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2009-03-10 10:00:00 CET 2009-03-10 10:00:02 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Componenta - Changes board/management/auditorsComponenta streamlines its organizationComponenta is renewing its sales and product development organization and incorporating the forge company Componenta Wirsbo, which operates in Sweden, into the Group's Machine shops division. The corporate sales and product development organization will manage the customer interface and look after product development, with responsibilities allocated by customer business areas and geographically to sales directors. Jari Leino is responsible for the Heavy Trucks customer business area and Sweden, as well as for the coordination of sales as a member of the Corporate Executive Team. Lauri Eklin is responsible for the Diesel & Wind customer business area and Finland, and Maurice Smits is responsible for the Off-road customer business area and the Benelux countries, France and the USA. Jukka Borgman continues as Engineering Director. All the above report directly to Heikki Lehtonen, President and CEO of the Group. Ali Alper Celtek is responsible for the Automotive customer business area and reports to Hakan Göral, SVP, Turkey Division. Alan Hooper, Country Sales Manager for the UK, and Norbert Müller, Country Sales Manager for Germany, report to Heikki Lehtonen. Furio Scolario, who started as Country Sales Manager for France on 1 March 2009, reports to Maurice Smits. Luca Ferroni, Country Sales Manager for Italy, reports to Hakan Göral. The new organization came into force on 10 March 2009. Timo Laitinen, SVP, Sales and Product Development, and a member of the Corporate Executive Team does not work anymore for Componenta. The forge company Componenta Wirsbo, which operates in Sweden and has been part of the Group's Other Business, will be incorporated into the Machine shops division on 31 March 2009. Göran Jansson, managing director of the company, will in the future report to Michael Sjöberg, SVP, Machine shops. Juha Alhonoja has been appointed Development Director of the Machine shops division as from 1 May 2009. He is responsible for developing the business of the division and for the operations of the Nisamo and Pietarsaari business units. Jussi Mustonen, business unit director of Componenta Nisamo, Juha Pouttu, business unit director of Componenta Pietarsaari MS, and Mauri Keskinen, development manager of the Machine shops division, will report to Juha Alhonoja. Componenta's strategic goal is to become the leading European cast component supplier by 2012. Although demand prospects in most of the Group's customer sectors have continued to be uncertain at the beginning of 2009, Componenta is focusing on developing its customer service and is carrying on with projects that are of strategic importance. Challenging times also create opportunities to increase market share. Helsinki, 10 March 2009 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 681 million in 2008. The Group employs 4,500 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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