Glaston Corporation Stock Exchange Release 25.11.2020 at 10.00 EET
Glaston Corporation and Juha Liettyä, a member of the Executive Management Group and SVP Glaston Heat Treatment Technologies, have together agreed that Juha Liettyä will leave the company on 30 November 2020. Juha Liettyä joined Glaston in 1986 and has been a member of the Executive Management Group since 2007.
As of 1 December 2020, VP, Emerging Technologies Miika Äppelqvist (38), MSc, Industrial engineering and management, has been appointed SVP Glaston Heat Treatment Technologies and member of the Executive Management Group. Miika Äppelqvist joined Glaston in 2013 and has held various positions such as Director for Glaston’s Architectural Business Unit (2016−2019) and Marketing Director (2015−2016).
“I have had the pleasure of working together with Juha Liettyä for a long time and want to thank him for his long-time contribution and commitment. We wish Juha all the best when he leaves Glaston after a long career with us,” says Acting President and CEO Sasu Koivumäki.
As of 1 December 2020 the Executive Management Group constitutes of:
Sasu Koivumäki, Acting President & CEO
Päivi Lindqvist, CFO
Miika Äppelqvist, SVP Glaston Heat Treatment Technologies
Dietmar Walz, SVP Glaston Insulating Glass Technologies
Robert Prange, SVP Glaston Automotive and Emerging Technologies
Artturi Mäki, SVP Services
Taina Tirkkonen, General Counsel and SVP Human Resources
GLASTON CORPORATION
For further information:
Sasu Koivumäki, Acting President & CEO, tel. + 49 7234 6010
Taina Tirkkonen, General Counsel and SVP, HR, tel. +358 10 500 5070
Glaston Corporation
Glaston is the glass processing industry’s innovative technology leader supplying equipment, services and solutions to the architectural, automotive, solar and appliance industries. The company also supports the development of emerging technologies integrating intelligence to glass.
As of April 2019, Bystronic glass is part of Glaston Group. Together we are committed to providing our clients with both the best know-how and the latest technologies in glass processing, with the purpose of building a better tomorrow through safer, smarter, and more energy efficient glass solutions. We operate globally with manufacturing, services and sales offices in 11 countries. Glaston’s shares (GLA1V) are listed on NASDAQ Helsinki Ltd.
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