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Manu Skyttä Appointed as President and CEO of Aspocomp, Mikko Montonen Steps Down
February 19, 2024 | AspocompEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
The Board of Directors of Aspocomp Group Plc has appointed Mr. Manu Skyttä (b. 1975), MSc, Aeronautical Engineering, as President and CEO. Manu succeeds Mr. Mikko Montonen, who has agreed with the Board of Directors of the company that he will step down from the role of President and CEO of the company. Mr. Mikko Montonen has committed to remain as company's President and CEO to secure an orderly transition to Manu Skyttä, at latest on August 14th, 2024.
Since 2022, Manu Skyttä has acted as head of Patria Oyj’s Operations unit and as a member of Patria Group Management team. Previously, he has been the Director of new businesses of Millog Oy, partly owned by Patria, and as CEO of Virve Tuotteet ja Palvelut Oy, owned by Millog. Manu Skyttä has also extensive experience from expert and management roles in Maintpartner Group Oy, Wärtsilä Oyj and Finnair technical services.
"Manu is an experienced leader and has strong experience in driving business development and growth. I am confident that his energy as well as passion for change and growth together with his wide experience from different business functions give him strong competence to develop Aspocomp into the next phase" says Päivi Marttila, the Chair of the Board of Directors of Aspocomp Group Plc.
“It is my honour to lead Aspocomp and to be able to steer Aspocomp together with its personnel towards new goals. I look forward to developing Aspocomp together with Aspocomp's professionals and customers”, says Manu Skyttä.
“On behalf of the Board of Directors I want to express my warm thanks to Mikko for his contribution in leading Aspocomp since 2014 and wish him all the best in his future endeavors. Mikko has steered the company into a good position to seek strong growth in the future”, says Päivi Marttila, the Chair of the Board of Directors of Aspocomp Group Plc.
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Aspocomp Secures €1.75M EU JTF Funding to Boost PCB Capacity at Oulu Plant
11/26/2025 | AspocompPCB technology company Aspocomp Group Plc has been granted approximately EUR 1.75 million in business development support from the European Union’s Just Transition Fund to increase the PCB manufacturing capacity at its Oulu plant.
Aspocomp Secures Growth with New Financing and Share Issue
10/31/2025 | AspocompAspocomp Group Plc’s Board of Directors has on October 30, 2025, carried out a directed share issue, to certain current shareholders of the Company and to a limited number of Finnish and qualified investors in deviation of the pre-emptive subscription rights of the shareholders to ensure the successful completion of the Share Issue.