Press Release No. 1/09 of Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion GmbH

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24 August 2009

Globally Breaking into New Markets with Combined Forces

Troisdorf/Worms, Siegsdorf, 24 August 2009

Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik, Troisdorf and Brückner Technology Holding GmbH, Siegsdorf announce that retroactively as of January 1, 2009 all their equity interests in Kiefel Extrusion GmbH, Worms, engaged in the blown film extrusion lines business, will be sold by Brückner to Reifenhäuser. With the takeover, Reifenhäuser has substantially strengthened its own commitment to this market segment.

Today has seen a landmark merger in the promising business area of blown film extrusion:  Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co KG Maschinenfabrik from Troisdorf has taken over Kiefel Extrusion GmbH in Worms and in doing so has set the course for growth and market leadership in this business field. Worms will be the headquarters of the new business unit Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion. "With the takeover, we are creating the best prerequisites to consolidate and further develop our leading position in the global market for extrusion lines", says Ulrich Reifenhäuser (53), managing director of the traditional family enterprise.