Analyze the sentiment of this statement extracted from a financial news article. Provide your answer as either negative, positive, or neutral.
Text: ALEXANDRIA , Va. , May 23 -- Matti Harkonen and Pentti Sipponen , both of Espoo , Finland , Osmo Suovaniemi of Helsinki , Finland , and Tapani Tiusanen of Vantaa , Finland , have developed a paper web press device .
Answer:
neutral