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Financial Figures/Balance Sheet

07.03.2013

Press Release / Main Company Information

Gleisdorf, March 7, 2012

Binder+Co continued to grow in 2012 - sales revenues up by 6.7% and
order intake 13.8% above the value of the preceding year

Karl Grabner, from the Binder+Co Management Board: “2012 was again a
year of growth for Binder+Co in two regards, as we not only achieved
pleasing increases in sales revenues and order intake, but also
invested further in internationalization. With the foundation in
January 2013 of Binder+Co Machinery (Tianjin) Ltd. we took another
important step in our transition from being a Styrian SME into an
international company group.”

Inconsistent market environment Overall the economic environment for
Binder+Co’s mechanical engineering business in 2012 presented an
extremely varied picture. System and plant business in the Packaging
Technology Segments picked up considerably and demand in the
Processing Technology and Environmental Technology Segments remained
stable, if largely limited to single machine and spare part business.

Sales growth Binder+Co achieved sales revenues of EUR 87.16 million
in 2012, which were thus 6.7% up on the previous year. A decisive
factor in this increase was the steady growth of single machine,
services and spare part business. EBIT for the period under report
amounted to EUR 8.41 million and was therefore only slightly down on
the 2011 figure of EUR 8.54 million, whereby the latter was subject
to the positive influence of non-periodic income of EUR 1.3 million.

As in the previous year, during 2012 the Processing Technology
Segment was characterized by single machines, service and spare part
business offering solid margins. By contrast, large-volume system and
plant business was subject to massive price pressure and came to a
virtual halt in the regions served by Binder+Co. Nonetheless, as a
result of the extension of its competence to include comminuting
technology, Binder+Co was able to obtain a number of systems orders
in both its domestic Austrian and neighbouring German markets.
Moreover, the course of business for Comec-Binder S.r.l. in northern
Africa was particularly satisfactory. Bublon GmbH, which commenced
its marketing activities in 2012, was unable to book any sales
revenues. All in all, Segment sales amounted to EUR 42.08 million,
which represented 48.3% of total revenues.

Demand in the Environmental Technology Segment during 2012 remained
stable. Binder+Co succeeded in acquiring several interesting,
international projects with a focus on western Europe. Moreover, the
Group’s leading market position was secured by its recently developed
sensor units for the identification of the lead content in cullet and
the sorting of heat-resistant special glass. With sales of EUR 29.75
million, the Segment provided 34.1% of total revenues.

Owing to the steady expansion of the product range since 2008, in
2012 the Packaging Technology know-how concentrated in the
independent subsidiary Statec Binder GmbH experienced a leap in
demand, which was reflected by a marked improvement in order intake.
Contracts with a total value of EUR 28.15 million were acquired
worldwide (2011: EUR 16.20 million) and at the same time Segment
sales amounted to EUR 15.33 million (2011: EUR 14.99 million) and
therefore represented 17.6% of Group revenues.

Export business continues to be of major significance Consolidated
international sales during the period under review provided 91.1%
(2011: 88.9%) of total revenues. With a share of sales revenues of
47.5%, western Europe (excluding Austria) was again the largest sales
market, followed by Asia and Australia with 20.5%. Central and
eastern Europe (CEE and CIS) provided 9.9% of sales revenues, Africa
9.3% and the Americas 3.9%.

Strong demand in the fourth quarter of 2012 Binder+Co started the
2012 financial year with a good order backlog cushion of EUR 28.83
million. Solid demand in the first three quarters was subsequently
followed by new order intake in the fourth quarter of EUR 33.63
million. As a result, order intake in 2012 amounted to EUR 98.53
million, which was 13.8% up on the figure for the preceding year
(2011: EUR 86.58 million). Consequently, order backlog as at December
31, 2012 stood at a new record level of EUR 40.16 million.

Since mid-January Binder+Co is also at home in China The required
documentation for the foundation of the fully owned Binder+Co
Machinery (Tianjin) Ltd. subsidiary was submitted in December 2012
and on January 16, 2013, the Chinese authorities promptly issued a
business licence, which means that operations can commence at any
time. The new subsidiary will serve Binder+Co as a sales, service and
assembly location and will be used initially for the production of
screening machines for the Chinese coal mining industry. However,
subsequently the new base is to be used to gradually increase access
to the Chinese recycling industry.

Positive Binder+Co share price development In line with the ATX,
during the period under review the price of the Binder+Co share
developed in a most positive manner. Starting from a level of EUR
21.32, the price rose steadily until mid-April and on the twelfth of
the month reached a historic high of EUR 32.60. For the rest of the
year the share price then moved between EUR 26.00 and EUR 28.00
before closing the year at EUR 27.50, to be down at EUR 23.20 at the
end of February.

The Binder+Co Group Binder+Co is a specialist in the field of
processing, environmental and packaging technology and the world
market leader in the screening and glass recycling segments. The
company was listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange at the end of 2006
and is now part of the Third Market in the mid market segment. The
Binder+Co Group consists of Binder+Co AG, the three fully owned
subsidiaries Comec-Binder S.r.l., Bublon GmbH and Binder+Co Machinery
(Tianjin) Ltd., as well as the Statec Binder GmbH joint venture
(50.7%). In 2010, Binder+Co was awarded the Austrian National
Innovation Prize for its successful implementation of inventive
capacity. Moreover, in 2011 it received both the Austrian National
Prize for Work Safety for its introduction of special safety measures
for apprentices, and the Best Open Innovator Award of the Zeppelin
University Friedrichshafen as the top SME in der D-A-CH region.

Further inquiry note:
Karl Grabner, Member of the Management Board
Phone: +43/3112/800-363

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issuer: Binder+Co Aktiengesellschaft
Grazerstraße 19-25
A-8200 Gleisdorf
phone: +43 3112 800-363
FAX: +43 3112 800-320
mail: karl.grabner@binder-co.at
WWW: www.binder-co.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT000BINDER3
indexes: mid market
stockmarkets: Third Market: Wien
language: English