VAAHTO PULP & PAPER MACHINERY REBUILDS STROMSDAL’S BOARD MACHINE AT JUANKOSKI IN FINLAND

Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery rebuilds the wire section and the reel of the Stromsdal Oyj’s board machine at Juankoski in June 2007. The order includes also the large service work of the shoe press delivered by Vaahto in 2001. The scope of the delivery includes the installation of the new equipment, training and start-up services. The aim of the investment is specially to improve the quality of the board. The total value of the order amounts to approximately 1.6 million euros.

Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery is a part of Vaahto Group, which is a globally operating high technology company serving process industry in the fields of pulp and paper machinery and process machinery.

Lahti December 12, 2006

VAAHTO GROUP PLC OYJ

Antti Vaahto

President (CEO)

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Jyrki Strengell

Tel. +358 400 613800

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery