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NANOGATE AG: major million-euro order in systems business with enhanced plastic components - Seite 2

The transaction expands Nanogate's system expertise in the area of
high-demand plastic components. The new equity holding has a strong market
position especially in smaller and mid-size, design-oriented plastic
components, while the subsidiary Plastic-Design has until now been
specialised in larger components for the automotive industry, for example.
Goletz also has expertise in metallisation and surface enhancement. Goletz
supplies customers in the automotive, electronics and domestic appliances
industries. In addition, Goletz operates in the area of medical technology
applications via a subsidiary.


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Information and Explanation of the Issuer to this News:

Nanogate (ISIN DE000A0JKHC9) is a leading international integrated systems
provider for high-performance surfaces. The Group, which is based in
Göttelborn (Saarland), enables the programming and integration of
additional properties - such as non-stick, scratchproof and anti-corrosive
- into materials and surfaces as well as enhanced plastic components. True
to its slogan 'A world of new surfaces', Nanogate opens up the diverse
possibilities of multifunctional surfaces based on new materials for
companies in a wide range of industries.

Nanogate provides its customers with technologically and optically
high-quality systems. To do so, the company uses its extensive expertise in
innovative materials. The aim is to improve customers' products and
processes by means of high-performance surfaces while achieving
environmental benefits. The Group concentrates on attractive sectors such
as automotive/transport, mechanical/plant engineering, buildings/interiors
and sport/leisure as well as on the strategic growth areas of advanced
polymers and advanced metals. 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. The
Group focuses primarily on optically high-quality plastic and metal
coatings for all surface types. Its value drivers are the opening up of
new, international markets, the development of new applications for the
strategic growth areas of advanced polymers (innovative plastics, e.g.
glazing) and advanced metals (innovative metal enhancements) as well as
external growth.

The Nanogate Group has first-class references (e.g. Airbus, Audi, August
Brötje, BMW, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte, Daimler, FILA, Jaguar,