<PAGE>
Filed by Eimo Oyj
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
Subject Company: Triple S Plastics, Inc.
Commission File No. 000-23474
EIMO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 30.08.2000 16.15 1 (2)
TRIPLE S RELEASE
Triple S Plastics, Inc has today released the following
information:
Excerpt:
"Triple S Plastics, Inc. announced today that it has established a new business
in Manaus, Brazil to serve the needs of its customers in the rapidly growing
wireless telecommunications and other high-growth datacom industries in Brazil
and various countries in South America. The business will be known as Triple S
Cosmosplast da Amazonia, Ltda., and is being formed in collaboration with
Cosmosplast Industria e Comercio de Plasticos Ltda., a Brazilian plastics
company serving the electronics and other selected consumer goods industries.
The new company will be located in the Manaus Free Trade Zone, joining other
worldwide-recognized names such as Nokia, Philips, Samsung, Siemens and Visteon.
Triple S will have a 70% interest in the new venture and the Board of Directors
will be comprised of representatives from both Triple S and Cosmosplast.
The facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of the year and,
when fully equipped, will represent an investment of up to $5,000,000 over the
next 2-3 years."
End of excerpt. The release is available at the internet
address www.nasdaq.com, Company News, Security Code TSSS.
Background: Eimo Oyj and Triple S Plastics, Inc. have signed a formal Merger
Agreement to create a global manufacturing company focused on serving the mobile
communications industry and other high growth industries. The merger unites
Eimos expertise in automation technologies, in-mold decorating and advanced
<PAGE>
finishing with Triple S expertise in state-of-the-art injection molding and
manufacturing efficiencies. Both companies have a history of bringing highly
technical capabilities and solutions to their respective client bases.
EIMO OYJ
Lauri Jalli
President
Contacts:
Elmar Paananen, Eimo Oyj
Tel. + 358 500 503865
www.eimo.com
Investors are urged to read the information to be filed with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the merger, including the
proxy material to be sent to the holders of common stock of Triple S to solicit
their approval of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby
and the registration statement to be filed by Eimo on Form F-4 with respect to
ordinary shares of Eimo to be issued in connection with the transaction, each of
which will include a copy of the Merger Agreement as an exhibit. Such documents,
when filed, will be available free of charge from the SEC website at
www.sec.gov.
-----------
This press release includes statements that constitute forward-looking
statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This information involves risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
statements. For certain information regarding these risks and uncertainties,
reference is made to Eimos March 1999 Offering Circular for 5,000,000 share
combined offering (copies of which are available from Eimo upon written request)
and Triple S Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2000.
