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SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG / Strategic Company Decision/Agreement
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SINGULUS acquires OERLIKON's Blu-ray activities
• Strategic acquisition provides SINGULUS with an excellent market position
for Blu-ray production machines
• SINGULUS is optimally positioned for the growth market of Blu-ray
Kahl am Main, January 31, 2008 - SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS) signed
a contract with Oerlikon Balzers AG (OERLIKON), on January 31 for the
acquisition of the Blu-ray disc equipment operations. With this strategic
acquisition SINGULUS takes over the entire Blu-ray activities as well as
the servicing of the Blu-ray disc production lines already delivered by
OERLIKON so far. OERLIKON has in addition announced that it will
discontinue its CD and DVD production line operations. This will further
strengthen SINGULUS' market lead in this segment.
The parties have agreed to keep the purchase price for the transaction
confidential. Besides the production machines SINGULUS will acquire all
important optical disc patents and licenses as well as OERLION's customer
base.
Short profile of SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is market leader for optical disc production lines
and is the only supplier worldwide to cover the entire product range:
mastering, molding and replication lines.
In addition to the further development of the core activities of Optical
Disc, the diversification into new business areas is the most important
challenge.
With the acquisition of the STANGL Semiconductor Equipment AG SINGULUS
successfully entered the solar equipment market. The new business area
Solar will be strongly expanded in the next couple of years.
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Hanauer Landstraße 103,
D-63796 Kahl/Main, ISIN: DE0007238909, WKN: 723890
For further information please contact:
Bernhard Krause, Corporate Communications
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Tel.: + 49 (0) 170 920 29 24
01.02.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG
Hanauer Landstrasse 103
63796 Kahl am Main
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)6188 440-105
Fax: +49 (0)6188 440-110
E-mail: maren.schuster@singulus.de
Internet: www.singulus.de
ISIN: DE0007238909
WKN: 723890
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
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