General Manager appointment at Myllykoski Plattling mills

PRESS RELEASE May 5, 2009

With the aim of maximizing the synergy and strength of the two Plattling mills MD Plattling and Plattling Papier, all their operations will be optimized with a new management structure. Caius Murtola has been appointed General Manager for both MD Plattling and Plattling Papier on May 5th with immediate effect. At the same time Josef Kovacs has started his new assignment as Commercial Director of the Plattling mills and as deputy to Caius Murtola.

This change is part of Myllykoski’s strong focus on profitability and on serving the demands of our customers, and will make Plattling one of the biggest magazine paper production locations in Europe, producing 800,000 tons of high quality publication paper annually.

MD Plattling and Plattling Papier will remain fully separated legal entities.

For more information:

Tomas Sabatka, Executive Vice President, Coated Papers, Myllykoski Corporation, +420 602 280 271
Caius Murtola, General Manager, Plattling, +49 9931 89606 500