RAUTE'S YEAR 2007 RELEASES Raute has published on its website in the investor section a summary of the company's stock exchange releases and stock exchange announcements published during year 2007. The summary is available at www.raute com. Some of the information included in the releases might be out of date. RAUTE CORPORATION Arja Hakala Chief Financial Officer FURTHER INFORMATION: Ms. Arja Hakala, CFO, Raute Corporation, tel. +358 3 829 3293, mobile phone +358 400 710 387 RAUTE IN BRIEF: Raute is a technology company serving the wood products industry worldwide. Its most important customers are the plywood and LVL industries. The company is one of the world's leading suppliers of mill-scale projects to these customer industries. The total service concept also includes technology services, with which Raute supports its customers throughout the entire life cycle of their investments. Raute's head office and main production plant are in Nastola, Finland. Its other production plants are in the Vancouver area of Canada, in the Shanghai area of China, and in Jyväskylä and Kajaani, Finland. Net sales in 2007 were EUR 111 million and the number of personnel 570. More information on the company can be found at www.raute.com. DISTRIBUTION: OMX Nordic Exchange, Helsinki, main media, www.raute.com