Singulus Technologies AG

Business and Financial Review • Jul 3, 2008

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Ad-hoc | 3 July 2008 07:58

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Exceeds Expected Blu-ray Order Volume

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG / Forecast

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SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Exceeds Expected Blu-ray Order Volume
• Blu-ray boom stronger than expected
• 31 Blu-ray lines already ordered in the first half of the year
• SINGULUS expects additional orders
• GfK predicts significant growth in the global Blu-ray market

Kahl am Main, 03. July 2008. With 31 confirmed orders, SINGULUS
TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) has surpassed its own forecast for sales in the
Blu-ray segment in the first half of 2008. SINGULUS is expecting additional
orders for Blu-ray disc production lines during the second half of the
year. The company intends to obtain a market share in excess of 65% for the
Blu-ray machines.

On June 27, Media Control GfK International published a new study about
growth in the home entertainment market. According to the study, an
increase in demand for video games and movies in the next-generation
Blu-ray format is responsible for this growth. Global sales in this segment
are expected to reach 67.1 billion dollars this year. The study also
indicates that sales of titles in the Blu-ray format will more than
quadruple for global revenues of 1.5 billion dollars in 2008. Sales are
forecast to increase by 184% to 4.1 billion dollars the year after and by
another 94% to 8 billion dollars in 2010.

Short profile of SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is the world market leader for optical disc
production lines for CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, and the only manufacturer
to offer the full product range: mastering, molding and replication lines.
In addition to the further development of optical disc core business,
diversification into the new area of solar is its principal strategic goal.

STANGL and SINGULUS will systematically expand their solar activities.
STANGL is currently one of the few suppliers of wet-chemical machines for
both crystalline silicon solar technology and thin-film solar technology,
with growth rates in excess of 40 %. SINGULUS is set to unveil its own
solar coating machine in 2008, based on its wealth of experience in the
core area of optical discs. It will be able to tap into STANGL's experience
and market knowledge for this move. In March 2008 SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES
teamed up with Q-Cells, the most important solar cell producer worldwide,
for the development of this new machine and won the company as a key
customer.

Together with the equipment made by STANGL, SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES will then
be able to offer two important machine groups with wet-chemical and vacuum
coating processes for a production line for crystalline silicon solar
cells. The goal is to strengthen its global position for production
equipment for crystalline solar cells over the next few years.

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Hanauer Landstrasse 103,
D-63796 Kahl am Main, Germany, ISIN: DE0007238909, WKN: 723890
For further information, please contact:
Bernhard Krause, PR/Investor Relations,
Tel.: + 49 (0) 6181-9828020/Mobil: + 49 (0) 170 920 29 24
03.07.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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Language: English
Issuer: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG
Hanauer Landstrasse 103
63796 Kahl am Main
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)6188 440-105
Fax: +49 (0)6188 440-110
E-mail: maren.schuster@singulus.de
Internet: www.singulus.de
ISIN: DE0007238909
WKN: 723890
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf

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