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ANDRITZ AG: Mark von Laer appointed as new Chief Financial Officer

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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)

Graz, Februay 2, 2017. The ANDRITZ AG Supervisory Board appointed
Mark von Laer as new Chief Financial Officer.

As of March 1, 2017, Mark von Laer will be heading the Controlling,
Treasury, Order and Project Financing, Legal, and Compliance group
functions. As before, Wolfgang Leitner, President & CEO of ANDRITZ
AG, will be responsible for Manufacturing, Information Technology,
Human Resources, Internal Auditing, Investor Relations, and Corporate
Communications.

Mark von Laer, born in 1969 and holder of an MBA from Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, USA, was most recently
Chief Financial Officer at Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co KG, Germany. In
the course of his professional career - Mark von Laer has held
management positions with financial responsibility at Kraftanlagen
Gruppe in Munich and at Lurgi Group - he has been able to gather
comprehensive know-how and expertise in project business.

The other Executive Board members of ANDRITZ AG remain unchanged. As
from March 1, 2017, the ANDRITZ AG Executive Board will thus consist
of five members: Wolfgang Leitner (President & CEO), Humbert Köfler,
Mark von Laer, Joachim Schönbeck, and Wolfgang Semper.

The Chairman of ANDRITZ AG's Supervisory Board, Christian Nowotny, is
very pleased that "Mark von Laer, a financial manager with a great
deal of international experience in project business, is joining the
ANDRITZ AG Executive Board."

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Press release for download
The press release is available for download at the ANDRITZ web site:
www.andritz.com/news.

The ANDRITZ GROUP ANDRITZ is a globally leading supplier of plants,
equipment, and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper
industry, the metalworking and steel industries, and for solid/liquid
separation in the municipal and industrial sectors. The publicly
listed technology Group is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a
staff of approximately 25,500 employees. ANDRITZ operates over 250
sites worldwide.

Further inquiry note:
Dr. Michael Buchbauer
Head of Group Finance, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
mailto:[e-mail]

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company: Andritz AG
Stattegger Straße 18
A-8045 Graz
phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
mail: [e-mail]
WWW: www.andritz.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT0000730007
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX, ATX five
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English