Helsinki, Finland, 2016-06-21 11:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PLC UUTECHNIC GROUP OYJ STOCK EXHANGE BULLETIN 20.6.2016 at 12:00 pm UUTECHNIC GROUP WILL CENTRALIZE AGITATOR PRODUCTION IN FINLAND TO UUSIKAUPUNKI Uutechnic Group’s Japrotek Oy Ab’s Jamix agitator production will be transferred to Uutechnic Oy’s production unit in Uusikaupunki no later than by September 1, 2016. This transfer will streamline the production and improve productivity. Transfer of the agitator production will not cause changes in personnel, extra costs nor investments. Additionally Uutechnic Group’s sales company Steva Oy will be merged with Uutechnic Oy on June 30, 2016. Steva Oy’s employees will move to Uutechnic Oy as existing employees. This change will strengthen Group’s customer service and internal efficiency. In Uusikaupunki 21.6.2016 PLC UUTECHNIC GROUP OYJ The Board of Directors Uutechnic Group is focused on improving the competitiveness of its customers by providing them with advanced equipment technology and unique service concept worldwide. The product range includes agitators, different types of pressure vessels, process- and storage tanks, reactors and heat exchangers and also different types of long welded and machined axially symmetrical parts as rolls, cylinders, tubes and cones. The main industries are hydrometallurgy, mining-, pulp and paper-, food-, fertilizer-, other chemical industries and environmental technology. Plc Uutechnic Group’s subsidiaries are AP-Tela Oy, Japrotek Oy Ab, Uutechnic Oy and Stelzer Rührtechnik International GmbH. Further information: Martti Heikkilä, CEO, +358 40 543 1324