TCO Accredits Three Nokia Monitors With First TCO'95 Environmental and Ergonomic Certification; TCO and Nokia Share International Commitment To Quality and User Safety

Business Wire, July 23, 1996

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 1996--TCO, the Swedish trade union responsible for the widely accepted TCO'92 environmental standards for computer monitors, recently announced that three monitors from Nokia Display Products, Inc., the 17-inch Multigraph 447Xi, 447Xav and 447Xavc, are the first in the world to be certified with the strict, new TCO'95 standard.

The improved regulations were established to provide physical and visual uniform ergonomic designs for computer users and to set environmental safeguards for both the manufacturing process and for users.

The new TCO'95 standard calls for monitor manufacturers -- and, for the first time, PC manufacturers -- to abide by a strict environmental policy for their manufacturing process to protect the ecology. Production materials and waste disposal must be completed under specified guidelines designed to minimize the proliferation of hazardous materials in the environment.

TCO'95 calls for compliance to guidelines under the four Es: Ecology, Energy, Ergonomics and Emissions. A detailed description of the specific TCO '95 requirements is available on the TCO World Wide Web site located at www.tco-info.com. The Web site will provide information on the TCO'92 and TCO'95 certification programs as well as access to the entire worldwide list of certified monitors.

Nokia has consistently been the first to bring computer monitors to the market that not only meet, but exceed all government and industry-advanced emissions control and ergonomic requirements, including the TCO'95 standards. The three new monitors with the TCO'95 certification began shipping in April. The company has also planned on a new line of 21-inch monitors that will be TCO'95 compliant as well that will ship in July.

"We're pleased to see the quick acceptance of the new TCO'95 standard on the heels of our success with TCO'92," said Per Erik Boivie, manager of the TCO Development Unit in Stockholm, Sweden.

TCO first helped establish standards for computer monitors with the guidelines known as TCO'92. TCO'92 was designed to protect office workers who use desktop monitors daily, calling for strict compliance to ergonomic monitor design and to very low frequency (VLF) and extremely low frequency (ELF) emissions. TCO worked extensively with leading monitor manufacturers, including Nokia, to establish the TCO'92 and TCO'95 standards.

TCO standards have become the norm throughout the world while the U.S. has been slow to accept them, until recently, The Federal Energy Star program was started to bring U.S. ergonomic and emissions standards up to date after the EPA found that, for example, 80% of the time a computer monitor is on, no one is looking at it. While Energy Star has been widely accepted in the U.S., the program's requirements are still far behind those of TCO.

TCO -- The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees

In Sweden, TCO has 19 affiliated organizations representing more than one million members from various professional groups, including secretaries, middle managers and engineers. One of TCO' s main goals is to improve the work environment for its members. Instead of waiting for environmental legislation, TCO develops methods for members and non members to exert direct influence on "the market" in order to achieve a better work environment. TCO cooperates with government, non-governmental organizations and companies such as Nokia to continuously develop their environmental labeling program. TCO is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The U.S. offices of TCO are located in Chicago.

Nokia Display Products, Inc.

Nokia Display Products, Inc. (NDPI) is a leading supplier of advanced computer monitor products -- through OEM and retail channels -- in North America. NDPI's wide range of innovative products feature exceptional quality, high-end performance, and compatibility with Windows/PC, Macintosh and UNIX platforms. A subsidiary of Nokia of Finland, NDPI is located in Sausalito, California.

Nokia of Finland

Nokia of Finland is the world's second largest manufacturer of cellular telephones and a global supplier of telecommunications equipment, satellite receivers, color televisions, computer monitors and industrial equipment. A $7 billion company, Nokia is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

CONTACT: Nokia Display Products, Inc.

Mary Catherine Demyan, 415/331-6622