Glaston: Sasu Koivumäki appointed as Deputy CEO

Sasu Koivumäki joined the company in 2002 and has been Chief Financial Officer since 2012.    



With President & CEO Arto Metsänen transferring to Asia for one and a half years, the division of responsibilities of the Executive Management Group has been changed so that, in addition to his former responsibilities, Sasu Koivumäki will assume a more active role in strategic projects as well as responsibility for investor relations. Human resources issues will be transferred from Sasu Koivumäki to General Counsel Taina Tirkkonen.



Glaston’s Executive Management Board will remain unchanged and from 1 January 2015 will be:



Arto Metsänen, President & CEO

Sasu Koivumäki, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO

Juha Liettyä, Senior Vice President, Machines

Pekka Huuhka, Senior Vice President, Services

Frank Zhang, Senior Vice President, Glaston Asia

Taina Tirkkonen, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Human Resources





Further information:

Glaston Corporation

Arto Metsänen, President & CEO, tel: +358 10 500 500





GLASTON CORPORATION

Agneta Selroos

Director, Communications and Marketing

tel: +358 40 7453 737

 



Glaston Corporation

Glaston is a global company developing glass processing technology for architectural, solar, appliance and automotive applications. Our product portfolio ranges from pre-processing and safety glass machines to services. We are dedicated to our customers' continued success and provide services for all glass processing needs with a lifecycle-long commitment in mind. Further information is available at www.glaston.net. Glaston’s share (GLA1V) is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Small Cap List.



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