DGAP-News Nanogate steps up its activities in the field of functional textiles and care products
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24.01.2012 10:34
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Nanogate steps up its activities in the field of functional textiles and
care products
Business to be pooled at Nanogate Textile & Care Systems GmbH
Göttelborn, Germany, 24 January 2012. Nanogate AG (ISIN DE000A0JKHC9), a
leading international systems provider for nanotechnology, is stepping up
its activities in the growing market for functional textiles and care
products. The company is pooling these operations at Nanogate Textile &
Care Systems GmbH (formerly FNP GmbH) to enable the firm to capitalise
better on the opportunities in this field. This step will be taken with
retrospective effect as of 1 January 2012. In addition to this, the Group
is currently holding promising talks with new sales and collaboration
partners. Nanogate AG itself will concentrate on its role as a holding
company in the future, focusing on the operational and strategic management
of its equity holdings, central material development and production, and
central functions such as accounting, financial controlling and procurement
for all Group companies.
Ralf Zastrau, CEO of Nanogate AG, commented: ´The market for
high-performance surfaces offers Nanogate huge potential in the field of
functional textiles and care products for sport and leisure articles, for
example. Especially following completion of the Nanogate innovation
initiative, we have started mass-producing many new products, which are now
being successfully marketed by our partners. We want to build on these
foundations and tap this lucrative market faster, in addition to via our
equity holding in Holmenkol AG. We expect sales to comfortably reach seven
figures and earnings to be clearly positive as early as the 2012 financial
year.´
Nanogate has a well-established product portfolio and a growing customer
base both for enhancing functional textiles and for premium products with
applications in the areas of sport and leisure.
In light of this, the new company will also be responsible for the
strategic cooperation with GEA Air Treatment GmbH. The two companies
received their first joint orders in 2011. As part of their partnership,
both firms have added a new generation of filter systems to their product
ranges.
Holger Zytur was appointed as an additional Managing Director, having
previously been responsible for these application areas. ´Last year,
millions of products for use in the fields of functional textiles and
sport/leisure were enhanced using Nanogate-Technologie, and this figure is
rapidly rising. We will continue on our growth path with Nanogate Textile &
Care Systems GmbH and offer our clients even better service plus many more
innovations.´
Nanogate on Twitter: http://twitter.com/nanogate_ag
If you have any queries, please contact:
Christian Dose (financial press and investors)
Cortent Kommunikation AG
Tel. +49 (0)69 5770 300-0
nanogate@cortent.de
Liane Stieler-Joachim
Nanogate AG
Tel. +49 (0)6825 9591 220
liane.stieler-joachim@nanogate.com
Nanogate AG
Zum Schacht 3
66287 Göttelborn, Germany
www.nanogate.com
Nanogate AG:
Nanogate is the leading international integrated systems provider for
nanosurfaces, concentrating primarily on enhancing high-performance
surfaces. The firm, which is based in Göttelborn (Saarland), enables the
programming and integration of additional properties - such as non-stick,
antibacterial, anti-corrosive and ultra-low friction - into materials and
surfaces. As an enabler, Nanogate gains a competitive edge for its
customers by means of product refinement using chemical nanotechnology.
Nanogate covers a wide range of industries, functions and substrates. The
company thus provides a decisive interface for the commercial use of
chemical nanotechnology and bridges the gap between the suppliers of raw
materials and industrial conversion into products. In doing so, Nanogate
concentrates as an enabler on one of the most attractive segments in the
industry. Nanogate has a unique combination of extensive materials
expertise paired with comprehensive, first-class process and production
know-how. As a systems provider, Nanogate offers services throughout the
entire value chain, from the purchase of raw materials, to the synthesis
and formulation of the material systems, right through to the enhancement
and production of the finished surfaces. Nanogate focuses primarily on
plastic and metal coatings for all surface types (two and three-dimensional
components).
The Nanogate Group currently has approximately 250 employees in all and
since commencing operations in 1999 has been a trailblazer in
nanotechnology. The company has first-class customer references (e.g. Audi,
BMW, Bosch-Siemens Haushaltsgeräte, Junkers, Kärcher, Hörmann Group, Opel
and REWE International AG) and many years´ experience of different
industries and applications. Several hundred projects have already gone
into mass production. The company also has strategic partnerships with a
number of international corporations. Nanogate comprises Nanogate
Industrial Solutions GmbH, Eurogard B.V., Nanogate Textile & Care Systems
GmbH, a majority stake in GfO Gesellschaft für Oberflächentechnik AG and a
minority holding in Holmenkol AG.
Disclaimer:
This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to
buy securities. The shares in Nanogate AG (the ´Shares´) may not be offered
or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of ´U.S.
persons´ (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the ´Securities Act´)). No offer or sale of
transferable securities is being made to the public outside Germany.
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Company: NANOGATE AG
Zum Schacht 3
66287 Göttelborn
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)6825/95 91 0
Fax: +49 (0)6825/95 91 852
E-mail: nanogate@cortent.de
Internet: www.nanogate.de
ISIN: DE000A0JKHC9
WKN: A0JKHC
Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart; Entry
Standard in Frankfurt
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