MAIRE LAITINEN – NEW GENERAL COUNSEL FOR ASPOCOMP


ASPOCOMP GROUP OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE March 4, 2005 at 9:00 AM

MAIRE LAITINEN – NEW GENERAL COUNSEL FOR ASPOCOMP

Maire Laitinen, LL.M. (52), has been appointed as General Counsel of Aspoocmp
Group and a member of the Management Team starting on May 1, 2005. Laitinen
comes to Aspocomp from the TeliaSonera Group, where her last position was as
Vice President for the legal affairs of TeliaSonera’s International unit in
Helsinki.

Before Sonera Corporation and Telia AB merged, Laitinen worked as Sonera’s
General Counsel for nine years until the end of 2002; before that, she worked as
a legal counsel in the same company and its predecessors. In addition, Laitinen
has been the secretary for Sonera’s Board of Directors and Supervisory Board.

For further information:

Maija-Liisa Friman, tel. +358 9 7597 0711
Maire Laitinen, tel. +358 400 502 019

ASPOCOMP GROUP OYJ

Maija-Liisa Friman
President and CEO

Aspocomp: Innovative interconnection solutions for the electronics industry

The Aspocomp Group offers and develops innovative interconnection solutions for
the electronics industry in close cooperation with its customers. We hold a
strong and recognised position as a supplier of mobile data terminal equipment
components and we aim to further strengthen our position as a supplier to the
automotive industry and data communications networks. We offer our global
customers a fast road to mass production through flexible and cost-effective
adaptation of new technologies, to which our balanced production structure in
Europe and Asia is well adapted.

We strive to offer solutions to our customers that enable increased flexibility
in their own product development. Our belief is that this advantage will bear
increasing significance for our customers as end product lifecycles continue to
shorten.

The Aspocomp Group’s production facilities are located close to its customers in
Finland, China and Thailand. In 2004 Group turnover stood at around 200 million
euros with a staff of some 3,500.

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