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.