RAUTE TO END ACQUIRING ITS OWN SHARES

RAUTE CORPORATION  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  18 March 2009 at 2.00 p.m.           

RAUTE TO END ACQUIRING ITS OWN SHARES
                                        
Raute Corporation has ended acquiring its own shares which began on 19 February 
2009. Based on the authorization given by the Annual General Meeting of         
Shareholders on 2 April 2008, Raute Corporation has acquired a total of 18,900  
the company's own series A shares.                                              

The company's own shares were acquired using the company's unrestricted equity  
at the market price at the time of trading in public trading on the NASDAQ OMX  
Helsinki exchange at the share price on the day of trading, in accordance with  
the rules and regulations concerning the purchase of a company's own shares in  
public trading. The own shares were acquired to be used as part of the company's
incentive schemes for key personnel.                                            

RAUTE CORPORATION                                                               

Arja Hakala                                                                     
CFO                                                                             


FURTHER INFORMATION:                                                            
Ms. Arja Hakala, CFO, Raute Corporation, tel. +358 3 829 3293,                  
mobile phone +358 400 710 387                                                   
Mr. Tapani Kiiski, President and CEO, Raute Corporation, tel. +358 3 829 3560,  
mobile phone +358 400 814 148                                                   

RAUTE IN BRIEF:                                                                 
Raute is a technology company serving the wood products industry worldwide. Its 
most important customers are the plywood and LVL industries. The company is one 
of the world's leading suppliers of mill-scale projects to these customer       
industries. The total service concept also includes technology services, with   
which Raute supports its customers throughout the entire life cycle of their    
investments. Raute's head office and main production plant are in Nastola,      
Finland. Its other production plants are in the Vancouver area of Canada, in the
Shanghai area of China, and in Jyväskylä and Kajaani, Finland. Net sales in 2008
were EUR 98.5 million and the number of personnel 573. More information on the  
company can be found at www.raute.com.                                          

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