DGAP-News: Krones AG / Key word(s): Acquisition Krones AG: Krones subsidiary Syskron purchases SAP consultancy firm 04.02.2015 / 14:42 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 04.02.2015 Krones subsidiary Syskron purchases SAP consultancy firm Syskron Holding GmbH, the subsidiary specialising in intralogistics of Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, has purchased a 100-per-cent stake in the Triacos GmbH company. By buying Triacos, Syskron Holding is acquiring corporate expertise in consultancy and the implementation of SAP solutions, focusing on production-related and intra-plant logistics, and is now in a position to also offer SAP standard solutions for the beverage industry, in addition to its own software packages. The ability to integrate SAP software solutions is of crucial importance for the development of business models in the context of the "Industry 4.0" concept. In the 2014 business year, the family-owned Triacos GmbH company, headquartered in Altenstadt an der Waldnaab (Upper Palatinate), achieved a turnover of around 2.0 million euros. At Triacos, 22 SAP specialists concentrate on implementing projects for mid-tier customers in Germany. The purchase price is in the single-digit-million range, with the acquisition coming into force on 2 February 2015. Your contact person: Olaf Scholz Head of Investor Relations at Krones AG Tel.: +49 9401 70-1169 Email: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 04.02.2015 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Krones AG Böhmerwaldstraße 5 93073 Neutraubling Germany Phone: +49 (0)9401 701169 Fax: +49 (0)9401 709 1 1169 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.krones.com ISIN: DE0006335003 WKN: 633500 Indices: MDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 319501 04.02.2015