SCANFIL PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 9 MARCH 2009 2:35 pm SCANFIL PLC'S SUBSIDIARY, SCANFIL EMS OY, REORGANISES ITS OPERATIONS IN SIEVI Scanfil plc's subsidiary, Scanfil EMS Oy, has today invited representatives of the Sievi electronics and mechanics plant and of various personnel groups from Group administration to statutory employer-employee negotiations due to production and financial reasons and business restructuring. The negotiations will cover the possible merger of the mechanics and electronics plants operating in Sievi and the partial concentration of electronics production in lower-cost countries. The aim of the planned measures is to lift the efficiency of operations, improve cost-efficiency and maintain the company's competitiveness in the long term. According to a tentative estimate, the planned measures will result in changes in the duties and operations of all personnel groups as well as in layoffs of approximately 100 workers, clerical employees, and professional and managerial staff. SCANFIL PLC Harri Takanen President Additional information: President Harri Takanen Tel +358 8 4882 111 Distribution NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Major Media www.scanfil.com Scanfil plc is a global contract manufacturer and systems supplier for communication and industrial electronics with over 30 years experience in demanding contract manufacturing Scanfil offers contract-manufacturing services as a systems supplier to the telecommunication industry, mainly to wireless communication sector, as well as to the industrial electronics industry. Main telecommunication products are among others integrated enclosure systems for mobile phone and ADSL networks and assembly and testing of modules related to enclosure systems. Examples of industrial electronics products include box-built tested devices, various electronic modules, backplanes and assembled circuit boards as well as cable assemblies. Production plants are situated in China, Hungary, Estonia and Finland.
SCANFIL PLC'S SUBSIDIARY, SCANFIL EMS OY, REORGANISES ITS OPERATIONS IN SIEVI
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