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GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft: New Supervisory Board member for GEA Group

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GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft: New Supervisory Board member for GEA
Group

10.08.2011 / 13:15

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Düsseldorf, August 10, 2011 - Prof. Werner J. Bauer (60), Executive Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer of Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, was
appointed to the Supervisory Board of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft by the
Local Court in Düsseldorf on August 4, 2011. He succeeds Dieter Ammer, who
resigned from the Supervisory Board for personal reasons as of July 7,
2011. The Court´s appointment of Prof. Bauer to the Supervisory Board as a
shareholder representative is limited until the company´s next Annual
General Meeting on April 24, 2012.

´We are delighted that, with Prof. Bauer, we have gained another renowned
expert in the field of food process technology as a new member of GEA
Group´s Supervisory Board. His experience of working on supervisory bodies,
and in particular his in-depth knowledge of the technology and markets will
help GEA improve its ability to meet customers´ efficiency and innovation
requirements even more in future, ´ said Dr. Jürgen Heraeus, Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft.

Prof. Werner J. Bauer has been with Nestlé since 1990 and is currently
responsible for Innovation, Technology, and Research and Development. Prior
to this, he held a number of positions in the areas of technology,
production, environment, and research and development. During this period,
he was also Professor of Food Science and Technology at the University of
Lausanne. Before 1990, Prof. Bauer was Director of the Fraunhofer Institute
for Food Technology & Packaging, Professor of Food Biotechnology at the
Technical University of Munich, and Professor of Chemical Engineering at
Hamburg University of Technology. In addition to his current position,
Prof. Bauer is a long-standing member of a number of supervisory bodies.
Among other things, he is a Board member of L´Oréal in France and a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Bertelsmann Foundation in Germany.

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft is one of the largest suppliers of process
technology and components for the food and energy industries. As an
international technology group, the Company focuses on sophisticated
production processes. In 2010, GEA generated consolidated revenues in
excess of EUR 4.4 billion, 70 percent of which came from the food and
energy sectors, which are long-term growth industries. The group employed
about 23,000 people worldwide as of June 30, 2011. GEA Group is a market
and technology leader in its business areas. It is listed in Germany´s MDAX
stock index (G1A, WKN 660 200).

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Language:    English                                                    
Company:     GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft                               
             Peter-Müller-Straße 12                                     
             40468 Düsseldorf                                           
             Germany                                                    
Phone:       [phone]                                          
Fax:         [phone]                                      
E-mail:      [e-mail]                                            
Internet:    www.geagroup.com                                           
ISIN:        DE0006602006                                               
WKN:         660200                                                     
Listed:      Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime  
             Standard), Hamburg, München; Freiverkehr in Hannover,       
             Stuttgart                                                  

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