Elektrobit Group Oyj - APPOINTMENTS IN JOT AUTOMATION GROUP PLC.
January 21, 2002
APPOINTMENTS IN JOT AUTOMATION GROUP PLC.
The following appointments have been made in the Group as of January 21, 2002:
Engineer Juha Nurmimäki, has been appointed as Director, responsible for production of the Group.
Jari Lotvonen has been appointed President of JOT Automation Inc, JOT Automation Group Plc's subsidiary in USA. He has been previously Vice President of JOT Automation Group Plc. and re-sponsible for production of the Group. The former President, Patrick O'Brien, has resigned.
Simultaneously the composition of JOT Automation Group Plc's Executive Management Team has changed. The Chairman of the Executive Management Team is CFO Pertti Tarvainen who, in ad-dition to his own tasks, acts as President of JOT Automation Group Plc. Other members of the Executive Management Team are Juha Nurmimäki, Director responsible for production of the Group, and Mika Mämmelä, Vice President responsible for research and development. The com-position of Executive Management Team will be completed in the near future.
In Oulunsalo January 21, 2002
JOT Automation Group Plc.
Pertti Tarvainen
President, CFO
JOT Automation Group Plc. specializes in manufacturing and marketing production automation for the electronics industry. The group has subsidiaries, affiliates and representative offices in 13 countries. On September 30, 2001 the group employed 594 people and its net sales from January 1 to September 30, 2001 came to 60,0 million euros. The company's shares are listed on the Hel-sinki Exchanges.
