TietoEnator sells its COM and CD ROM production

12/29/2000 6:16 AM EST

TietoEnator has sold its COM and CD ROM production to Swedish Micro Data
Skandinavia AB, effective 1 January 2001. As part of the deal, the
company's entire staff of 11 people and all its hardware will also be
transferred to the Finnish subsidiary of Micro Data. Production will
continue in the existing facilities in Pasila, Helsinki. The sale of the
business is part of TietoEnator's strategy to focus on producing high
value added IT services for specific segments of the industry.

Micro Data, a company specialising in microfilming and related production,
plans to develop and diversify its services in Finland. At the same time,
Micro Data and TietoEnator have agreed on long-term co-operation. Expanded
production and enhanced co-operation will ensure continued availability of
current services and offer customers new possibilities for handling and
storing documents.

For more details, please contact:
Managing Director Jan Eneroth, Micro Data, tel. +46 70 207 59 31
General Manager Kalervo Niskakoski, TietoEnator, tel. +358 9 8626 2220

Micro Data is in micrographic business. It offers COM (computer output
microfilm) and scanning services as well as cd rom-production for
retrieval software.

With a staff of 10,000 and annual net sales of 1.2 billion euros,
TietoEnator is a leading supplier of high value-added IT services in
Europe. TietoEnator provides consulting, systems development and
integration, operation and support, product development services for
customers, and software services. The Group has in-depth knowledge of its
customers' businesses in areas such as telecommunications, banking and
finance, the public sector and the forest industry.
www.tietoenator.com

TIETOENATOR CORPORATION

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