Stora Enso's Annual Report 2008 published

• Press Release
• Source: Stora Enso Oyj
• On 2:20 am EST, Thursday February 26, 2009

HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. 26, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stora Enso's Annual Report 2008 is published today in English, Finnish and Swedish as a pdf document. The document can be downloaded at the Group's website at http://www.storaenso.com/annualreport.

The Annual Report 2008 highlights include Stora Enso's new mission and vision.

The printed Annual Report will be published during the week commencing Monday 9 March 2009. It will be distributed to those shareholders in Finland and Sweden who have so requested, and to all registered ADR holders. Printed copies of the report can be ordered at http://www.storaenso.com/order or by sending an e-mail to corporate.communications@storaenso.com.

Stora Enso has today also published the following separate pdf documents:

 Parent company financial statements for 2008 in English and Finnish
 Corporate Governance report in English
 Sustainability Performance 2008 report in English

All of these documents are available on the Group's website.

http://www.storaenso.com

http://www.storaenso.com/investors

Stora Enso is a global paper, packaging and forest products company producing newsprint and book paper, magazine paper, fine paper, consumer board, industrial packaging and wood products. The Group has 32?000 employees and 85 production facilities in more than 35 countries worldwide, and is a publicly traded company listed in Helsinki and Stockholm. Our annual production capacity is 12.7 million tonnes of paper and board, 1.5 billion square metres of corrugated packaging and 6.9 million cubic metres of sawn wood products, including 3.2 million cubic metres of value-added products. Our sales in 2008 were EUR 11.0 billion.

 STORA ENSO OYJ


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