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Corporate | 10 June 2011 09:45

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft: GEA wins Best Innovator Award

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Miscellaneous

10.06.2011 / 09:45

Düsseldorf, June 10, 2011 - At yesterday evening's 'Best Innovators
2010/11' awards at the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
in Berlin, GEA Group was honored as the mechanical engineering company with
the most successful and sustainable innovation management in Germany.

'Being named industry winner of the prestigious 'Best Innovator' award
underscores our goal to be at the forefront in shaping technological
advances and to offer our customers the latest solutions at all times. This
is backed by the cross-segment integration of all aspects of our expertise.
Diversity is one of our strengths,' said Jürg Oleas, Chairman of GEA
Group's Executive Board.

'GEA Group clearly and explicitly defined its growth objectives using the
topic of innovation. The intelligent solution of promoting decentralized
entrepreneurship in combination with company-wide innovation portfolio
management was especially interesting,' noted Dr. Kai Engel, partner at
management consultants A.T. Kearney and contest initiator, explaining the
jury's decision.

The jury assessed exemplary concepts in development as well as organization
and processes in innovation management for the seventh time in this
contest, held under the patronage of the Federal Minister of Economics and
Technology together with German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche and
management consultants A.T. Kearney.

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft is one of the largest suppliers of process
technology and components for the food and energy industries. As an
international technology group, the Company focuses on sophisticated
production processes. In 2010, GEA generated consolidated revenues in
excess of EUR 4.4 billion, 70 percent of which came from the food and
energy sectors, which are long-term growth industries. The group employed
about 23,000 people worldwide as of March 31, 2011. GEA Group is a market
and technology leader in its business areas. It is listed in Germany's MDAX
stock index (G1A, WKN 660 200).

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Language: English
Company: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft
Peter-Müller-Straße 12
40468 Düsseldorf
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)211 9136-0
Fax: +49 (0)211 9136-31087
E-mail: ir@geagroup.com
Internet: www.geagroup.com
ISIN: DE0006602006
WKN: 660200
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime
Standard), Hamburg, München; Freiverkehr in Hannover,
Stuttgart

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