Centria got Achiever certification

The certificate is based on Kauppalehti's annual Achievers (Menestyjä) series
comparing the financial success of Finnish companies. Obtaining the Achiever
certificate requires that the company's financial performance is among the best
in its industry and in Finland. Some 1.9 per cent of Finnish companies are
eligible for the Achiever certification.

The Achievers are classified by Balance Consulting, the analysis unit of
Kauppalehti, which is part of the Alma Media Group. The analysis looks at six
aspects of the candidate companies' financial performance: growth,
profitability, financial result, liquidity, solidity and debt serviceability.
The comparison includes all Finnish companies with an annual turnover of more
than Eur1.7 million.

A company is classified as an achiever if the comparison of key indicators puts
it in the top tier of both its own industry and the entire country. There are
approximately 6,000 such companies in Finland, meaning that only 1.9 per cent of
all companies fall within Kauppalehti's Achiever criteria.

The Achiever certificate is proof of a company being on a solid financial
foundation. Companies like this are reliable and desirable partners as well as
good employers. The Achiever certificate also shows that the management and
organisation of the holder company are working efficiently and the company has
the required business acumen.