EANS-News: Rosenbauer International AG / Rosenbauer enlarges production capacity / New facility in Leonding increases production area by 60% / Production start-up planned for 3rd quarter of 2013

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Company Information/Production enlargement

Leonding (euro adhoc) - Rosenbauer, a leading manufacturer of fire
engineering equipment, is expanding its production capacity in
Austria. In May 2013, Rosenbauer will be taking over the plant site
formerly occupied by the Wacker Neuson company, and turning it into
an additional production facility. This is part of a wider program to
expand production space at its Austrian facilities, with which the
company is sending out a strong, upbeat signal to the whole region.

Located only 3 km away from the main plant in Leonding, the new
facility (Plant 2) has infrastructure that is ideal for Rosenbauer.
Apart from its proximity to the main plant, another factor in favour
of this site was its availability at such short notice.

Plant 2 comprises 15,000 m² of industrial buildings and approx. 5,000
m² of office space, on a 52,000 m² plot. This represents an addition
of around 60 percent to the existing production space at the Leonding
main plant.As part of a production-space planning process being
carried out across all facilities, the production areas are now also
being restructured. In future, airport rescue fire fighting vehicles,
prime among them the top-of-the-range model PANTHER, and the
municipal vehicle AT will be made in Plant 2. This new production
facility is planned to be gradually put into service from the
3rdquarter of 2013 onwards. Rosenbauer will be investing a total of
15.6 mEUR at its Austrian facilities (Leonding and Neidling) this
year. This will also have the effect of assuring further employment
in the region. Rosenbauer currently employs around 1100 people in
Leonding.

Rosenbauer has been manufacturing technologically sophisticated
apparatus for fire services for more than 100 years. Fire fighting
vehicles and their centrepieces - the fire fighting systems and
components - are developed and manufactured for national and
international markets at the main plant in Leonding. Despite the
severe downturns in certain markets, Rosenbauer last year managed to
maintain its growth trajectory, boosting its revenues by nearly 20%
year-on-year. Record revenues are also expected for the ongoing
financial year. "By adding this extra production capacity, we are
taking another step along the road to future growth and are better
equipped to handle major orders, which call for additional
manufacturing capacity", notes Dr. Dieter Siegel, Chairman of the
Executive Board of Rosenbauer International AG.

Further inquiry note:
Rosenbauer International AG
Mag. Gerda Königstorfer
Tel.: 0732/6794-568
gerda.koenigstorfer@rosenbauer.com

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company: Rosenbauer International AG
Paschingerstrasse 90
A-4060 Leonding
phone: +43(0)732 6794 568
FAX: +43(0)732 6794 89
mail: ir@rosenbauer.com
WWW: www.rosenbauer.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT0000922554
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Stuttgart, official market: Wien
language: English