Mika Joukio Appointed Executive Vice President of M-real Consumer Packaging Business Area
Mika Joukio has been appointed Executive Vice President of Consumer Packaging business area for M-real Corporation, effective November 10th, 2006. Mr. Joukio will report to Mikko Helander, CEO of M-real, and will be a member of the M-real Corporate Executive Board.
"Consumer Packaging business area is one of M-real's core businesses and is therefore a target of continuous development. Our most important short-term aim is to improve profitability," says CEO Mikko Helander. "Mika Joukio typifies the new generation, embracing qualities such as outstanding expertise, extensive experience and the open-mindedness and courage to transform our ways of working in sales and marketing and also our delivery process."
Mika JoukioMika Joukio commented, "It is our primary task to continue efficiency and performance improvements throughout the whole supply chain, from production to sales. At the same time, we will carry on with the work to enhance our service. All this will be in accordance with our vision to focus on People, Offering and Performance."
Mika Joukio joined M-real in 1990 and has been involved in several demanding management and development tasks. .His most recent position was Vice President and Mill Manager for the two Consumer Packaging mills, Tako Board and Kyro in Tampere region.
For further information, please contact:
Jorma Sahlstedt, Regional Sales Director, Americas
M-real Consumer Packaging Americas
Tel. 203-229-7483
E-mail: jorma.sahlstedt@m-real.com
M-real Corporation, headquartered in Finland and employing over 15,000 people, is a European paper and paperboard company, providing premium solutions for consumer packaging, communications and advertising end-uses. Through its worldwide sales network, M-real serves its customers, mainly comprised of publishers, printers, paper merchants, offices and well-known consumer product companies and carton printers. M-real is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. In 2005, the sales of the company totaledtotaled EUR 5.2 billion (6.6 billion USD).
In Consumer Packaging M-real is known for high quality paperboards like Kemiart Liners, Carta Integra and Carta Solida bleached boards.
