Ad hoc announcement: Interroll expands production of belt curves in Europe

Future operations in Kronau will be run by the Interroll Kronau GmbH. Managing Directors of this company will be Michael Kuhn and Bernhard Kraus who keeps his position as Managing Director at Interroll Automation GmbH in Sinsheim/Germany. Affected by the purchase are about 40 employees of Ortner GmbH who will get the opportunity to join the Interroll Group.

„This acquisition is a further step on our way to consequently strengthen our position as a world leader in belt curve solutions. As with our competence centers in Cañon City/USA and in Shenzhen/China which already serve our customers in the Americas and Asia, respectively, we will now deliver our belt curves to the European market from an enlarged production site in Europe. The purchase is an important element of our strategy to provide our high-quality solutions in identical quality to customers all over the world. The purchased parts of Ortner are modern and technically well-equipped, are operating on high quality standards and have a profound expertise. Furthermore, the new site located nearby our existing competence center for conveyors and sorters in Sinsheim/Germany offers in the long run the opportunity for further enhancements,“ says Paul Zumbühl, Chief Executive Officer of Interroll.

“The integration of the divisions shaping of sheet and coating of Ortner GmbH in the world‘s leading Interroll Group opens up excellent perspectives for the site and the respective employees in the future. At the same time, the acquisition caters for an even stronger focus of the Ortner GmbH on its core business in the fields of fitness equipment and the production of swimming pools,“ declares Martin Ortner, Managing Director of Ortner GmbH.

The Interroll Portec Belt Curve which will be manufactured in Kronau is designed to offer high performance and trouble-free operation in various applications and can be used virtually anywhere, for small parcels in the CEP sector to baggage handling at the airport. The belt curve already ensures smooth and efficient operation and secure baggage handling at more than 80 percent of all airports in the United States, but also at international airports, in Beijing or Shanghai Pudong, for example. Interroll Portec solutions are also used in distribution centers and by courier and postal services, as well as in the area of e-commerce. Companies like DHL, FedEx, UPS and S.F. Express, for example, rely on these high-performance belt curves.

In 2013, Interroll expanded its global portfolio in the area of highly efficient belt curves and other conveyor solutions with the acquisition of the leading US manufacturer of belt curves, Portec, based in Cañon City, Colorado, USA. Today, Cañon City is the Global Center of Excellence for belt curve solutions within the Interroll Group.

Contacts:

Paul Zumbühl, CEO Interroll Worldwide Group

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Erwin Teichmann

Head of Communications and Investor Relations
Interroll (Schweiz) AG

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+41 91 850 25 21

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