TietoEnator takes over Lindström's payroll administration

TietoEnator takes over Lindström's payroll administration Lindström Oy and its subsidiary Comforta Oy have decided to outsource their payroll functions with TietoEnator from the beginning of 2002. Three Lindström employees will be moved to TietoEnator as a result. A cornerstone of Lindström Oy's business strategy is IT competence. As well as increasingly adopting e-business technology to manage its daily business operations, the company is also actively seeking specialist IT partners. "From the beginning of 2002 we will be paying wages and salaries in euros and this requires extra investments in our payroll and accounting functions. By outsourcing payroll administration our purpose is to ensure that this function continues to work reliably and that we have sufficient resources for its management. TietoEnator's strong professional and technical expertise will support us in this," commented Mr Jukka Roiha, President of Lindström Oy. Lindström will also become an important partner for TietoEnator in the development of personnel and payroll administration processes. "The cornerstones of TietoEnator's personnel administration services are efficient processes, best practices and purpose-designed information systems. These form the basis on which we arrive at the optimal division of responsibilities with our customers. An increasing number of organizations are looking to outsource some of their payroll and personnel administration processes with us, to concentrate on developing their own core business," said Director Pertti Kettunen of TietoEnator. Further information: Leena Lampén, Finance Director, Lindström Oy Tel. +358 10 554 0212 leena.lampen@lindstrom.fi Liisa Kaisanlahti, Director, TietoEnator Oyj Applications Tel. +358 9-3290 7373 liisa.kaisanlahti@tietoenator.com With a staff of 10,000 and annual net sales of 1.1 billion euro, TietoEnator is a leading supplier of high value-added IT services in Europe. TietoEnator provides consulting, systems development and integration, operation and support, product development services for customers, and software services. The Group has in-depth knowledge of its customers' businesses in areas such as telecommunications, finance, the public sector and the forest and energy industries. www.tietoenator.com Lindström is a global partner to its customers, strengthening their corporate image in the field of textiles and hygiene. Lindström is the leading textile rental company in Finland and a major player in this sector in Europe. The Lindström group includes the parent company, Lindström Oy, its subsidiary Comforta Oy in Finland, and subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Great Britain, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Sloveni and Russia. www.lindstrom.fi TIETOENATOR CORPORATION DISTRIBUTION Principal media ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/10/16/20011016BIT00010/bit0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/10/16/20011016BIT00010/bit0001.pdf