RAUTE RECEIVES ORDERS WORTH EUR 7.5 MILLION FROM RUSSIA Raute Corporation has received orders worth about EUR 7.5 million from the Russian Sveza Group. The orders include several plywood production lines, among others a peeling line, a drying line, and a layup and pressing line, to Sveza Group's Manturovo mill. The machine deliveries will mainly take place in the end of 2008. The investment of Sveza Group targets to improve raw material recovery, and to significantly increase production efficiency, flexibility, and capacity at the Manturovo mill. Sveza Group is a leading Russian company within the wood products industry. The company operates five mills in Russia producing plywood, overlaid plywood and particleboard. The group is the largest birch plywood producer in Europe. Its current annual plywood production capacity is 660,000 m3, of which Manturovo mill's share prior to the investment is 67,000 m3. The order is proof of Raute's strong position in Russia, and its leading position as the technology supplier for the plywood industry. The co-operation between Raute and Sveza has been close and long-span. During the last 12 months Sveza has bought machinery from Raute worth almost EUR 25 million. RAUTE CORPORATION Tapani Kiiski President and CEO FURTHER INFORMATION: Mr. Tapani Kiiski, President and CEO, Raute Corporation, +358 3 829 3560, mobile phone +358 400 814 148 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