Renewed double-digit sales growth "pushes" HARTING Technology Group ahead / Sales up 13.4% to EUR762 million / 341 new jobs worldwide (FOTO)

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Espelkamp-based HARTING Technology Group (district of
Minden-Lübbecke) once again achieved double-digit growth during the
2017/18 financial year (30 September). Notching up an increase of
13.4%, the globally active family-owned company achieved sales of
EUR762 million (previous year: EUR672 million), setting yet another
record in its 73-year corporate history.

"This is a top-notch performance that makes us proud. We're very
satisfied with the development of our business," said Board Chairman
Philip Harting. "HARTING is a trailblazer and partner of Industrie
4.0." Harting noted that growth had been driven particularly by
momentum from the transportation, mechanical engineering, automation
and robotics market segments. The number of employees (including
trainees) increased to 4,980 during the course of the 2017/18
financial year (previous year: 4,639), an increase of 7.4%. Some 77
new jobs were created in Germany (3.1%), while 264 employees were
hired at foreign production sites and subsidiaries (12.3%).

About HARTING:

The HARTING Technology Group is one of the world's leading
providers of industrial connection technology for the three lifelines
of Data, Signal and Power and has 13 production plants and branches
in 44 countries. Moreover, the company also produces retail checkout
systems, electromagnetic actuators for automotive and industrial
series use, charging equipment for electric vehicles, as well as
hardware and software for customers and applications in automation
technology, mechanical and plant engineering, robotics and
transportation engineering. In the 2017/18 business year, some 5,000
employees generated sales of EUR 762 million.

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Contact:
HARTING Stiftung & Co. KG
Detlef Sieverdingbeck
General Manager
Communication and Public Relations
Marienwerderstr. 3
32339 Espelkamp

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