B.Sc. (Eng.) Jari Utriainen (34) has been appointed Quality Director at Componenta Group. He will be responsible for the corporate wide quality and environment issues in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands and Turkey. He will start at Componenta on 15 November 2007 and report to Heikki Lehtonen, President and CEO of the Group. Jari Utriainen comes to Componenta from Perlos Corporation, where he has worked since 1998, most recently as Director, Global Quality. Helsinki, 18 October 2007 COMPONENTA CORPORATION Heikki Lehtonen President and CEO Further information: Heikki Lehtonen President and CEO tel. +358 10 403 00