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APETIT KALA PLANS TO CLOSE ITS KUSTAVI FACTORY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY

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LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC           Release         June 29, 2006 at 1;00 p.m.


APETIT KALA PLANS TO CLOSE ITS KUSTAVI FACTORY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY
AND COST-EFFICIENCY

The Lännen Tehtaat plc fish-products subsidiary Apetit Kala Oy manufactures fish
products at its production units in Kuopio, Kerava and Kustavi.

Apetit Kala has cut costs by improving process efficiency and by adjusting the
division of activities between its three units. However, if future
competitiveness is to be safeguarded and profitability improved, structural
changes are needed in the fish-products business. Apetit Kala therefore plans to
close its Kustavi factory in order to improve productivity and cost-efficiency.

The company is today to begin statutory codetermination talks between

staff and management on the closure of the Kustavi factory and the transfer of
its production to the unit in Kuopio. The talks concern the jobs of all 17
employees at Kustavi. The workforce at Kuopio would increase by an estimated 10
employees. The Kustavi factory closure is expected to achieve an annual cost
saving of approximately EUR 0.4 million. This saving would occur gradually from
the second half of 2007.

Net turnover at Apetit Kala Oy in 2005 was EUR 54.5 million. Due to the company's
poor performance in the first six months, it posted a loss for the year as a
whole. Apetit Kala employs about 390 people, of whom 210 are part-time.


LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC
Matti Karppinen
CEO


More information:
Matti Karppinen, CEO, Lännen Tehtaat plc, tel. +358 10 402 4001
or
Samuli Eskola, Managing Director, Apetit Kala Oy, tel +358 10 402 4501, or
+358 40 522 5259

Distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchange
Principal media
www.lannen.fi

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