SMT Scharf AG acquires two new orders from China

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Hamm (euro adhoc) - January 27, 2009 - SMT Scharf AG (German
Securities Code (WKN) 575198, ISIN DE0005751986), technology and
world market leader for rail-bound railway systems for the mining
sector, has acquired two new orders from China. The two orders have a
total value in excess of EUR 2 million and are to be shipped during
the current fiscal year 2009.

A hard coal mine in Shandong province on China's east coast has
ordered a DZ 1800 train. This is primarily to be used to move face
equipment underground together with another DZ 1800 train which the
mine ordered in September 2008. Excellent experience from the very
outset with SMT Scharf's successful transport technology quickly
convinced this customer to also order the second train that it needed
from the company. This mining group has more than 40 hard coal mines
in Shandong and other provinces in China.

Another hard coal mine in the northern province of Shanxi ordered two
rack-and-pinion trains. SMT Scharf had presented this product for the
first time in November 2007 at the mining technology and equipment
fair China Coal & Mining Expo 2007. Russian customers began to order
this future-proof technology since May 2008, and SMT Scharf has now
also been able to place it in China for the first time. This customer
decided to use a rail-bound rack-and-pinion railway due to the
unfavorable geology in this mine and the heavy weights of up to 27
tons that have to be transported underground. Other mines in the same
group have already been using SMT Scharf's monorail hanging railways
since 2003.

"We are very pleased to have acquired our first Chinese reference
customer for our highly flexible rack-and-pinion railway," commented
Dr. Friedrich Trautwein, SMT Scharf AG's CEO. "We continue to have
great expectations for this technology in future. Chinese customers
in particular attach great importance to their equipment´s
reliability in operations, and that is precisely what SMT Scharf's
trains stand for." Trautwein added: "That is why we believe that
there is significant growth potential for the coming years for SMT
Scharf, in particular in countries such as China, Russia and South
Africa, where mining will continue to be a key element of their
economic development."

Company profile

The SMT Scharf Group develops, builds and maintains rail-bound
railway systems for mining and use in tunnels. The trains are used
all over the world, primarily in hard coal mines, gold mines and in
underground mining for platinum, diamonds, copper and nickel. They
are used to transport material and personnel with working loads of up
to 35t. Rail-bound trains are the only means of transport that can be
used underground on branching lines to cope with inclines of more
than 13 degrees. The SMT Scharf Group has subsidiaries in Germany,
Poland, South Africa, China and Russia, as well as agencies around
the world. The railways developed by SMT Scharf are characterized,
above all, by high-performance engines, high working loads, high
speed and low operating and maintenance costs. SMT Scharf records
more than 70% of its revenues over the course of the year on
high-growth foreign markets, such as Russia, China and South Africa.
The replacement parts and repairs business constitutes around 50% of
revenues. The advances in exploitation of resources make underground
conditions increasingly difficult which in turn requires more high
technology transport solutions in mining. The total market for
underground transport technology comprises around EUR 5 billion to
EUR 7 billion per year according to company estimates. SMT Scharf AG
has been listed in the Prime Standard (regulated market) of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange since April 11, 2007.

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