卡尔玛任命Antti Kaunonen为自动化及项目业务负责人

卡尔玛新闻摘要，2015年5月19日

卡尔玛任命Antti Kaunonen为高级副总裁，负责自动化及项目业务。

Antti Kaunonen拥有25年以上工业行业经验以及在自动化领域的丰富知识。他曾在不同全球性企业成功完成一系列自动化业务项目。

加入卡尔玛之前，Antti在德国Voith任职近8年，分别负责过Voith纸业自动化、纸业欧洲中东非洲区域以及水利自动化。加入Voith之前，Antti在美卓自动化（Metso Automation）任职逾20年，担任过不同职位。在此期间，他在美国居住过5年，在中国居住过1年。

卡尔玛总裁Olli Isotalo表示：“Antti的国际化背景和广泛的自动化项目经验将为卡尔玛带来优势。自动化是我们的战略核心，我们也将继续投资自动化集成领域。欢迎Antti加入卡尔玛，期待着他引领自动化项目业务的未来发展。”

Antti Kaunonen has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Automation and Projects, Kalmar, part of Cargotec. 

Antti Kaunonen brings with him over 25 years of experience from industrial businesses and deep knowledge in automation. He has delivered proven success in building automation and project business capabilities in global companies. 

Before joining Kalmar, Antti worked at Voith in Germany close to eight years in different management positions heading Voith Paper Automation, Voith Paper EMEA Region and, most recently, Voith Hydro Automation. Before Voith, Antti worked for Metso Automation over 20 years in various key roles. During this time he lived five years in the USA and over one year in China. 

Antti has a close relationship with the Tampere University of Technology, Finland, where he is currently a Board Member. He has a Doctor of Technology degree in Control Engineering from Tampere University of Technology and an MBA from Emory University, Atlanta, USA.  

Olli Isotalo, President, Kalmar, comments: "Antti's strong international background together with extensive automation-driven project experience will be a great advantage for Kalmar. Automation is at the core of our strategy and we will continue to invest in our automation and integration capabilities. I am extremely happy to welcome Antti to the Kalmar team and wish him the best of success in driving our Automation & Projects business to the future." 

Further information for the press: 

Olli Isotalo, President, Kalmar, tel. +358  20 777 4111

Maija Eklöf, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Kalmar, tel. +358 20 777 4096, maija.eklof@kalmarglobal.com

Kalmar offers the widest range of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centres and to heavy industry. Kalmar is the industry forerunner in terminal automation and in energy efficient container handling, with one in four container movements around the globe being handled by a Kalmar solution. Through its extensive product portfolio, global service network and ability to enable a seamless integration of different terminal processes, Kalmar improves the efficiency of every move. www.kalmarglobal.com 

Kalmar is part of Cargotec. Cargotec's sales totalled EUR 3.4 billion in 2014 and it employs approximately 11,000 people. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. under symbol CGCBV. www.cargotec.com