, Executive Vice President, Customers and Markets,
and Senior Vice Presidents
Petri Antola, Technology Projects and Solar Materials,
Atte Haapalinna, Customer Support,
Juha Jaatinen, Finance, IT and Communications,
Jaakko Montonen, Supply Chain,
Markus Virtanen, Human Resources, Quality, and Environment, and
Anna-Riikka Vuorikari-Antikainen, Products.


OKMETIC OYJ

Kai Seikku
President

For further information, please contact:

President Kai Seikku, Okmetic Oyj,
tel. +358 400 200 288, email: kai.seikku@okmetic.com

Distribution:

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Principal media
www.okmetic.com

OKMETIC IN BRIEF

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Okmetic is a technology company which supplies tailor-made silicon wafers for
sensor and semiconductor industries and sells its technological expertise.
Okmetic provides its customers with solutions that boost their competitiveness
and profitability.

Okmetic's silicon wafers are part of a further processing chain that produces
end products that improve human interaction and quality of life. Okmetic's
products are based on high-tech expertise that generates added value for
customers, innovative product development and an extremely efficient production
process.

Okmetic has a global customer base and sales network, production plants in
Finland and the US and contract manufacturers in Japan and China. Okmetic's
shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki under the code OKM1V. For more
information on the company, please visit our website at www.okmetic.com.



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