Suominen Yhtymä - Company Announcement

Constitutive meeting of Suominen Corporation Board of Directors

Tampere, Finland, 2011-10-21 08:15 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Suominen
Corporation                      Stock exchange release 21 October 2011 at 9:15
a.m. 

Constitutive meeting of Suominen Corporation Board of Directors

In its constitutive meeting on 21 October 2011, the Board of Directors of
Suominen Corporation elected Jorma Eloranta as Chairman of the Board and Mikko
Maijala as Deputy Chairman. Other members of the Board are Risto Anttonen, Suvi
Hintsanen and Heikki Mairinoja. 

By completion of the acquisition the conditional decisions of the Extraordinary
General Meeting held on 12 September 2011 regarding amendment of the Articles
of Association, the composition of the Board of Directors, remuneration of the
members of the Board of Directors and the establishment of a Nomination
Committee will come into force. Suominen has previously published a stock
exchange release concerning the decisions of the Extraordinary General Meeting
on 12 September 2011. 


Helsinki, 21 October 2011

SUOMINEN CORPORATION

Board of Directors


For additional information please contact:
Mr. Petri Rolig, President and CEO, tel. +358 (0)10 214 300
Mr. Arto Kiiskinen, Vice President and CFO, tel. +358 (0)10 214 300


Suominen produces high-quality flexible packaging, wet wipes and nonwovens for
industry and the retail sector. The Group is one of Europe's leading
manufacturers in all its business areas, with operations in Finland, Poland,
the Netherlands, and Russia. The Group had net sales of EUR 173 million in 2010
and it employs around 900 people. Suominen is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
www.suominen.fi