EANS-News: LPKF raises the bar higher

Boom in orders in first half – German laser specialist raises
turnover and
earnings target for 2010 again

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quarterly report/Half-year financial report 2010

Subtitle: Boom in orders in first half – German laser specialist
raises turnover and earnings target for 2010 again

Garbsen (euro adhoc) - Garbsen, 13 August 2010 - LPKF Laser &
Electronics AG has boosted its turnover in the first six months of
the ongoing financial year to EUR 37 million. This corresponds to
a rise of 63 % compared to the first half in 2009. Quarterly
earnings before interest and tax exceeded the expectations at
EUR 8 million, and an EBIT margin of 23 %. The company generated a
turnover of EUR 19 million in the second quarter alone, generating
an EBIT of EUR 4 million

Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors Dr. Ingo Bretthauer
assesses the development in the first half of the year as revealing
a significant broadening of the foundations for growth. "LPKF is
enjoying a growth trend which is now being boosted by the dawning
recovery of the overall economy. The LPKF Group is profiting in all
of its segments from the increasing demand for high-tech
production solutions."

Against the background of the stabilization of the overall economic
conditions, and the continuing excellent level of orders, the Board
of Managing Directors has raised the turnover forecast for the
ongoing financial year to at least EUR 68 million, and set the
target EBIT margin higher, to at least 17 %.

Cutting & Structuring Lasers made the biggest contribution to the
expansion in business with a year-on-year growth of 142 %, primarily
due to the strong business with laser direct structuring systems
(LDS). The systems delivered to date have proven effective under real
production conditions, to the extent that LDS technology has now
established a leading position in the production of smartphone
antennae. There is also growing demand for the LDS method for the
production of laptop antennae and sensoric components in the
automotive sector.

At the beginning of June, LPKF reported a major order totaling nearly
EUR 6 million for laser systems for depanelling printed circuit
boards. Laser depanelling systems open up new options for PCB
manufacturers. This is seen by the LPKF Group as a business with very
promising growth potential.

The other segments also enjoyed a positive development in business
activity in the first half. Positive signals are also increasingly
coming from the business with laser systems for scribing thin-film
solar panels. In the light of the current recovery, the Board
of Managing Directors considers the Thin-film Technologies
Segment to have good medium term growth opportunities in a dynamic
market.

The high capacity utilization in Garbsen in particular, and
the expected growth, has to be matched by investment, especially in
development, service and production. Money will also be invested
this year and next in new buildings and rebuilding measures at the
Garbsen site.

LPKF Laser & Electronics AG is a leading international group of
companies specialized in laser systems for micro-material
processing. Founded in 1976, the Group has its headquarters in
Garbsen near Hannover in Germany, and does business around the
world together with its subsidiaries and representatives. LPKF has
430 employees around the world, of which 200 are in Garbsen.
The shares in LPKF Laser & Electronics AG are traded on the Prime
Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN 0006450000).

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LPKF Laser & Electronics AG

Bettina Schäfer, Investor Relations

Tel: (05131) 7095-382

Branche: Semiconductors & active components
ISIN: DE0006450000
WKN: 645000
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