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increased by 12.8% from EUR 18.2 million to EUR 20.5 million and thus
exceeded the target corridor of between EUR 16 million and EUR 18
million. EBIT before PPA amortization per share was EUR 0.77 following
EUR 0.68 the previous year.


- Group earnings after taxes remained at roughly the same level as last
year of EUR 10.0 million (2013: EUR 10.2 million). This equates to
earnings per share of EUR 0.37 following EUR 0.38 in 2013.

For the current financial year 2015, M.A.X. Automation expects to see the
business continue to develop positively based on the solid order situation
and the strategic focusing of the investment portfolio to concentrate on
core businesses that has been achieved. Based on the Group's current
portfolio, Group sales should range between EUR 360 million and EUR 380
million and Group EBIT before PPA amortization between EUR 20 million and
EUR 22 million.

For further information:
Frank Elsner
Frank Elsner Kommunikation für Unternehmen GmbH
Tel.: +49 - 5404 - 91 92 0
Fax: +49 - 5404 - 91 92 29

M.A.X. Automation AG (WKN: 658090/ISIN: DE0006580905), Düsseldorf, is an
internationally active group of companies that includes the two segments
Industrial Automation and Environmental Technology. M.A.X. Automation
offers technologically advanced products and solutions in both areas for
order-based special machine construction and for standard systems.



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Language: English
Company: M.A.X. Automation AG
Breite Straße 29-31
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.maxautomation.de
ISIN: DE0006580905
WKN: 658090
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (General Standard);
Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf,
Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart


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