der letzten Zeit erklärt
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SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG / Directorate change
10.03.2006
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Press Release
Klaus Hammen Appointed CEO of the Executive Board of the SINGULUS
TECHNOLOGIES AG
· Roland Lacher to retire
· Successor prepared for his new responsibilities for many years
· Change in the chairmanship of the Supervisory Board
Kahl am Main, March 10, 2006 - Roland Lacher, founder and Chairman of the
Executive Board of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS), decided to
terminate his operating activities as Chairman of the Executive Board and
to retire. At the same time Klaus Hammen, so far Executive Board member
responsible for Marketing, Sales and Development, will be appointed CEO of
the Executive Board.
The long-time Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Alexander von Engelhardt,
will not make himself available for reelection on conclusion of his current
term of office due to reasons of age.
The Supervisory Board will propose to the Annual General Meeting on June
23, 2006 to appoint Mr. Roland Lacher as new member of the Supervisory
Board. Furthermore, it is also intended to elect Mr. Lacher as Chairman of
the Supervisory Board in the constituent meeting of the Supervisory Board
immediately after the Annual General Meeting.
"Klaus Hammen is the ideal solution for the succession at SINGULUS",
explains Roland Lacher. "He has the required qualifications and the
corporate abilities to fill this new position. After joining our company
February 1, 2000 Klaus Hammen was the Technical Director for construction
and production for several years. As Executive Board member responsible for
Marketing, Sales and Development he has led our international sales
organization since 2002 and was thereby able to build close relationships
with our global customers."
Together with Stefan A. Baustert, Chief Financial Officer since January
2003, Klaus Hammen will run the business of SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, which
will have an Executive Board composed of two members only in the future.
Klaus Hammen says: "In the past 11 years of its corporate history SINGULUS
evolved into a global market leader in its core activity of optical disc
production machines. Our goal is to put ourselves at the top position
internationally together with STEAG HamaTech in the new formats HD DVD and
Blu-ray as well."
The divisions will be split up as follows:
Klaus Hammen will be in charge of the segment Technology and global Sales &
Marketing. This includes the business units Prerecorded, Recordable and
Costumer Service as well as the internal divisions Research & Development,
Construction and Production. Stefan A. Baustert will be responsible for the
functions Finance, Investor Relations, IT, Controlling, Human Resources and
Procurement. In addition, he will be in charge of the producing
subsidiaries.
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Hanauer Landstrasse 103,
D-63796 Kahl/Main, ISIN: DE0007238909, WKN: 723890
For further information please contact:
Maren Schuster, Investor Relations, Tel.: + 49 (0) 6188 440 612
Bernhard Krause, Corporate Communications, Tel.: + 49 (0) 6181 98280 20
Company profile SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is the only global manufacturer of CD and DVD
replication systems offering a comprehensive line of optical disc
manufacturing processes. The company covers the entire value chain and is
the global market leader in the most important areas such as mastering and
DVD replication. The company´s global market share for CD and DVD equipment
amounted to roughly 65 % in 2004. Its share for mastering equipment was
even higher.
The company´s core competence is "vacuum thin film technology". This is a
process of applying thin layers of material, normally measured in
nanometers, in a vacuum by means of cathode deposition.
We view ourselves as a growth company. Within this context, the company has
intensified its development for new key applications in vacuum thin film
technology since 2002. Two new business sectors have been developed in the
interim, each with the potential to become an independent growth entity:
• TMR thin film coating machines for thin film heads and MRAM: MRAM is
expected to become the standard technology for new semiconductor memory
storage for the next generation of computers.
• Optical coating equipment:
These machines allow the automated inline coating of ophthalmic lenses and
other optical substrates.
The company considers itself very well-prepared for the future due to its
high market shares, technological core competence and the opportunities
presented by the emerging HD DVD and Blu-ray third generation optical
discs.
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES - Smart Solutions to Drive the Future
DGAP 10.03.2006
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language: English
emitter: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG
Hanauer Landstrasse 103
63796 Kahl am Main Deutschland
phone: +49 (0)6188 440-105
fax: +49 (0)6188 440-110
email: maren.schuster@singulus.de
WWW: www.singulus.de
ISIN: DE0007238909
WKN: 723890
indexes:
stockmarkets: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin-Bremen, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
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