EFORE GROUP'S ANNUAL REPORT AND A SUMMARY OF YEAR 2008 PUBLISHED


EFORE PLC     Stock Exchange Announcement    January 16, 2009   5.40 p.m. 



EFORE GROUP'S ANNUAL REPORT AND A SUMMARY OF YEAR 2008 PUBLISHED                
                                                                                
Efore Group's online annual report for fiscal year 2008 has been published in   
Finnish and in English. The report can be read in on the company's website at   
www.efore.fi.                                                                   
                                                                                
Efore Group has also published a summary of the company's releases published    
during the fiscal year 2008. The summary is available on Efore's webpages       
www.efore.com.                         
                                                                                

EFORE PLC                                                                       

Reijo Mäihäniemi                                                                
President and CEO                                                               



For further information please contact Mr. Reijo Mäihäniemi, President and CEO, 
tel. +358 9 4784 6312                                                           

DISTRIBUTION   Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Oy                                           
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Efore Group is an international company providing services for ICT, industrial  
automation and health care industries. Its operations comprise energy saving    
custom-designed power supplies, power systems, manufacturing of demanding       
electronics, and related service and maintenance.                               

Efore's head office is in Espoo, Finland. Besides Finland, the company's product
development and marketing units are located in China, the USA and Sweden. Its   
production units are located in China, Estonia and the USA. In the fiscal year  
ending in October 2008, consolidated net sales totaled EUR 78,3 million and the 
Group's personnel averaged 637. The company's share is quoted on the Nasdaq OMX 
Helsinki Ltd.                                                                   

www.efore.com

Attachments

efore annual report 2008.pdf