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Manz AG is gearing itself up for the future by making an acquisition in the Battery division - Seite 2

future markets of e-mobility, stationary energy storage and consumer
electronics", Dieter Manz, CEO and founder of Manz AG, summarizes. "We are
currently observing globally increasing market growth in these areas, which
will continue to intensify over the next few years. The successful addition
to our technology portfolio in the Battery division now puts us in an
excellent position to benefit from these opportunities and to further
strengthen our market position as the leading high-tech engineering company
in the western world."

In addition to the fields of e-mobility and stationary power storage, Manz
AG also develops and produces, in its Display division, equipment for
manufacturing lithium-ion batteries for consumer electronics such as
high-quality smartphones and tablet computers. Dieter Manz: "All the
industries that we supply with our machinery for manufacturing lithium-ion
batteries offer excellent prospects for our company. In the Battery
division, we see correspondingly high revenue and earnings potential, with
an opportunity to achieve, in the medium term, a comparable level to that
enjoyed in the currently booming Display division."

Manz AG - passion for efficiency

Manz AG, headquartered in Reutlingen, Germany, is one of the world's
leading high-tech engineering firms. Founded in 1987, in recent years the
company has grown from an automation specialist into a supplier of
integrated production lines. Manz has expertise in six fields of
technology: automation, laser processes, vacuum coating, screen printing,
metrology, and wet-chemical processes. These technologies are used and
developed in three strategic business areas: Display, Solar, and Battery.

The company, led by founder Dieter Manz, has been listed on the stock
exchange in Germany since 2006, and currently develops and manufactures in
Germany, China, Taiwan, Slovakia, and Hungary. Manz also has sales and
service offices in the United States, South Korea, and India. At the
beginning of 2014, Manz AG had approximately 1,850 employees, half of them
in Asia. With its slogan "Passion for Efficiency", Manz is making a promise
to offer its customers - all companies active in important future markets -
increasingly efficient production equipment. Like this, the company
contributes significantly to reduce the production costs of end products
and thereby making them available for a broad range of buyers worldwide. .

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