Pekka Välimäki leaves Cencorp board of directors to become a member of the management team
09/08/2005
M.Sc. Pekka Välimäki (b. 1957), a member of the Cencorp Corporation board of directors, becomes Cencorp’s Vice President, Operations and R&D and at the same time gives up his seat in the board of directors. Välimäki becomes a member of the Cencorp Management Team. Earlier he has been the director of operations at the Tuusula unit of GE Healthcare Finland. Välimäki has extensive experience of working in industrial production and R&D. Before GE he has been, among other things, the R&D director at Powerware.
Välimäki has been a member of the Cencorp board of directors since the spring of 2004. For the time being, the board of directors continues with three members: Chairman Jorma Kielenniva, Master of Laws, and members Markku Jokela, B.Sc. (Eng.), and Petri Väinölä, President and CEO.
From June 6, 2005 the plant managers at Virkkala and Salo in Finland and Longmont in the USA report to Pekka Välimäki, Vice President Operations and R&D.
Välimäki owns 90,157 Cencorp shares and he has 107,000 Cencorp options from the year 2004.
CMT includes from June 6, 2005 the following people:
Olli-Pekka Juhantila (Vice President, Finance and Control)
Ville Parpola (Vice President, Legal Affairs)
Marko Liimatainen (Vice President, Sales)
Carl-Johan Pyynönen (Vice President, Marketing)
Hannu Seppälä (Vice President, Special Projects)
Jouni Suutarinen (CEO, Singulase Oy)
Veli-Olavi Kataja (CEO, USA Operations)
Pekka Välimäki (Vice President, Operations and R&D)
CMT members report directly to CEO Petri Väinölä (President and CEO), who acts as the chairman of the management team. CMT convenes every month, at least 12 times a year.
Lohja, June 2, 2005
Cencorp Oyj
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Further information:
Petri Väinölä
President and CEO
Tel. +358 19 6610 215
Cencorp develops and supplies automation solutions to the electronics and semiconductor industry that enhance productivity.
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