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TOP CHINESE AWARD FOR FINNISH TECHNOLOGY
Golden Bridge Award presented to Wetend Technologies Ltd.

Wetend Technologies Ltd. of Savonlinna, Finland has received a Golden Bridge Award for its TrumpJet® technology from the China Technology Market Association (CTMA) of the Ministry of Science & Technology, People's Republic of China, where it has demonstrated remarkable savings in energy and fresh water consumption as well as reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in paper mills.

The significance of Wetend Technology's patented TrumpJet® technology is that it injects and mixes additives and chemicals into high-volume process flows easily, quickly and efficiently without the need for water. Thus the use of fresh or circulated process water and associated heating energy are eliminated, along with associated CO2 emissions. Wetend Technologies is supplying TrumpJet installations to China for the largest coated fine paper machine in the world. After start up in 2009, these systems will save approx. 2.3 million cubic meters of fresh water per annum with an energy saving of 77 000 MWh. The energy saving will reduce CO2 emissions by 44 000 tpa.

Ceremony in Beijing

The Golden Bridge Award was presented by Mr Han De Qian, Director of the Science and Technology Committee and received by CEO, Mr Jouni Matula and Director, Mr. Pekka Kotila of Wetend Technologies Ltd., and Ms. Zhang Min, General Manager of Wetend China Representing Office, at a ceremony in The Great Hall of the People on March 28, 2008. Wetend Technologies is the first foreign company to receive a prestigious Golden Bridge Award.

"We feel particularly honoured to receive the Golden Bridge Award from the Government of China," said Jouni Matula, CEO of Wetend Technologies Ltd. "We have always striven to develop new technologies that offer real benefits to our customers."

Environmental benefits

Golden Bridge Awards, presented biennially since 2003 across a wide range of technologies, aim to recognize and support new technologies, research and development, the introduction of advanced new technologies in China, and the development of an innovative, technically advanced and harmonious environment in China. 70 awards were made this year.

To date, Wetend Technologies has supplied 220 TrumpJet systems to 20 European countries, the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, Indonesia and China. Altogether these installations save approximately 33 million cubic meters of fresh water annually. The corresponding energy saving is 1.3 Million MWh, which in turn reduces CO2 emissions by 1 million tpa. TrumpJet technology also reduces the consumption of chemicals and improves the quality of the end product.

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1. The awarded TrumpJet chemical mixers reduce water consumption annually by 33 million cubic meters.

2. Wetend Technologies Beijing Representative office's General Manager Ms Zhang Min (middle), Director, Projects, Mr. Pekka Kotila (left), and CEO Mr. Jouni Matula from Wetend Technologies Ltd rejoice after receiving the award.

Wetend Technologies Ltd.
Savonlinna,
Finland
www.wetend.com

For further information please, contact:
CEO, Jouni Matula
Mobile tel: +358 500 340 909
jouni.matula@wetend.com

Director, Pekka Kotila
Mobile tel: + 358 50 526 1703

Support:
Marketing secretary, Ms. Teija Pesonen
Mobile tel: +358 44 322 5554
teija.pesonen@wetend.com