ETTEPLAN OYJ, STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE, OCTOBER 17, 2014, AT 9.00 A.M.
ETTEPLAN COMPLEMENTS ITS MANAGEMENT GROUP
Etteplan Oyj’s Board of Directors confirmed the Company’s growth strategy for years 2014-2016 in June 2014. The Company strives to achieve on average 15 per cent annual growth through organic growth and acquisitions. The most important sources of organic growth are Etteplan’s high value-added engineering services and technical documentation service solutions.
To support the achievement of the new growth target Etteplan complements its Management Group. The new organization will take effect on January 1, 2015.
M.Sc., Engineering Riku Riikonen has been nominated as Senior Vice President, Engineering Services. Riikonen has been employed by Etteplan since 2010 and is currently responsible for Etteplan’s business operations in China. He will have this responsibility also in the new organization.
B.Sc., Mechnical Engineering Petri Ikonen has been nominated as Senior Vice President, Technical Documentation Services. Ikonen has been employed by Etteplan since 2010 and is currently responsible for Etteplan’s technical documentation development and business operations in the Netherlands. He will have these responsibility areas also in the new organization.
As of January 1, 2015 Etteplan’s Management Group will consist of the following persons in addition to President and CEO Juha Näkki:
Per-Anders Gådin, Senior Vice President, Finance
Petri Ikonen, Senior Vice President, Technical Documentation Services
Veikko Lamminen, Senior Vice President, Operations Finland
Outi-Maria Liedes, Senior Vice President, HR & Communications
Riku Riikonen, Senior Vice President, Engineering Services
Mikael Vatn, Senior Vice President, Operations Sweden
All members of the Management Group report to the President and CEO.
Vantaa, October 17, 2014
Etteplan Oyj
Board of Directors
Additional information:
Juha Näkki, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 606 372
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Etteplan provides engineering planning services and technical product information solutions to the world's leading companies in the manufacturing industry. Our services are geared to improve the competitiveness of our customers' products and engineering processes throughout the product life cycle. The results of Etteplan's innovative engineering can be seen in numerous industrial solutions and everyday products.
In 2013, Etteplan had a turnover of EUR 128.6 million. The company has more than 1,800 professionals in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands and China. Etteplan's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd under the ticker ETT1V.