Press Release

SURTECO optimizes production network in North America

Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen, 2 February 2015 - SURTECO SE - one of the leading manufacturers of decorative surface materials - has taken a further step towards simplifying its corporate structure within the framework of its long-term strategy. The impregnating plant located in Biscoe/USA was taken over by SURTECO when the Süddekor Group was acquired at the end of 2013 and this facility has now been sold to wood-based materials manufacturer Arauco North America in the course of this restructuring. In future, SURTECO will concentrate its production activities for impregnates in North America at its location in East Longmeadow/USA where capacity has already been expanded.

This step will enable SURTECO to continue its goal of continuous improvement in the internal processes directed towards cost reduction and optimising the utilisation of capacities.

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Profile of SURTECO
SURTECO SE, Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen, is a leading international specialist for surface technologies. The product portfolio includes papers printed with decorative designs, impregnated products, release paers, decorative flat foils and edgebandings based on specialist papers for technical applications and plastics. The extensive product portfolio is completed by skirtings made of plastic, technical extrusions for industry and do-it-yourself ranges and shutter systems.
The Group currently has a workforce of appr. 2,700 and manufactures at 20 sites on four continents, currently generating approximately 30 % of sales in Germany, 45 % in European countries outside Germany and the remainder in America, Asia and Australia. Customers of SURTECO generally come from the wood based materials, flooring and furnishing industry and the interior industry.
The shares of SURTECO SE are listed on the official market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt and Munich Stock Exchanges under the ticker symbol SUR and ISIN DE0005176903. They are also traded on the stock markets in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart. The stock is listed on the SDAX of Deutsche Börse.

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