Componenta - Changes board/management/auditors

Componenta to renew the Corporate Executive Team

Componenta Corporation  Stock Exchange Release 24.1.2012 at 8.30

Yrjö Julin, COO, will no longer continue for personal reasons in the service of
Componenta. Olli Karhunen has as of 1 March 2012 been appointed Senior Vice
President (SVP) Operations Development, being responsible for developing
operations (machining and foundry technology development, sourcing and internal
sourcing, quality and environment) at Componenta. He reports to President and
CEO Heikki Lehtonen. Previously Olli Karhunen acted as SVP of Operations
Finland. 

Seppo Erkkilä has, as of 1 March 2012, been appointed as SVP of Operations
Finland and a member of the Corporate Executive Team. Previously he worked as
Business Unit Director in Componenta's Pori foundry. Other country
responsibilities remain the same: Hakan Göral, SVP of Operations Turkey;
Michael Sjöberg, SVP of Operations Sweden; and Patrick Steensels, SVP of
Operations Holland. The SVP's have business responsibility of operations in
their respective countries and they report to President and CEO Heikki
Lehtonen. 

Antti Lehto has, as of 1 March 2012, been appointed SVP of Sales and Product
Development and a member of the Corporate Executive Team, reporting to
President and CEO Heikki Lehtonen. Previously Antti Lehto acted as Vice
President of Sales, Central Europe and Off-road customer business area. 

As of March 2012 the Corporate Executive Team (CET) of Componenta Corporation
comprises the following members: President and CEO Heikki Lehtonen, CFO Mika
Hassinen, SVP of HR and Internal Communications Anu Mankki, SVP of Operations
Development Olli Karhunen, SVP of Legal and Risk Management Pauliina Rannikko,
SVP of Sales and Product Development Antti Lehto, SVP of Operations Turkey
Hakan Göral, SVP of Operations Finland Seppo Erkkilä, SVP of Operations Sweden
Michael Sjöberg, and SVP of Operations Holland Patrick Steensels. Componenta's
reporting segments remain the same and they are Turkey, Finland, Holland and
Sweden. 

Helsinki, 24 January 2012

COMPONENTA CORPORATION

Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO



For further information, please contact:

Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO
tel. +358 10 403 2200



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 576 million in 2011 and its share is listed on
the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. The Group employs approx. 4,700 people. 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.

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release_24012012_componenta_to_renew_CET.pdf