SURTECO AG expands printing capacities

Bausch Decor GmbH, part of SURTECO AG, will expand its capacities at the Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen (Bavaria) site. The Supervisory Board passed a resolution approving this investment on 24 April 2006. The investment volume amounts to Euro 13 million. Two additional four-colour printing machines form the core of the investment. Construction work is scheduled to start in the middle of the year and the new machines will start operating in October of next year. Bausch Decor generated revenues of Euro 19.6 million in 2005 and employed a workforce numbering 140.