EANS-News: BAUER Aktiengesellschaft / BAUER Group contracted to install cut-off wall to strengthen Sylvenstein Dam

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Schrobenhausen (euro adhoc) - In February 2012 the Free State of
Bavaria contracted BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH, a company of the BAUER
Group, to install a cut-off wall down to a depth of 70 metres as part
of modernization work on the Sylvenstein Dam. Chairman of the
Management Board of BAUER AG Professor Thomas Bauer comments: "We
have successfully carried out numerous dam remediation and
strengthening projects all over the world. We are very pleased now to
be contributing our expertise and equipment resources to what is
currently one of the largest flood protection projects in southern
Germany."

Sylvenstein reservoir, with a water capacity of up to 125 million
cubic metres, is the oldest reservoir in Bavaria, and is the state's
most important dam in terms of flood protection. The dam core was
first strengthened back in the 1980s. In the 1990s it was raised
higher - a project in which Bauer was also involved. After over 50
years in service, the first phase of the most recent strengthening
project on the Sylvenstein Dam was began in summer 2011, including
work to widen the dam top several metres for the necessary equipment
to be put in place.

In May 2012 BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH will start the most extensive
phase of the project: installing a total of 10,000 square metres of
soilcrete diaphragm wall to seal the dam core, stretching along a
length of 170 metres and extending as much as 25 metres beneath the
dam into the former bed of the River Isar. The work, which is
scheduled for completion in November 2012, will be carried out by a
BC 40 cutter unit mounted on a MC 128 base carrier as well as two MC
64 foundation cranes for grab excavation and concreting. The contract
is worth around EUR 11.5 million.

About Bauer

Bauer is a provider of services, machinery and ancillary products in
the earth-working and groundwater fields. The Group markets its
products and services all over the world. Its global spread allows it
to remain largely unaffected by fluctuating business cycles.

The operations of the Group are divided into three segments:
Construction, Equipment and Resources. The Construction segment
carries out specialist foundation engineering work all over the
world, developing foundation and excavation projects as well as
providing related construction services. In its Equipment segment, in
which it is the world market leader, Bauer offers an extensive range
of machinery, equipment and tools for specialist foundation
engineering and related fields of activity. The Resources segment
encompasses the Group's operations in the exploitation of raw
materials, in environmental technology, in geothermal drilling
operations and also in equipment for wells (including pumps and
drills, screens and casings).

Bauer profits greatly from the collaboration between its three
separate segments, enabling the Group to position itself as an
innovative, highly specialized provider of complete solutions and
services for demanding projects on the specialist foundation
engineering and related markets.

Founded in 1790, Bauer today generates around three quarters of its
total revenues outside of Germany. Employing some 9,100 people, the
Group's total revenues in 2010 were EUR 1.30 billion (previous year:
EUR 1.28 billion). BAUER Aktiengesellschaft has been listed on the
official market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since July 4, 2006
(Prime Standard, ISIN DE0005168108).

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Further inquiry note:
Christopher Wolf
Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 8252 97 1797
E-Mail: christopher.wolf@bauer.de

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