Componenta Corporation Press Release 15.6.2010 at 16.00 M. Sc. (Eng.) Ville Taipale has been appointed Vice President, Sourcing at Componenta Group. Ville Taipale will start at Componenta on 2 August 2010 and report to Yrjö Julin, COO of the Group. Henk Klever, VP Purchasing, will retire. Ville Taipale moves to Componenta from Fiskars Oy, where he has hold a position of Director, Sourcing. Before he worked for Nokia in different positions in development and management of sourcing, latest as Director, Head of Sourcing Quality. Helsinki, 15 June 2010 COMPONENTA CORPORATION Heikki Lehtonen President and CEO FURTHER INFORMATION Heikki Lehtonen President and CEO Tel. +358 10 403 00 Componenta is a metal sector company with international operations and production plants located in Finland, Turkey, the Netherlands and Sweden. The net sales of Componenta were EUR 300 million in 2009. The Group employs approx. 3,700 people. Componenta's shares are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Componenta specializes in supplying cast and machined components and total solutions made of them to its global customers who are manufacturers of vehicles, machines and equipment. Componenta Corporation Panuntie 4 FI-00610 Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358 10 403 00 Fax +358 10 403 2721 www.componenta.com