TAMFELT CORP. STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE March 9, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. APPOINTMENTS IN TAMFELT MANAGEMENT The reorganization of Tamfelt Group corporate Executive Board, started at the beginning of 2009, has now been completed. Tamfelt Filtration Corp.'s President, Mr. Heikki Rehakka has been appointed Executive Vice President, Business Development. He will be responsible for developing corporate business, research and technical development, quality and environmental matters, and for coordinating larger investments. Mr. Jari Stålhammar has been appointed President of Tamfelt Filtration Corp. He will also continue in charge of the Finnish unit of Tamfelt Filtration. Mr. Martti Heinola, Vice President, PMC Export has been appointed President of Tamfelt PMC Corp. The present President of Tamfelt PMC Corp., Mr. Seppo Holkko will continue as the Deputy to the CEO, Mr. Reima Kerttula with special assignments until his retirement in spring 2010. All the above appointments, with appropriate Executive Board memberships, will be in force as of April 1, 2009. Tamfelt Corp. Reima Kerttula President and CEO For more information: Mr. Reima Kerttula, President and CEO, Tamfelt Corp., tel. +358 400 648 458. DISTRIBUTION NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd Main media www.tamfelt.com Tamfelt is a world-leading supplier of technical textiles. The company's main products are clothing products for the paper and pulp as well as mining and chemical industries. The Group employs about 1,500 people and its net sales in 2008 were 164.7 million euro. Founded in 1797, the company is one of the pioneers of Finnish industry.