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Manz Automation AG / Miscellaneous
14.01.2010
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- Best Investor Relations Deutschland (BIRD) in the TecDAX in 2009
- 6th place taken over all of the indices together
Reutlingen, January 14, 2010 - Manz Automation AG is the winner in the
reader's survey 'BIRD 2009' run by the magazine BÖRSE ONLINE in the TecDAX
category. At the same time, Manz took 6th place with 67.0 points in all of
the indices DAX, MDAX, TecDAX and SDAX, which cover the 160 largest listed
companies.
Dieter Manz, Manz Automation's CEO, is very pleased with the superb result:
'We are very proud of this award and would like to thank the investors who
participated in voting. At the same time, the prize is an incentive to
further expand our communication with our investors, and to also
increasingly acquire new groups of investors in other countries.' Martin
Hipp, Manz Automation's CFO and responsible for investor relations,
believes that taking first place confirms the company's work to date and
added: '2009 was a year of crisis, and last year we again attached
particular importance to providing open and transparent information on our
company's development and our further strategy. We are very pleased that
our investors are now appreciating this.'
The BÖRSE ONLINE reader's survey BIRD has now been running for seven years.
It primarily allows private investors to vote on the quality of information
that they receive from large companies. The companies' information policies
on business growth, strategy and future perspectives are evaluated. The
survey focuses in particular on the criteria 'credibility' and
'easy-to-understand communication'. The annual report as the company's
calling card and the quality of its online presence played a key role in
the evaluation.
Company profile: Manz Automation AG
Reutlingen-based Manz Automation AG (ISIN: DE000A0JQ5U3) is one of the
world's leading technology providers in terms of market shares for systems
for automation, quality assurance and laser process technology for the
photovoltaic industry and for automation and wet chemicals for the LCD
industry. The Manz Group's core competences are in robotics, image
processing, laser technology, metallization and wet chemicals as well as
control and drive technology. The Manz Group's key strategic divisions are
photovoltaic (systems.solar), LCD (systems.lcd) and OEM systems
(systems.aico) for automation in various industrial sectors and the life
science industry. The Manz Group has sales and service branches in Germany,
Taiwan, the USA, China, South Korea, India and Spain. In addition, the Manz
Group has its own production facilities in Germany, Slovakia, Hungary,
Taiwan and China.
Investor relations contact:
cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle / Dominic Großmann
Tel.: +49 (0)611 - 205855-15
Fax: +49 (0)611 - 205855-66
E-Mail: grossmann@cometis.de
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Language: English
Company: Manz Automation AG
Steigäckerstr. 5
72768 Reutlingen
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0) 7121 9000-0
Fax: +49 (0) 7121 9000-99
E-mail: info@manz-automation.com
Internet: http://www.manz-automation.com
ISIN: DE000A0JQ5U3
WKN: A0JQ5U
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
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