Appointments in Glaston's Executive Management Group

Date: 25 June 2012

In order to speed up the implementation of its strategy and enable further growth Glaston strengthens its Executive Management Group and changes the roles of the Group’s members.

Mr Roberto Quintero has been appointed Senior Vice President, Machines Business Area, Pre-processing and Tools product lines as of July 1st, 2012. Roberto Quintero will be a member of Glaston Corporation's Executive Management Group and report to Arto Metsänen, CEO and President, Glaston Corporation. Mr Quintero will be located in Bregnano, Italy. Roberto Quintero is presently director for Glaston’s Heat Treatment product line.

Mr Juha Liettyä, currently SVP, Services, has been appointed SVP, Machines Business Area, Heat Treatment product line as of July 1st, 2012. Juha Liettyä is also appointed Managing Director, Glaston Finland Oy, as of the same day.

Mr Pekka Huuhka, currently SVP, Supply Chain, has been appointed SVP, Services as of July 1st, 2012.

”With these changes, we get new views to the Executive Management Group and are able to utilise the team’s experience and competence in the best possible way. In line with our strategy we will purposefully continue our investment in those areas which do not require significant investments from our customers, namely upgrades, maintenance services and tools”, says Arto Metsänen, CEO&President.

Glaston’s Executive Management Group consists of the following members as of 1.7.2012:

Arto Metsänen, CEO&President

Tapio Engström, CFO

Tapani Lankinen, Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Roberto Quintero, Senior Vice President, Machines Business Area, Pre-processing and Tools product lines

Juha Liettyä, Senior Vice President, Machines Business Area, Heat Treatment product line

Pekka Huuhka, Senior Vice President, Services Business Area

Uwe Schmid, Senior Vice President, Software Solutions Business Area

Frank Chengdong Zhang, General Manager, Asia

Günter Befort, Senior Industrial Advisor

For further information, please contact:

Arto Metsänen, CEO&President, phone: +358 10 500 6100

Glaston Corporation

Glaston Corporation is an international glass technology company and a pioneer of glass processing technology. Its product range and service network are the widest in the industry. Glaston's well–known brands are Bavelloni in pre-processing machines and tools, Tamglass and Uniglass in safety glass machines, and Albat+Wirsam in glass industry software.

Glaston's share (GLA1V) is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Small Cap List.

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX, media, www.glaston.net

600450

www.glaston.net

2012-06-25T13:00:00

Appointments in Glaston's Executive Management Group glassonweb.com

Others also read

MORE...

Glaston received orders for ultra-thin insulating glass production from Regency Glass in the UK

Glaston received orders for ultra-thin IG production from Regency Glass in the UK

Glaston has received technology and equipment orders from Regency Glass, a well-known producer of high-quality IGUs in the UK.

Glaston publishes the January–March 2025 Interim Report

Glaston Corporation will publish its January–March 2025 Interim Report on Tuesday May 6, 2025 at around 8.30 a.m. Finnish time.

Glaston ULTRA TPS® insulating glass line

This video presents the insulating glass line Glaston ULTRA, a unique line configuration, and Glaston's patented process sequence enabling the processing of center glass as thin as 0.5 mm in triple insulating glass units.

From the left: Christoph Sedtke from HEGLA, Kimmo Kuusela & Sasu Koivumäki from Glaston, Peter Schiavello, Michael Kruger & Michael Gleeson from Glassworks, Jochen H. Hesslebach from HEGLA and Sandro Ianni from Glaston (Elegant IG)

Glassworks relies on Glaston and HEGLA partnership

Glaston and HEGLA will supply Glassworks with Glaston’s TPS® insulating glass line and HEGLA’s glass sorting equipment, supporting the company in increasing automation and meeting the tighter construction quality standards locally.