Lännen Tehtaat - Company Announcement

JARNO JÄRVINEN APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF APETIT KALA OY

LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC 	STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE        21 August 2008  1:00 pm       

JARNO JÄRVINEN APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF APETIT KALA OY                    

Jarno Järvinen, age 49, is to be the Managing Director of Apetit Kala Oy as of 1
September 2008.                                                                 

Järvinen has considerable experience of the retail trade and the food industry. 
Within the Lännen Tehtaat Group he has occupied managerial positions in frozen  
food and fish sales and in marketing since 1996. From 1995 until 2004 he was    
also Managing Director of Tresko Fish Oy and responsible for Lännen Tehtaat's   
fish business.                                                                  

Järvinen will report to Sami Haapasalmi, head of Lännen Tehtaat's Fish business.

The drive to improve internal efficiency and to develop core processes at Apetit
Kala, begun last autumn, has proceeded as planned. Labour and raw material      
productivity have improved, and the targets for delivery reliability in Apetit  
Kala's production have been achieved. In the future, the focus will be on       
further developing the customer and consumer-orientation of the operations,     
expanding the fish product business and improving profitability.                

Apetit Kala Oy is a subsidiary of Lännen Tehtaat plc. It produces, markets and  
sells processed fish products under both the Apetit brand and private labels,   
and sells fresh fish, fish products and other fresh products at its Kalatori    
service counters. Apetit Kala's operations are based at Kuopio and Kerava. In   
2007, its net sales amounted to approximately EUR 56 million, and the company   
employed an average of 290 people.                                              


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Matti Karppinen                                                                 
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