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AVILON RECEIVES FIRST ORDERS - SELLS ENTIRE STOCK

NEO INDUSTRIAL PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   25 JANUARY 2011 at 3.15 pm


AVILON RECEIVES FIRST ORDERS - SELLS ENTIRE STOCK

Neo Industrial Plc's Viscose fibers division, Avilon Ltd, has received its
first viscose fiber orders. The entire stock of the Valkeakoski-based factory
has been sold to thread and fabric manufacturers in Turkeyand Germany. The
orders, delivered in the next few days, are worth a total of 2.7 million euros. 

Avilon's current annual capacity, an estimated 30,000 tonnes, encompasses one
production line, producing some 2,500 tonnes of textile fiber a month. Now that
Avilon has successfully started its viscose fiber production, the company will
start also producing its special product, fire retardant fiber, with another
production line during this February. 

Avilon's production plant was started on 3 January, 2011, and first bales of
viscose fiber were produced on 14 January, 2011. 



Neo Industrial Plc


Markku E. Rentto
Managing Director



FURTHER INFORMATION:

Markku E. Rentto, Managing Director, Neo Industrial, tel. +358 207 209 191
Claus Carlsen, Director, Avilon, tel. +358 20 780 0502


Neo Industrial Plc's strategy is to invest mainly in industrial companies with
similar synergic benefits. The aim of investments is with active ownership to
develop the purchased companies and establish additional value. Returns are
sought through both dividend flow and an increase in value. Neo Industrial's B
shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Stock Exchange.