EANS-News: ANDRITZ acquires Royal GMF-Gouda, Netherlands

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Graz (euro adhoc) - Graz, October 30, 2012. International technology
Group ANDRITZ has acquired Royal GMF-Gouda (Goudsche Machinefabriek)
with headquarters in Waddinxveen, Netherlands, including its
operations in Germany, France, China, Singapore, Indonesia, and the
USA. The company has around 140 employees in total and generates
annual sales of approximately 40 MEUR. It was agreed not to disclose
the purchase price.

Royal GMF-Gouda is one of the leading manufacturers of drying
solutions, mainly drum dryers and paddle dryers for the food industry
(e.g. baby food), the chemical industry, and the municipal sector of
the environmental industry. The company complements and extends the
range of products and services of the ANDRITZ SEPARATION business
area in the drying sector. The company's integration into the
international ANDRITZ sales network will open up growth opportunities
for Royal GMF-Gouda, both geographically and in terms of customers.

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The ANDRITZ GROUP International technology Group ANDRITZ is a
globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and services for
hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, solid/liquid
separation in the municipal and industrial sectors, the steel
industry, and the production of animal feed and biomass pellets. In
addition, ANDRITZ offers technologies for other sectors including
automation, pumps, machinery for nonwovens and plastic films, steam
boiler plants, biomass boilers and gasification plants for energy
generation, flue gas cleaning plants, plants for the production of
panelboard (MDF), thermal sludge utilization, and torrefaction
plants. The publicly listed ANDRITZ GROUP is headquartered in Graz,
Austria and has a staff of more than 17,400 employees worldwide.
ANDRITZ operates over 180 production sites as well as service and
sales companies all around the world.

ANDRITZ SEPARATION ANDRITZ SEPARATION is one of the leading global
suppliers of plants and equipment for mechanical solid/liquid
separation of municipal and industrial sludges, for suspensions in
many different industries (coal, ore and mineral processing,
chemical, petrochemical and food industries) and for biomass (wood,
bagasse, paper, fiber and deinking sludges, rejects), as well as for
subsequent thermal drying of these products. Its field of activity
covers planning and manufacture of key components and turnkey plants
(thickeners and screens for sewage and effluent treatment,
centrifuges, drum and disc filters, belt and filter presses for
dewatering, as well as plants for drying and incineration of sludge),
installation and start-up of complete plants, the entire automation
and safety engineering, as well as services.

Further inquiry note:
Dr. Michael Buchbauer
Head of Group Treasury, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 316 6902 2979
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:michael.buchbauer@andritz.com

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company: Andritz AG
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phone: +43 (0)316 6902-0
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sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT0000730007
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