March 17, 2006

Kesko group becomes new Big Dutchman distributor
 

Press release
 

Worldwide leading manufacturer of housing equipment, the Big Dutchman group, has received prominent support on the Finnish market. As of Mar 15, 2006, Kesko Agro Ltd. took over the distribution of pig housing equipment as the exclusive Big Dutchman distributor in the "Country of Thousand Lakes."

Kesko Agro is a 100 percent subsidiary company of the market leader in the Finnish trading sector, the listed Kesko Oyj, which achieved a turnover of EUR8.3 billion in the past year.

"Kesko Agro is a big name in the agricultural machinery industry with several branch offices throughout the country. The company with its 1,100 employees has a turnover of EUR1 billion. We are looking at brilliant possibilities also in our trade," said Area Sales Manager Josef Kordes, responsible for sales in the Finnish market at Big Dutchman Pig Equipment GmbH located in Vechta-Calveslage, Germany.

Kesko Agro Group Director Eero Pajulahti is also very optimistic. "Innovative technology, unsurpassed know-how and fast service: we have already been working together with Big Dutchman in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania closely and successfully for several years now. This is a very good foundation for a fruitful co-operation, also in our home country."

The Kesko headquarters in Helsinki. Kesko Agro, subsidiary company of the leading trading group in Finland, has become the exclusive distributor for Big Dutchman pig housing and feeding equipment on the Finnish market.

For more information please contact:

Andreas Böske, Publicity Department Manager

Big Dutchman International GmbH

Tel: +49 (0) 4447-801-118

Fax: +49 (0) 4447-801-5-118

E-mail: aboeske@bigdutchman.de

Website: www.bigdutchman.de