Elcoteq SE
Stock Exchange Release
October 6, 2008 at 12.30 pm (EET)

ROGER TAYLOR APPOINTED SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GROUP OPERATIONS AND
MEMBER OF THE ELCOTEQ MANAGEMENT TEAM

Mr. Roger Taylor (born 1960) has been appointed Senior Vice President
(SVP) Group Operations and member of the Elcoteq Management Team
(EMT) as of October 8, 2008. He will be based in Zug, Switzerland.

Roger Taylor has a proven track record in senior operational
management and leadership positions within major communication
technology OEM's like Nokia and Motorola. During his professional
career he has gained wide international experience, including
management of manufacturing and supply chain operations in Hong Kong
and the USA. Most recently he has worked as an independent consultant
in numerous overseas assignments for EMS companies.

"With his broad experience and industry knowledge Mr. Taylor will
substantially help to optimize and improve Elcoteq's operations,
logistics and supply chain management," Jouni Hartikainen, President
and CEO of Elcoteq SE says.


ELCOTEQ SE

Minna Aila
Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Responsibility

Further information:

Jouni Hartikainen, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 41 311
Minna   Aila,    Director,   Investor    Relations   and    Corporate
Responsibility,
tel. +358 40 513 1470
Carsten Barth, Director, Marketing and Communications, tel. +41 79
618 0313

About Elcoteq
Elcoteq SE is a leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS)
company in the communications technology field. Elcoteq's global
service offering covers the entire lifecycle of products, from
product development to after market services. By further combining
mechanics expertise into its service offering, Elcoteq's vision is to
be a leading integrated electronics manufacturing services (IEMS)
company.
Elcoteq provides global end-to-end solutions consisting of product
development services, supply chain management, NPI, manufacturing,
and after market services for the whole lifecycle of its customers'
products. These products include Personal Communications products
such as mobile phones and their parts, Home Communications products
such as set-top boxes and electronics for flat panel TVs as well as
Communications Networks products such as base-stations, tower-top
amplifiers, and microwave systems.

Elcoteq operates in 15 countries on four continents and employs some
24,000 people. The Group's consolidated net sales for 2007 totaled
4.0 billion euros. Elcoteq SE is listed on the Nasdaq OMX Helsinki
Ltd.  For more information visit the Elcoteq website at
www.elcoteq.com.





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