M.Sc. (Eng.) Jussi Vuorinen (44) has been appointed IT Director at Componenta Group. He will be responsible for the corporate wide IT issues in Finland, Turkey, the Netherlands and Sweden. He will start at Componenta on 5 May 2008 and report to CFO Mika Hassinen. Jussi Vuorinen comes to Componenta from Onninen, where he has worked as Manager, ICT Services. Previously he held a similar position among others at Nokia and Perlos. Helsinki, 2 May 2008 COMPONENTA CORPORATION Heikki Lehtonen President and CEO Further information: Heikki Lehtonen President and CEO tel. +358 10 403 00