NEW MANAGING DIRECTORS FOR APETIT PAKASTE OY AND CATERNET FINLAND OY

Antti Kerttula (b. 1956) has been appointed Managing Director of Caternet Finland Oy, as of 21 May 2012. He has served as Director of Lännen Tehtaat plc’s Frozen Foods business since 1994, and has been Managing Director of Apetit Pakaste Oy since 2007. Kerttula will continue as a member of Lännen Tehtaat’s Corporate Management.

Vesa Moisio (b. 1965) has been appointed Managing Director of Apetit Pakaste Oy and a member of Lännen Tehtaat’s Corporate Management, as of 21 May 2012. He has over 20 years’ experience in various duties at Vaasan Oy.

“Antti Kerttula brings to Caternet his considerable expertise in the food business. His leadership will enable us to further strengthen and develop Caternet’s core business. Vesa Moisio has diverse and solid expertise in the food business gained at Vaasan Oy, and this is needed to boost the level of profitable growth at Apetit Pakaste,” says Matti Karppinen, CEO of Lännen Tehtaat.

Apetit Pakaste is the leading Finnish producer of frozen vegetables and frozen ready meals. Under its Apetit brand, it develops, produces, markets and sells frozen foods mainly produced using Finnish raw materials. The home-grown content accounts for more than 80% in Apetit’s frozen vegetables and frozen potato products. The Kotimaiset range is produced using only Finnish raw materials. The net sales of Apetit Pakaste in 2011 totalled approximately EUR 45 million and it had a personnel of approximately 200.

Lännen Tehtaat plc acquired Caternet Finland Oy in March 2012. Caternet Finland Oy is Finland’s leading company specialising in preparing and supplying additive-free fresh food products. The company produces pre-prepared and ready-to-use vegetable and fruit products in a modern production plant with the highest standards of food hygiene at Kivikko in Helsinki. Caternet’s customers are mainly companies in the food service sector. Caternet’s net sales in 2011 totalled approximately EUR 29 million and it had a personnel of approximately 120.

LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC                                                            

Matti Karppinen 

CEO                                                                                                                    

Further information:
Matti Karppinen, CEO, tel. +358 (0)10 402 00               

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