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DGAP-News: Nanogate equity holding Vogler increases capacities and expands range of services

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02.03.2016 10:42

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Nanogate equity holding Vogler increases capacities and expands range of services

New coating facility for multi-dimensional components is more flexible and performs better than previous generation - Further investments planned - Group focusing strongly on expanding technology portfolio

Göttelborn, Germany, 2 March 2016. Nanogate AG, a leading international integrated systems provider for high-performance surfaces, is progressing with the expansion of its technology portfolio. Its Vogler GmbH subsidiary, based in Lüdenscheid, will be putting a new coating facility - more flexible and better performing than the previous machine - into operation in the second quarter of 2016. By comparison, the new production line offers significantly greater capacity and a broader range of applications. Further investments in the Nanogate subsidiary, which was acquired in 2014, are planned for the current 2016 financial year. The volume at Vogler runs into the low single-digit millions. In parallel, Nanogate is continuing the expansion of its application portfolio, also across the Group. This primarily includes the expansion of the new technology platform for the multifunctional metallisation of surfaces, marketed under the N-Metals Chrome brand. Production is scheduled to begin this year.

Nanogate AG's CEO, Ralf Zastrau, commented: "Components with high-quality designs and perfect optical quality are in great demand for many applications, such as in the car industry, for example. The new coating facility means that the Nanogate Group is well positioned to supply customers with multi-dimensional components. Additional applications and technologies, including, for example, the new platform for the multifunctional metallisation of surfaces under the N-Metals Chrome brand, are important pillars of our Phase5 growth strategy. In the medium term, Nanogate is aiming to exceed EUR 100 million in sales and to increase its profitability. Across the Group, significant funds are therefore flowing into new technologies and into opening up new, international markets, in order to continue the Group's course of growth over the medium and long term. In the 2015 financial year already, the Group recorded strong demand thanks to its broad applications portfolio, which meant that we were able to raise the annual forecast at the beginning of November. We also recorded strong end-of-year business."

Expansion of the technology portfolio The new coating technology of subsidiary Vogler GmbH in Lüdenscheid (North Rhine-Westphalia) can also enhance complex components (2.5D components), thereby significantly expanding the company's range of applications. A flexible and efficient technology is employed that significantly increases capacity over the previous machine. The new facility is scheduled to go into full operation in the second quarter of 2016; production is gradually restarting at present. Despite the high level of demand, the company has ensured that all customers have received full service since the beginning of the changeover period in November 2015. Nanogate acquired the surface specialist Vogler in the summer of 2014. Vogler specialises in technically advanced coatings for decorative and transparent, multifunctional surfaces.

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Nanogate AG: Nanogate (ISIN DE000A0JKHC9) is a leading international integrated systems provider for high-performance surfaces. The Group, which is based in Göttelborn (Saarland), enables the programming and integration of additional properties - such as non-stick, scratchproof and anti-corrosive - into materials and surfaces. True to its slogan 'A world of new surfaces', Nanogate opens up the diverse possibilities of multifunctional surfaces based on new materials for companies in a wide range of industries.

Nanogate provides its customers with technologically and optically high-quality systems. To do so, the company uses its extensive knowledge of innovative materials and processing procedures. The aim is to improve customers' products and processes by means of high-performance surfaces while achieving environmental benefits. The Group concentrates on attractive sectors such as automotive/transport, mechanical/plant engineering, buildings/interiors and sport/leisure as well as on the strategic growth areas of advanced polymers and advanced metals. Nanogate has a unique combination of extensive materials expertise paired with comprehensive, first-class process and production know-how. As a systems provider, Nanogate offers services throughout the entire value chain, from the purchase of raw materials, to the synthesis and formulation of the material systems, right through to the enhancement and production of the finished surfaces. The Group focuses primarily on optically high-quality plastic and metal coatings for all surface types (two and three-dimensional components). Its value drivers are the opening up of new, international markets, the development of new applications for the strategic growth areas of advanced polymers (innovative plastics, e.g. glazing) and advanced metals (innovative metal enhancements, primarily energy efficiency) as well as external growth. In the medium term, Nanogate also intends to achieve a considerable revenue share from environmentally friendly systems and processes.

The Nanogate Group has first-class references (e.g. Airbus, Audi, August Brötje, BMW, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte, Daimler, FILA, Jaguar, Junkers, Porsche, Volkswagen). Several hundred projects have already gone into mass production. The company also has strategic partnerships with many international corporations. Nanogate comprises Eurogard B.V., GfO Gesellschaft für Oberflächentechnik AG, Nanogate Industrial Solutions GmbH, Nanogate Textile & Care Systems GmbH, Nanogate Glazing Systems B.V., Vogler GmbH and a majority stake in Plastic-Design GmbH.

Disclaimer: This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to buy securities. The shares in Nanogate 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")). No offer or sale of transferable securities is being made to the public outside Germany.

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