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Deufol SE: Deufol opens new production facility in Czech

DGAP-News: Deufol SE / Key word(s): Strategic Company Decision/Miscellaneous Deufol SE: Deufol opens new production facility in Czech 27.06.2017 / 09:49 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. PRESS RELEASE

Deufol opens next generation production facility in Czech Republic.

Deufol, global market leader for industrial packaging, opens its new production facility in Cheb, Czech Republic. Only one year after the ground-breaking ceremony: now the commissioning of the new state of the art production facility commenced and will be completed by the end of the year.

The opening ceremony took place in Cheb's industrial area and was attended by the highest representatives of the region of Karlovy Vary, the City of Cheb, as well as the top management of the Deufol Group.

The production facility in Cheb is a key strategic milestone in the implementation of Deufol's strategy. Innovative and highly efficient manufacturing processes enable Deufol to process time critical customer orders, while reaching the maximum value creation. The flexible standardized production of the new industrial packaging is focused on the growing demand of efficient standardized packing materials in the field of sequenced lead times.

Here, Deufol combines its competence in design and manufacturing of efficient standardized packaging. The new operation in Cheb lives digital networking and fully implements the Industry 4.0 principles. The startup phase will be completed by the end of 2017.

Within the City of Cheb as well as the entire region of Karlovy Vary, over 100 new jobs were generated to further strengthen the profitability of the region.

These highly modern production processes will increase Deufol's productivity and improve its market position significantly.

About the Deufol Group:

The Deufol Group is a global premium service provider for packaging and related services. The service portfolio includes export & industrial packaging, logistic services, automated packaging, innovative IT-solutions along the supply chain, promotional & display packaging as well as data packaging. The company Deufol, headquartered in Hofheim (Wallau), near Frankfurt am Main, is present at 93 operations in 11 countries and employs approximately 2,900 employees. In 2016 the group wide sales aggregated to EUR 341 million.

Contact:

Deufol SE

Claudia Ludwig

Johannes-Gutenberg-Strasse 3-5

65719 Hofheim (Wallau)

Tel.: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

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