Singulus acquires Oerlikon's Blu-ray activities

[Grubert]

Press release

SINGULUS acquires OERLIKON's Blu-ray activities
Strategic acquisition provides SINGULUS with an excellent market position for Blu-ray production machines - SINGULUS is optimally positioned for the growth market of Blu-ray

Kahl am Main, January 31, 2008 - SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS) signed a contract with Oerlikon Balzers AG (OERLIKON), on January 31 for the acquisition of the Blu-ray disc equipment operations. With this strategic acquisition SINGULUS takes over the entire Blu-ray activities as well as the servicing of the Blu-ray disc production lines already delivered by OERLIKON so far. OERLIKON has in addition announced that it will discontinue its CD and DVD production line operations. This will further strengthen SINGULUS'; market lead in this segment.

The parties have agreed to keep the purchase price for the transaction confidential. Besides the production machines SINGULUS will acquire all important optical disc patents and licenses as well as OERLIKON's customer base.

Short profile of SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is market leader for optical disc production lines and is the only supplier worldwide to cover the entire product range: mastering, molding and replication lines.

In addition to the further development of the core activities of Optical Disc, the diversification into new business areas is the most important challenge.

With the acquisition of the STANGL Semiconductor Equipment AG SINGULUS successfully entered the solar equipment market. The new business area Solar will be strongly expanded in the next couple of years.

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Hanauer Landstraße 103, D-63796 Kahl/Main, ISIN: DE0007238909, WKN: 723890

For further information please contact: Bernhard Krause, Corporate Communications SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Tel.: + 49 (0) 170 920 29 24 01.02.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

What repercussions will this acquisition have?

[blindcat87]

Well, for one thing, it seems to me that when companies involved in the biz start actively seeking to buy BD companies or companies' BD sections it is a sign of the growth of Blu-Ray. Sounds like Blu-Ray is becoming a hot property.


I wonder what solar technologies they are into. I really wish I could go solar for both power and heating. I live out in the boonies and the rates charged by our electrical co-op are insane. The price of getting the gas refilled is also insane, so going solar would be grand if there was a cost effective way to do it right.

Chris

Originally Posted by Grubert

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What repercussions will this acquisition have?