EANS-Information of Significance: Binder+Co again moves up a gear in the first half of 2011

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17.08.2011

Gleisdorf, August 17, 2011. Binder+Co, the innovative machine and
plant manufacturer from Gleisdorf in Austria, closed the first half
of the 2011 financial year in successful manner. Company sales
revenues were 31% higher at EUR 33.59 million and EBIT was 35% up at
EUR 3.03 million. Order intake rose by 45% to EUR 43.08 million and
order backlog increased by 53% to EUR 33.46 million. In addition,
Binder+Co continued its group expansion with the acquisition of the
Italian mechanical engineering company Comec.

In view of these facts, Karl Grabner, from the Binder+Co Management
Board is well pleased: “We can not only reflect with satisfaction on
a successful first half-year in 2011, but the upturn in order intake
also allows us to view the future with optimism.”

In the first half of 2011, Binder+Co, which is an internationally
successful specialist in the fields of processing, environmental and
packaging technology, was able to maintain the upward order intake
trend, which commenced in the middle of 2010. All in all, in the
period from January to June 2011, the company captured new orders
worth EUR 43.08 million, which as compared to the figure for the
first six months of the last year represented an increase of 45.4%.
On this basis, Binder+Co achieved a marked increase in sales revenues
to EUR 33.59 million (H1/2010: EUR 25.72 million). EBIT also improved
considerably over the preceding year, rising to EUR 3.03 million
(H1/2010: EUR 2.24 million).

This positive development derived from single machine, spare part and
service business offering healthy margins. Therefore, the shift away
from large-volume, longer-term system and plant business towards
short-term, single orders, which commenced with the economic crisis
in the preceding years, was prolonged. However, the Environmental and
Packaging Technology Segments again obtained more extensive system
orders during the first half of 2011.

Clear upturn in all product segments With sales revenues of EUR 16.25
million, the Processing Technology Segment, which specializes in
drying, screening and sorting machinery for the construction
materials and minerals industries, again provided almost a half of
total company revenues in the first six months of 2011 (H1/2010: EUR
13.18 million). Borne by solid single machine and spare part
business, the Segment’s EBIT contribution rose to EUR 1.72 million
and was thus markedly higher than that of the preceding year
(H1/2010: EUR 1.11 million). Order intake increased to EUR 13.92
million (H1/2010: EUR 9.65 million) and continued to derive mainly
from single machine, spare part and service business.

At EUR 11.90 million, sales revenues in the Environmental Technology
Segment, which focuses on sorting machines for glass and plastics
recycling, were well up on the preceding year (H1/2010: EUR 8.30
million). Accordingly, Segment EBIT also improved to EUR 1.10 million
(H1/2010: EUR 0.89 million). Order intake in the first six months of
2011 continued to consist largely of complete systems and numerous
projects involving the enlargement of existing capacity. The first
half of 2011 also witnessed a considerable strengthening of order
intake from the solid level of the previous year to EUR 19.30 million
(H1/2010: EUR 13.93 million).

During the first half of 2011, the Packaging Technology Segment,
which manufactures high-performance open mouth bagging machinery, had
sales revenues of EUR 5.44 million (H1/2010: EUR 4.24 million) and
thus confirmed its positive progress since 2008. The mixture of
single machine orders with healthy margins and the completion of
large-volume systems orders from 2010 provided an EBIT contribution
of EUR 0.21 million, which corresponded with the EUR 0.24 million of
last year. Order intake developed in a highly positive manner and
with a total of EUR 9.86 million, surpassed the 2010 value of EUR
6.05 million by EUR 3.81 million. Spare part and service business in
the first six months of 2011 was also well up on that for the
comparable period of 2010.

Marked improvement in the order situation Binder+Co order backlog at
the end of June 2011 stood at EUR 33.46 million, which was 53.1%
higher than the comparable figure for the preceding year (June 30,
2010: EUR 21.85 million). On the basis of this positive trend, the
management assumes that during the current financial year, Binder+Co
will surpass the sales revenue and result figures for 2010.

Furthermore, the second half-year should see initial positive
impulses emanate from the acquisition of the Italian mechanical
engineering company, Comec, which was completed on July 11, 2011.

Workforce enlarged The upturn in key business indicators was
reflected by a sizeable increase in workforce numbers. As at June 30,
2011 these totalled 253, a rise of 14.5% over the 221 of the previous
year.

The Binder+Co share price shows a positive trend During the first
half of 2011, the price of the Binder+Co share, which is traded on
the mid market of the Vienna Stock Exchange, again showed
considerable gains. Having started 2011 at a level of EUR 15.90, by
June 30, the share price had climbed to EUR 23.00, which constituted
an increase of 44.7%.

The Binder+Co Group Binder+Co AG is a specialist in the field of
processing, environmental and packaging technology and the world
market leader in the screening and glass recycling segments. The
company was listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange at the end of 2006
and is now part of the third market in the mid market segment.
Binder+Co was awarded the 2010 Austrian National Innovation Prize for
its development of the world’s first industrially mature system for
the sorting of heat-resistant special glass from recycling cullets.
Moreover, the Binder+Co Group recently expanded its product range in
the crushing technology area through the incorporation of
Comec-Binder S.r.l.

Further inquiry note:
Inquiries
Karl Grabner, Member of the Management Board
Telephone: +43/3112/800-363

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issuer: Binder+Co Aktiengesellschaft
Grazerstraße 19-25
A-8200 Gleisdorf
phone: +43 3112 800-363
FAX: +43 3112 800-320
mail: karl.grabner@binder-co.at
WWW: www.binder-co.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT000BINDER3
indexes: mid market
stockmarkets: Third Market: Wien
language: English