Raute - Company Announcement

RAUTE PLANS TO CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES TO THE NASTOLA PLANT

RAUTE CORPORATION	STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 16 February 2010 at 10:30 a.m.         
RAUTE PLANS TO CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES TO THE NASTOLA PLANT           

Raute Corporation continues boosting its operations in order to improve the     
profitability due to the continued difficult market situation and plans to      
transfer the production activities of the Jyväskylä plant to the company's plant
in Nastola. Raute will initiate six weeks continuing negotiations in compliance 
with the Act on Co-operation with the workers of the Jyväskylä production unit. 
The negotiations concern 14 persons. During the negotiations it will be cleared 
up if the persons subject to the potential adaptation measures have             
re-employment possibilities in other Raute's units and other means to support   
their re-employment.                                                            

Raute's Jyväskylä unit employs approximately 30 persons. The previously         
concluded adaptation measures concerning the other personnel of the unit are    
adequate for the time being, and the planning operations continue as before at  
the Jyväskylä unit.                                                             


RAUTE CORPORATION                                                               
Tapani Kiiski                                                                   
President and CEO                                   


FURTHER INFORMATION:                                                            
Mr. Tapani Kiiski, President and CEO, Raute Corporation, tel. +358 3 829 3560,  
mobile +358 400 814 148                                                         


RAUTE IN BRIEF:                                                                 
Raute is a technology company serving the wood products industry worldwide. Its 
most important customers are the plywood and LVL industries. Raute is one of the
world's leading suppliers of mill-scale projects to these customer industries.  
The total service concept also includes technology services, with which Raute   
supports its customers throughout the entire life cycle of their investments.   
Raute's head office is located in Nastola, Finland. Its other production plants 
are in the Vancouver area of Canada, in the Shanghai area of China, and in      
Jyväskylä and Kajaani, Finland. Raute's net sales declined significantly due to 
the difficult market situation in 2009 and equaled EUR 36.6 million. The number 
of personnel at the end of 2009 was 524. More information on the company can be 
found at: www.raute.com.                                                        


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