Nordic Business Report-January 5, 2007-SanomaWSOY Corporation acquires Finnish Printcenter Oy (C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish media group SanomaWSOY Corporation said on Friday (5 January) that its Rautakirja division has acquired Finnish Printcenter Oy, which specialises in point-of-sale (POS) marketing services and products. Printcenter will be consolidated to Rautakirjas figures as of 15 February 2007. As a subsidiary of Rautakirja, Printcenter will become part of Rautakirjas press distribution business. Printcenters existing management and 500 employees will continue to work in the company. In 2005 the Printcenter Groups consolidated net sales totalled EUR10.7m. The acquisition price was not disclosed. SanomaWSOY is the leading media group in the Nordic region and operates in over 20 European countries. The company has 17,000 employees. SanomaWSOY is listed on the Nordic Exchange in Helsinki. One British pound (GBP) is worth approximately 1.49 euros (EUR). ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected]))