Harju Elekter                 NEWS RELEASE                      04/24/2002



ISO 14001 QUALITY CERTIFICATE



AS Harju Elekter and its subsidiaries introduced a management system assuring

environmental protection, which was certified as conforming to the

international quality standard ISO 14001:1996 by the international

certification company Bureau Veritas Quality International. The certificate

will be formally handed over today, on 23 April in Keila.



ISO 14001 sets out requirements for the management of environmentally safe

production and technological processes. The environmental management system

introduced by the Harju Elekter group ensures constant monitoring and adequate

response to any environmental impacts. By this activity, the enterprise wishes

to maintain a clean and healthy working and living environment.



Harju Elekter together with subsidiaries and related companies is one of the

largest manufacturers of electrical equipment and materials in the Baltic

states. Quality certificates were earlier granted to the electrical equipment

plant of Harju Elekter (ISO 9001), to the subsidiaries AS AJT Harju Elekter

(ISO 9002) and AS Eltek (ISO 9001), and to the related company AS Keila Kaabel

(ISO 9001 and ISO 14001).







Andres Allikmäe

Chairman of Management Board

+372 6 747 400





Moonika Vetevool

PR manager

+372 6712 761