19.11.2008 – 10:43

LPKF Laser & Electronics AG

LPKF Laser & Electronics AG receives China Trader Award

Garbsen (euro adhoc) -

Outstanding commitment in one of the world’s most important economies

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Garbsen, 19 November 2008 - LPKF Laser &
Electronics AG has been doing business in China for over 20 years, 
and now runs five successful offices with almost 60 employees in the 
country. By selling laser systems for stencil production, the company
has slashed the market share of the old and complicated chemical 
etching method from 100% to less than 30%. And the installation of 
several hundred PCB prototyping systems has also made a considerable 
contribution to cutting environmental pollution by dispensing with 
the use of chemicals.

This economic and environmentally sound commitment was honoured 
yesterday in the Metzlersaal of the Städel Art Gallery in 
Frankfurt/Germany by Tony Tyler, Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific 
Airways. "The China Trader Award has now been awarded for the second 
time also in Germany, and we are very proud to have been nominated 
for the award by such a high ranking jury," says Chairman of the 
Board of Managing Directors, Bernd Hackmann, accepting the trophy in 
Frankfurt. "Our involvement in this expanding market not only opens 
up excellent opportunities for the whole LPKF Group, but also 
involves an important element of corporate social responsibility." In
addition to dispensing with the use of chemicals by replacing the old
method with laser technology, the laser specialist from 
Garbsen/Germany is also a player in the worldwide expansion of the 
solar energy sector. The development of laser systems for the 
production of thin-film solar panels is the company´s most recent 
successful venture into another growth segment.

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Further inquiry note:

Ulrike Thoms-von Meding

LPKF Laser & Electronics AG

Tel.: +49(0)5131 7095 326

u.thomsvonmeding@lpkf.de

Branche: Semiconductors & active components
ISIN: DE0006450000
WKN: 645000
Index: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technologie All Share
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