CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT OF OKMETIC OYJ

OKMETIC OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    27 NOVEMBER 2013 AT 11.00 a.m. CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT OF OKMETIC OYJ Atte Haapalinna, D.Sc. (Tech.), born 1969, has been appointed member of Executive management group, customer support and new business development as areas of responsibility (Senior Vice President, Customer Support). Haapalinna will assume the new role on January 1, 2014 and will report to President Kai Seikku. Atte Haapalinna has worked for Okmetic since year 1998...

 

 

OKMETIC OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    27 NOVEMBER 2013 AT 11.00 a.m.

 

CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT OF OKMETIC OYJ

 

Atte Haapalinna, D.Sc. (Tech.), born 1969, has been appointed member of Executive management group, customer support and new business development as areas of responsibility (Senior Vice President, Customer Support). Haapalinna will assume the new role on January 1, 2014 and will report to President Kai Seikku.

 

Atte Haapalinna has worked for Okmetic since year 1998. In his current position as Business Development Manager in new business development he started in 2011. His earlier positions include i.a. Application Manager and Senior Application Engineer.

 

President Kai Seikku: "The goal is to improve the performance of Okmetic's products in customers' processes and to get the voice of the customer better heard."

 

Senior Vice President, Research, Okmetic Fellow Markku Tilli will leave the Executive management group on December 31, 2013 but will continue in his current position. Tilli has worked for Okmetic for almost 30 years, since the foundation of the company in 1985.

 

As of January 1, 2014, the members of Okmetic's Executive management group will be

Kai Seikku, President,

Mikko Montonen, Executive Vice President, Customers and Markets,

and Senior Vice Presidents

Petri Antola, Technology Projects and Solar Materials,

Atte Haapalinna, Customer Support,

Juha Jaatinen, Finance, IT and Communications,

Jaakko Montonen, Supply Chain,

Markus Virtanen, Human Resources, Quality, and Environment, and

Anna-Riikka Vuorikari-Antikainen, Products.

 

 

OKMETIC OYJ

 

Kai Seikku

President

 

For further information, please contact:

 

President Kai Seikku, Okmetic Oyj,

tel. +358 400 200 288, email: [email protected]

 

Distribution:

 

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki

Principal media

www.okmetic.com

 

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Okmetic is a technology company which supplies tailor-made silicon wafers for sensor and semiconductor industries and sells its technological expertise. Okmetic provides its customers with solutions that boost their competitiveness and profitability.

 

Okmetic's silicon wafers are part of a further processing chain that produces end products that improve human interaction and quality of life. Okmetic's products are based on high-tech expertise that generates added value for customers, innovative product development and an extremely efficient production process. 

 

Okmetic has a global customer base and sales network, production plants in Finland and the US and contract manufacturers in Japan and China. Okmetic's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki under the code OKM1V. For more information on the company, please visit our website at www.okmetic.com.

 

 

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