DGAP-News: Krones AG / Key word(s): Acquisition Krones AG: Krones acquires Schaefer Förderanlagen- und Maschinenbau GmbH 05.03.2015 / 15:30 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate News Release 05.03.2015 Krones acquires Schaefer Förderanlagen- und Maschinenbau GmbH Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, one of the world's leading manufacturers of beverage filling and packaging technology, has acquired 100 % of the shares in Schaefer Förderanlagen- und Maschinenbau GmbH, Unterföhring, Germany. Schaefer has since 2014 been focusing on engineering and after sales services in the field of pallet handling solutions for the beverage industry. Schaefer GmbH's expertise and its patent portfolio will complement Krones' own packaging technology. In 2014, Schaefer GmbH achieved a turnover of approximately 2 million euros with engineering and after sales services. Your contact person: Olaf Scholz Head of Investor Relations at KRONES AG Tel.: +49 9401 70-1169 Email: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 05.03.2015 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: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Munich; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 330547 05.03.2015