Componenta - Company Announcement

Pii Kotilainen proposed for Componenta Board of Directors

Componenta Corporation Stock Exchange Release 26.1.2010 at 16.00

Shareholders representing more than 10 percent of all the votes in the company
have communicated that they will propose to the Annual General Meeting that M.
Sc. (Econ.) Pii Kotilainen is elected to replace Mr. Yrjö Julin, who has been
appointed Chief Operating Officer of the company, as member of the Board of
Directors and that the other current members of the Board of Directors are
re-elected for the following term of office. 

Pii Kotilainen (b. 1960) is Executive Vice President - Human Resources at
Outokumpu Oyj. She has previously served as Senior Vice President, Human
Resources in Huhtamäki Oyj and in many HR related positions in Nokia Group. 

Pii Kotilainen is a member of the Advisory Board for Advansis Oy.

The other current members of the Componenta Board of Directors are Heikki
Bergholm, Heikki Lehtonen, Juhani Mäkinen, Marjo Miettinen and Matti
Tikkakoski. 


Helsinki, 26 January 2010 

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, Turkey, the Netherlands and Sweden. The
net sales of Componenta were EUR 300 million in 2009. The Group employs approx.
3,700 people. Componenta's shares are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX 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

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