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Elsa Mouill

Press & Media Relations Coordinator

Tel: +32 2 676 97 25

Mobile: +32 479 588 009

Elsa.mouille@sappi.com

Media Release

Brussels, 06 June 2013

Sappi Supporting Printing Talent at 42nd WorldSkills Leipzig,Germany the Worlds Biggest International Skills Competition forYoung People

Sappi Fine Paper Europe is delighted to participate in the WorldSkills 2013

Print Media Technology Skills Competition (2nd-7th July) as Skills Sponsor.

Involvement in such a key event is a great opportunity to support expertise and

excellence in the art of printing, and to meet and inspire the future generation

of printers.

WorldSkills brings together the best international trainees aged under 23 to competefor medals in 46 official disciplines divided among 6 different categories:

transportation and logistics; construction and building technology; manufacturing and

engineering technology; creative arts and fashion; and social and personal services.

Information and Communication Services, the sixth category, contains the Print

Media Technology skill competition. This year, over 1,000 competitors will be present

at WorldSkills Leipzig, making it the biggest international competition of its kind ever.

Berry Wiersum, CEO of Sappi Fine Paper Europe said, We are very pleased to beinvolved in an event which promotes skill and excellence in our trade.. We are strongbelievers in the power of print. This is a great chance to meet like-minded-young

people, and to support their career choice.

The event will see 13 finalists in Print Media Technology category, who are all

winners of national selection rounds from around the world held over the last year,

compete to be nominated WorldSkills Champion by demonstrating their skill during a

series of exercises. Using paper provided by Sappi and Heidelberg machines, the

focus will be on the digitalization of the printing process which requires precision and

an in-depth understanding of process control. Four of the subject areas to be covered

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will be surface printing, gravure printing and digital printing.

ENDS

For further information about WorldSkills, please visit:http://www.worldskillsleipzig2013.com/en/

The 13 Finalists in the Print Media Technology Category are:

Martin Backmayer - Austria

Guillaume-Philippe Dujacquier - Belgium

Lucas Cardoso - Brazil

Marissa Halter - Canada

Dongdong Wang - China

Jens Martinsen - Denmark Kevin-Gregori Kubjas - Estonia

Pasi Kuusikko - Finland

Anthony Fluhr - France

Elena Singer - Germany

Marino Tanimoto - Japan

Andrea Selina Schmidheiny - Switzerland

Heather Ashe - USA

Further information about the participants can be found on:

http://www.worldskillsportal.com/index.php?option=com_competitors&newTemplate=yesPlease also check Sappis Facebook page on a regular basis where we will beposting further details about the competition and the participants.https://www.facebook.com/SappiEurope?fref=ts

About SappiSappi Fine Paper Europe (SFPE) is the leading European producer of coated fine paper used inpremium magazines, catalogues, books and high-end print advertising. Headquartered in Brussels,Belgium, Sappi Fine Paper Europe is recognised for innovation and quality. Its graphic paper brandsinclude Magno, Quatro, Royal, Galerie, GalerieArt and Jaz ranges. Algro, Fusion,Leine and Parade are the brands for speciality labelling, topliner, packaging papers and boards.

Sappi papers are produced in mills accredited with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification and EMASregistration for all our mills in the EU. SFPEs mills hold chain-of-custody certification under theForest Stewardship Council (FSC) and/or the Programme for the Endorsement of ForestCertification (PEFC) schemes.Sappi Fine Paper Europe is a division of Sappi Limited (NYSE, JSE), a global companyheadquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 14,000 employees and manufacturingoperations on four continents in nine countries, sales offices in 50 countries, and customers in over100 countries around the world. Learn more about Sappi at www.sappi.com.