Excellent Year for TRUMPF

“We are extremely satisfied with the overall development. Despite the slumping economy in Germany, we were still able to hit double-digit growth. In the US and in Eastern Europe, we benefited from a very favorable investment climate. And Western Europe, which has suffered from a weak economy during the last three years, showed substantial improvement,“ commented Professor Berthold Leibinger, President of the TRUMPF Group, on the regions where the company experienced growth.

The Group’s Machine Tool business division widened its lead worldwide by recording sales of about € 1.2 billion. This is an increase of about 16 percent. The TRUMPF Electronic/Medical Technology and Power Tools business divisions also recorded high rates of growth. The company is expecting a considerable increase in earnings. In the 2003/2004 fiscal year, earnings before taxes amounted to € 92 million. The number of employees increased worldwide by 4 percent to more than 6,100. In Germany TRUMPF created 67 new jobs, outside Germany 161.

TRUMPF will announce its final earnings figures for the 2004/2005 fiscal year at its annual press conference to be held on October 19, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in Ditzingen.

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TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG (www.trumpf.com)
The TRUMPF Group is one of the world`s leading companies in manufacturing technology. The four divisions – Machine Tools, Laser Technology, Electronics/Medical Technology, and Power Tools - are connected under the umbrella of the TRUMPF Group holding company. The core business is flexible and precise sheet metal processing: punching and forming, laser processing and bending. The company, headquartered in Ditzingen near Stuttgart, Germany, is the world market leader and the technological leader in the area of industrial lasers and laser systems. With more than 40 subsidiaries and facilities, the TRUMPF Group is present in almost every European country, in North and South America, as well as in Asia. Production facilities are located in Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Taiwan, China and the United States.