Pöyry Oyj (HEL:POY1V) PÖYRY PLC Company Announcement 8 September 2008 at 2.15 p.m.

PÖYRY APPOINTED MAIN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FOR AMCOR'S NEW PAPER MACHINE PROJECT IN AUSTRALIA

Pöyry has been selected as the main engineering consultant for Amcor's new B9 linerboard machine project at their existing Botany Mill in Sydney, Australia. The value of the assignment is not disclosed.

The new board paper machine has a design capacity of 345 000 t/a of linerboard and testliner produced from 100 per cent recycled fibre. Production is scheduled to start in the second half of 2010. The new project includes a new stock preparation plant. Raw material will be 100 per cent Mixed Waste Paper and Australian OCC. The new paper machine will replace the two older existing paper machines at the Botany Mill.

Pöyry's services include basic engineering, detail engineering, field engineering and procurement services.

This assignment is a further confirmation of Pöyry's competence in the field of board paper machines producing packaging grades.

Pöyry is a global consulting and engineering firm focusing on the energy, forest industry and infrastructure & environment sectors. Pöyry's net sales in 2007 amounted to about EUR 720 million and it employs 8000 experts.

PÖYRY PLC

Heikki Malinen President and CEO

Teuvo Salminen Deputy to President and CEO

Additional information by: Otto von Ubisch, President, Business Area North America, Forest Industry Business Group, Vancouver, Canada Tel. +1 604 689 0344 John Lindahl, President, Forest Industry Business Group, Finland Tel. +358 10 33 22951

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DISTRIBUTION: OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Major media

Pöyry Oyj

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