Invitation to news conference - Larox Group result for the third quarter of the year 2009

LAROX CORPORATION       COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT    12.10.2009   AT 10 AM           


Invitation to news conference - Larox Group result for the third quarter of the 
year 2009                                                                       


Larox Corporation publishes the result for the third quarter of the year 2009   
on Friday 23 October 2009 at approx. 8.30 a.m. and arranges a news conference to
investors and analysts on the same day at World Trade Center (Cabinet 2, second 
floor), street address Aleksanterinkatu 17 Helsinki, Finland at 11.00 a.m.      

Mr. Toivo Matti Karppanen, President & CEO, Mr. Jori Halkola, Chief Financial   
Officer and Mrs. Hanne Peltola, Director, Human Resources and Corporate         
Communications will be at present.                                              

The presentation material will be available after the publishing of the interim 
review at www.larox.com.                                                        


Please give advance notice of your participation by 21 October 2009 to Mr. Jyri 
Hämäläinen, tel. +358 (0) 20 7687 427 or jyri.hamalainen@larox.com.             
You may also take part in the event through a web conference. To register as    
a participant for the web conference please contact Jyri Hämäläinen for further 
details.                                                                        

for Larox Corporation                                                           


Hanne Peltola                                                                   
Director, Human Resources and Corporate Communications                          

Tel. +358 (0) 207687 389 or +358 400 237 191                                    
E-mail: hanne.peltola@larox.com                                                 

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Larox develops, designs and manufactures industrial filters and is a leading    
technology company in its field. Larox is a full service solution provider in   
filtration for separating solids from liquids. It supplies comprehensive        
aftermarket services throughout the lifespan of the Larox solution. Companies   
world-wide in mining and metallurgy, chemical processing and related            
industries benefit from the Larox technologies. Larox operates in over 40       
countries and has about 600 employees. Larox has production facilities in       
Finland and in China, and the Group is headquartered in Lappeenranta, Finland.  
Net sales in 2008 totaled 208.0 million euros, of which more than 93 % were     
generated by exports and the company's foreign operations.