SMT Scharf receives major order from South Africa for EUR 4 million

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Hamm (euro adhoc) - Hamm, April 25, 2008 - SMT Scharf AG (German
Securities Code (WKN) 575198, ISIN DE0005751986), technology and
world market leader for rail-bound railway systems for the mining
sector, has received an order from a South African mining group for
train formations for rail-bound railway systems. The order consists
of four electrically powered monorail hanging railways and has a
volume of more than EUR 4 million.

Because this customer has already been successfully running SMT
Scharf train formations in several of its mines during the last ten
years, it decided to deploy these systems again. The customer
currently operates twelve SMT Scharf train formations in its mines.
The new train formations are expected to be shipped successively from
the fall of 2008. They will then be taken into operation in 2008 and
2009 in a newly developed extraction field of an ore mine in the
greater Johannesburg region.

"This is our largest single order from South Africa for rail-bound
railway systems for several years. It clearly proves the success of
our internationalization, and also our diversification into ore
mining, not to mention our customers' satisfaction with our
railways," enthused Dr. Friedrich Trautwein, SMT Scharf AG's CEO. The
new order underscores the forecast issued by the Managing Board at
the end of February; SMT Scharf is aiming to record further growth in
revenues and EBIT for the coming years.

Company profile

The SMT Scharf Group develops, builds and maintains rail-bound
railway systems for mining and use in tunnels. The trains are used
all over the world, primarily in hard coal mines, gold mines and in
underground mining for platinum, diamonds, copper and nickel. They
are used to transport material and personnel with working loads of up
to 35t. Rail-bound trains are the only means of transport that can be
used underground on branching lines to cope with inclines of more
than 13 degrees. The SMT Scharf Group has subsidiaries in Germany,
Poland, South Africa, China and Russia, as well as agencies around
the world. The railways developed by SMT Scharf are characterized,
above all, by high-performance engines, high working loads, high
speed and low operating and maintenance costs. SMT Scharf records
more than 70% of its revenues in high-growth foreign markets such as
Russia, China and South Africa. The replacement parts and repairs
business constitutes around 50% of revenues. The advances in
exploitation of resources make underground conditions increasingly
difficult which in turn requires more high technology transport
solutions in mining. The total market for underground transport
technology comprises around EUR 5 billion to EUR 7 billion per year
according to company estimates. SMT Scharf AG has been listed in the
Prime Standard (regulated market) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
since April 11, 2007.

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