Wärtsilä, Rautaruukki and SKF have received European Commission approval to merge long steel businesses

Wärtsilä Corporation, Stock exchange release 4 May 2005 at 09:30 UTC+2

Wärtsilä Corporation, Rautaruukki Corporation and AB SKF have received European Commission approval to combine long steel businesses into a jointly owned new company. The transaction is expected to close by mid-May 2005.

For further information, please contact:
Mrs Eeva Kainulainen, Vice President, Corporate Communications & IR, Wärtsilä Corporation, phone: +358 10 7095 235.

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