Vaahto Group Plc Oyj - Company Announcement

VAAHTO PULP & PAPER MACHINERY TO SUPPLY BOARDMACHINE HEADBOXES TO CHINA

VAAHTO GROUP PLC OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 7.12.2010 at 15.00

VAAHTO PULP & PAPER MACHINERY TO SUPPLY BOARDMACHINE HEADBOXES TO CHINA

Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery will supply five headboxes to two packaging
boards production line of Vantage Dragon Ltd. in China. Vantage Dragon Ltd.
belongs to the same Group with Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
-company. New production lines will be built to Matou Industry Park, which is
located in Jianqxi area. The production lines will be started in the end of
year 2011. The market value of this kind of delivery is usually approximately
5-6 million euros. Main portion of the equipment will be manufactured in
Vaahto´s workshop in Hollola in Finland. 

Headbox is one the most critical equipment of the paper machine. Through the
headbox fibers and other raw materials are fed into the wire section. The
majority of paper and board properties are determined by the headbox. 

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is one of the biggest board producers
in China. The company has co-operated with Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machineryn for a
long time and Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery has delivered headboxes to Changshu
and Hongmei factories of the company. 

Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery is part of Vaahto Group, which is a globally
operating high technology company serving process industry in the fields of
pulp and paper machinery and process machinery. 

Lahti, December 7, 2010

VAAHTO GROUP PLC OYJ

Anssi Klinga
CEO

Further information: 

Timo Kerola
Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery Distribution (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
CEO
Tel: +86 15921887852