EANS-News: Balda AG / wins Samsung as a new customer

12.08.2010
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Bad Oeynhausen (euro adhoc) – Balda AG wins Samsung as a new customer

Production starts in August and will reach high volume by early 2011

Bad Oeynhausen, 12 August 2010 – The MobileCom division of Balda AG, listed in
the SDax of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has won the mobile phone division of
the Korean technology manufacturer Samsung as a new customer. From its
production site in Beijing, Balda will produce finished systems made from
plastic for Samsung mobile phone housings. The production will start in the
coming weeks and reach large volumes by the beginning of 2011. In addition,
Balda is currently in negotiations with two other Asian customers. ‘By winning
Samsung as a new customer we bring our goal one significant step closer – to
diversify our customer portfolio and minimize the risk of dependence on
individual customers,’ said Michael Sienkiewicz, CEO of Balda AG

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Company Profile Balda AG
The Balda Group develops and produces complete plastic assemblies, electronic
products and products for the medical industry. The customers of Balda are
leaders in business from the mobile, entertainment and electronic communications
as well as pharmaceutical and medical technology markets.
The group has an international position with product sites in China, Malaysia
and Germany. A subsidiary in the United States serves North American customers
in product design and development. As part of a shareholding in a leading
manufacturer of touch screens in China, Balda participates in the dynamic touch
screen displays market.

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This corporate news 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 corporate news 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.

Further inquiry note:
Clas Röhl
Tel.: +49 (0) 5734 922-2728
croehl@balda.de

issuer: Balda AG
Bergkirchener Str. 228
D-32549 Bad Oeynhausen
phone: +49 (0) 5734 9 22-0
FAX: +49 (0) 5734 922-2747
mail: info@balda.de
WWW: ¿U1http://www.balda.de¿U0
sector: Semiconductors & active components
ISIN: DE0005215107
indexes: CDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English