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Corporate | 10 August 2010 13:13

Roth & Rau AG expands its management team

Roth & Rau AG / Change of Personnel

10.08.2010 13:13

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• Roth & Rau AG expands its management team
• Dr. Paul Breddels appointed Chief Operating Officer

Hohenstein-Ernstthal, 10 August 2010 - The Supervisory Board of Roth & Rau
AG has decided to expand the company's three-strong management team and
appointed Dr. Paul Breddels (54) Chief Operating Officer (COO) with effect
from 1 September 2010. Dr. Breddels will be in charge of production,
quality management, supply chain and product management/development. In
addition, he will be responsible for the integration of new Group
companies. By expanding its management team, Roth & Rau responds to the new
tasks and challenges facing the management as a result of the dynamic
growth of the company and is getting ready to support the continued growth
of the photovoltaics industry.

Dr. Breddels most recent position was that of CEO of the Dutch OTB Group.
He was involved in the sale of the company's subsidiary, OTB Solar, to Roth
& Rau AG in the first quarter of the year and will now push ahead its
integration into the Roth & Rau Group. Dr. Breddels has a Master's degree
and a PhD in physics from Utrecht University, Netherlands. Dr. Breddels
started his career at Philips Research and worked in various management
positions for Merck KGaA in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Germany. 'I am looking
forward to my new tasks on the Management Board of Roth & Rau. Apart from
integrating OTB Solar, I will focus on optimising costs and structures in
the production department to lay an important foundation for the continued
profitable growth of the Roth & Rau Group,' Dr. Breddels said.

'We are very pleased to have won Dr. Breddels, who is a competent and
experienced expert and will help to make our Group a world-leading supplier
of best-in-class production plants for photovoltaics', said Dr. Dietmar
Roth, CEO of Roth & Rau AG.

About Roth & Rau AG:
Roth & Rau AG, based in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, has been one of the world's
leading suppliers of production equipment and innovative production
technologies for the photovoltaics industry for more than 10 years now. In
its photovoltaics segment, Roth & Rau focuses on providing antireflective
coating systems and turnkey production lines for use in the manufacture of
crystalline silicon solar cells. Further products include thermal
processing systems also used in the manufacture of crystalline silicon
solar cells, as well as coating systems and turnkey production lines for
the manufacture of thin film solar modules. Roth & Rau MicroSystems, a
subsidiary located in the Wüstenbrand district, develops and produces
process systems for plasma and ion beam enhanced thin film and surface
processing methods tailored to customers' specific needs. The customers
served by this division particularly include companies in the semiconductor
industry, R&D departments in various other industrial sectors, research
institutes and universities. The portfolio of the Roth & Rau Group is
supplemented by software products in the field of systems management,
production monitoring and maintenance and service offerings.

Contact:
Roth & Rau AG
Prof. Dr. Silvia Roth
Tel.: +49 (0) 3723/6685-333
E-Mail: investor@roth-rau.de

Haubrok Investor Relations GmbH
Simone Gorny
Tel.: +49 (0) 211/17183537
E-Mail: s.gorny@haubrok.de

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Language: English
Company: Roth & Rau AG
An der Baumschule 6-8
09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Deutschland
Phone: 03723 6685-0
Fax: 03723 6685-100
E-mail: info@roth-rau.de
Internet: www.roth-rau.de
ISIN: DE000A0JCZ51
WKN: A0JCZ5
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in München, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Stuttgart

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