Robit Oyj: ROBIT ROCK DRILLING TOOLS SELECTED AS THE BEST PRODUCTS 2015 IN KOREA

ROBIT PLC PRESS RELEASE 15 JANUARY 2016 AT 04.00 P.M.  

Robit rock drilling tools were honorably selected as "The Best Goods 2015" by "The Hankook Ilbo", one of the five daily newspapers in Korea:

"Robit Korea Ltd is an overseas affiliated company of Robit Plc, Finnish manufacturer producing high quality rock drilling tools and casing systems for ground drilling (www.robit.fi (http://www.robit.fi)). Robit applies ISO 9001:2008 standard in all its activities and has invested in robotized production cells and automated production line for consistent high quality products. Robit keeps investing in developing new design of button bits for best performance for various rock conditions. Using high quality Scandinavian green steel with optimized homogenous tungsten carbide and robotized button insertion process secures producing high quality button bits. As a result, Robit products have not only been used in many drilling sites in Korea but also were selected as official rock drilling tools for the longest tunnel construction (22 km) in Korea for Wonju-Gangneung high speed railroad for PyeongChang Winter Olympic game 2018 in Korea."

Source: Hankook Ilbo <http://www.hankookilbo.com/v/3f51998d3ea643e8a2ed6dd9ee88c594 (http://www.hankookilbo.com/v/3f51998d3ea643e8a2ed6dd9ee88c594)> 6^th January 2016.
Translated from Korean language.

ROBIT PLC

Mikko Mattila, CEO

Harri Sjöholm, Chairman

Further information:
Robit Plc

Mikko Mattila, CEO
[phone]
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Harri Sjöholm, Chairman
[phone]
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Certified Advisor
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) Helsinki Branch
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Robit develops, manufactures, supplies and services drilling consumables for applications in tunnelling, geothermal heating and cooling, construction, and mining industries. The Company's products can be divided into top hammer drilling consumables used for rock drilling and DTH (down-the-hole) drilling consumables used for ground drilling. The Company has sales companies in Finland, South Korea, the United States, Russia, South Africa and Peru as well as a sales offices in Thailand and China as well as distribution network with approximately 160 distributors. Robit's products are sold to over 100 countries. The Company has production in Finland and South Korea.

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