DGAP-News: Balda AG: Dr. Dirk Eichelberger joins Balda’s Managing Board
12.10.2007
Balda AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
12.10.2007 10:35
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Bad Oeynhausen, October 12, 2007. The Supervisory Board of Balda AG
appointed Dr. Dirk Eichelberger as a member of the company’s Managing
Board. With effect from November 1, 2007 Dr. Eichelberger is taking
over from Volker Brinkmann, to date chief financial officer. Brinkmann
is leaving the company as of October 31, 2007 to take on a new position.
‘Balda owes a great debt of gratitude to Volker Brinkmann. He has con-
tributed substantially shaping the course of the company over many years
and has played a major role in the successful development of our company
into a global high-tech group. We regret that he is leaving Balda and we
wish him every success and the very best for the future,’ said Richard
Roy, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Balda AG, in Bad Oeynhausen.
‘With his specific expertise and experience, above all in the Asian growth
markets, Dr. Dirk Eichelberger can build on what has already been achieved
and help press ahead with our growth’, added Roy.
Dr. Eichelberger, 43, held a number of leading management positions at
the REHAU Group, last of all as CEO Central Europe. As a member of the
Group Executive Board he was also the CFO of the group. He studied eco-
nomics and political sciences in Bonn and Kiel, and was awarded his doc-
torate in Switzerland. His international experience and his many years
of activity in the Asian growth regions are particularly valuable for
Balda, which is increasingly devoting itself to these markets.
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Company profile Balda AG
The internationally operating Balda Group develops and produces highly
integrated devices comprising plastic, metal and electronic components,
among other things for touch sensors. Among the customers of the SDAX
listed company are international brand-names from the mobile telephony
industry, medical technology and various related markets.
The integration of plastic and touch screen technologies creates comple-
tely new customer benefits. Only Balda currently offers both technologies
from one source on a global scale. The group has a strong position in the
important growth markets China and India and owns four production facili-
ties in the region. Five additional manufacturing facilities in Germany,
Brazil, Hungary and Malaysia underline the group’s global competitive
position.
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If you have any questions please contact: Balda AG, Clas Röhl, Phone: +49
(0) 5734 922 – 2728, Fax: +49 (0) 5734 922 – 2691, Mail: croehl@balda.de,
Internet: www.balda.de
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This press announcement includes ‘forward-looking statements’ which are
based on the current expectations of the management of Balda. They are
subject to risks and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend
on circumstances that will occur in the future, such as, for example,
developments in the mobile communications industry, changes in technology
and the ability to timely and successfully develop new products and various
other factors. Balda does not undertake any obligation to update publicly
or revise forward-looking statements except to the extent legally required.
This press announcement is not an offer of securities for sale or a
solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States or
elsewhere. The shares in Balda AG (the ‘Shares’) may not be offered or sold
in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons
(as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the ‘Securities Act’)) unless registered under the
Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from such registration. The
Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act.
If you have any questions please contact: Balda AG, Clas Röhl, Phone: +49
(0) 5734 922 – 2728, Fax: +49 (0) 5734 922 – 2691, Mail: croehl@balda.de,
Internet: www.balda.de
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Language: English
Company: Balda AG
Bergkirchener Str. 228
32549 Bad Oeynhausen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 57 34 / 9 22-0
Fax: +49 (0) 57 34 / 9 22-2604
E-mail: info@Balda.de
Internet: www.balda.de
ISIN: DE0005215107
WKN: 521510
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart
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