02.06.2015
Manz AG DE000A0JQ5U3
DGAP-News: Manz AG Expands Strong Market Position in the Printed Circuit Boards Industry with Acquisition
DGAP-News: Manz AG / Key word(s): Acquisition
Manz AG Expands Strong Market Position in the Printed Circuit Boards
Industry with Acquisition
02.06.2015 / 07:26
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Manz AG Expands Strong Market Position in the Printed Circuit Boards
Industry with Acquisition
- With KLEO Halbleitertechnik GmbH, a ZEISS Group company, Manz is
acquiring a specialist in laser direct imaging of printed circuit
boards
- Expansion of the technology portfolio opens new perspectives for Manz
in the rapidly growing market for high resolution printed circuit
boards
- Ongoing diversification for further stabilization of the business model
Reutlingen, 02 June 2015 - Manz AG, one of the world's leading high-tech
equipment manufacturers with a comprehensive technology portfolio for its
three strategic fields, the "Electronics", "Solar" and "Energy Storage"
business segments, has acquired KLEO Halbleitertechnik GmbH, a ZEISS Group
company, as of June 1, 2015. As part of a share deal, Manz AG acquires
patents and copyrights for the technology developed by KLEO for laser
direct imaging of printed circuit boards (Laser Direct Imaging - LDI). In
addition, all 20 employees at the Tettnang location in southern Germany
will also be assumed. As a fully consolidated company of the Group, the
subsidiary will already make a positive contribution to Manz AG's year-end
result in the current 2015 fiscal year. The acquisition is being financed
by funds from the capital increase, which was successfully carried out in
April 2015. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
As an essential component in nearly every electronic device, printed
circuit boards are a basic prerequisite for increasing digitization and
networking, both in the industrial as well as the private sector. The
continually rising demand for high resolution PCB's (Printed Circuit Board)
results in particular from the dynamic growth in the market for consumer
electronics. The industry can meet the market's demands for ever-lighter,
thinner and more powerful electronic devices with the use of innovative
production equipment, to increase the efficiency of production capacities
and the printed circuit boards it produces. With more than 25 years of
experience in developing high-tech equipment for producing high-efficiency
printed circuit boards, Manz AG has earned an outstanding reputation as a
provider of wet chemical process equipment. This expansion of the
technology portfolio with laser direct imaging of printed circuit boards
and its integration into existing solutions for producing the finest
conductor pathways will enable significant cost savings for the customer,
in addition to an enormous increase in the efficiency and flexibility of
the product and production process. Dieter Manz, CEO and founder of Manz
AG, commented: "The expansion of our range of services through the
technology KLEO Halbleitertechnik GmbH has been developing since it was
founded in 2001 is an important milestone for us. Through the use of laser
direct imaging based on an innovative multi-beam laser lithography using
blue laser diodes, our customers can achieve cost savings of up to 75% in
the imaging of printed circuit boards. At the same time, the increase of
the level of integration in the production process will lead to a
shortening of the overall production cycle by approximately half. With this
acquisition, we are once again significantly improving our market position
and thereby opening up additional potential for growth. Further
diversification within our Electronics division furthermore ensures the
sustainable stabilization of our business model."
In the medium term, Manz AG also sees great opportunities for applications
of the LDI technology which extend beyond the production of high resolution
printed circuit boards. In particular, the production of touch sensors and
displays harbors significant potential, particularly in the case of
flexible and bendable substrates.
Company profile:
Manz AG - passion for efficiency
As one of the world's leading high-tech equipment manufacturers, Manz AG,
based in Reutlingen, Germany, is a pioneer for innovative products in
fast-growing markets. The company, founded in 1987, has expertise in seven
technology sectors: Automation, laser processing, vacuum coating, screen
printing, measurement technology, wet chemical and roll-to-roll processing.
Manz deploys and further develops these technologies in three strategic
business segments: "Electronics" , "Solar" and "Energy Storage".
The company, led by founder Dieter Manz and listed on the stock exchange in
Germany since 2006, currently develops and produces in Germany, China,
Taiwan, Slovakia, Hungary and Italy. It also has sales and service branches
in the USA and India. At the beginning of the year 2015, Manz AG had
approximately 2,000 employees, around half of which are employed in Asia.
With its claim "passion for efficiency," Manz gives its clients, who are
active in dynamic industries of the future, its performance promise: to
provide production systems with the highest level of efficiency and
innovation. Thanks to its extensive expertise in the development of new
production technologies and the required equipment, Manz AG contributes
substantially to lowering the production costs of end products and making
them available to large buyer groups worldwide.
Investor Relations Contact
cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle / Claudius Krause
Tel.: +49 (0)611 - 205855-28
Fax: +49 (0)611 - 205855-66
E-Mail: [email protected]
Manz AG
Axel Bartmann
Tel.: +49 (0)7121 - 9000-395
Fax: +49 (0)7121 - 9000-99
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Language: English
Company: Manz AG
Steigäckerstr. 5
72768 Reutlingen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 7121 9000-0
Fax: +49 (0) 7121 9000-99
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.manz.com
ISIN: DE000A0JQ5U3
WKN: A0JQ5U
Indices: TECDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart
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