Ad-hoc Announcements and Press Releases 2005

The Dürr Group has received a strategically important order from Audi. The Ingolstadt-based premium automaker is going to use Dürr"s innovative FAStplant® final assembly...

Standard & Poor"s (S&P) have upgraded the outlook for Dürr AG"s long-term corporate credit rating from "Credit watch negative" to "stable". Dürr"s...

Principal shareholder definitively supports realignment

Stuttgart, November 21, 2005 – Dürr AG's Board of Management has decided today to increase the company's capital stock by 10%....

• Order intake higher than previous year"s
• Gross margin improved by 3 percentage points
• Financial structure will improve considerably by year"s... [more]

Dürr is continuing the concentration on its core business with the automotive industry. Dürr is focusing its activities on paint and assembly systems, mechanical engineering, and environmental...

Moody’s has downgraded the Dürr AG company rating from “B1” to “B2”. The rating agency notified the company of this action this afternoon. The outlook on the company...

Twenty years ago, Dürr was one of the first German engineering firms to venture into the future market of China.

Dürr AG, Stuttgart, and the Japanese firm, HORIBA Ltd., Kyoto, have closed the contract selling Dürr's Development Test Systems business unit (DTS) to HORIBA effective September 30,...

Environmental soundness is Dürr Systems GmbH"s top priority when it comes to developing new technologies.

• Range of services widened: New test center for seam sealing
• Plasma oven and other innovations
• Over 500 visitors from Germany and abroad expected
• Environment... [more]

Dürr AG, Stuttgart, is selling its Development Test Systems business unit (DTS) to HORIBA, a technology group based in Kyoto, Japan. Both parties have signed the contract regulating the sale on...

Dürr AG, Stuttgart, is selling its Development Test Systems business unit (DTS) to HORIBA, a technology group based in Kyoto, Japan. Both parties have signed the contract regulating the sale on...

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has lowered Dürr AG's long-term corporate credit rating from "B+" to "B" and placed it on credit watch with negative implications. The rating agency notified the...

• Ralf Dieter will become the new CEO
• FOCUS: Concentration on the core business and review of peripheral activities
• Comprehensive restructuring

Ralf Dieter to...

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About 400 shareholders attended Dürr AG"s annual meeting today at the Liederhalle Cultural and Congress Center in Stuttgart.

Dürr AG, Stuttgart, hereby communicates that the contract concluded on March 15, 2005 with the Voith Group, based in Heidenheim, covering the sale of Dürr's Services division to Voith has been...

Standard and Poor"s (S&P) has changed Dürr"s credit rating outlook from "stable" to "negative" after taking account of the business climate in Dürr"s...

The Dürr Group (continuing operations) increased incoming orders in Q1 2005 by 4% versus the same period last year despite ongoing restrained capital expenditure in the automobile industry. In...

The Dürr Group slightly increased incoming orders in the first quarter of 2005 by 4% versus the same period last year.

Dürr AG has received the prestigious Supplier of the Year Award from General Motors (GM) for the fifth time.

The Dürr Group accomplished an earnings turnaround in 2004, registering earnings before taxes of Euro 11.8 million (previous year: negative Euro 5.7 million). With its new organizational...

• Complete final assembly facility worth over Euro 40 million
• Second major order from KIA in Zilina

Moody's has downgraded Dürr AG's credit rating from "Ba3" to "B1". This information was communicated to the company by the rating agency today at around 4 p.m. CET. The credit rating outlook is...

A proposal will be submitted to the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG for discussion at the meeting on April 20, 2005 that as part of the realignment of the Group structure, Board of Management...

Dürr AG announces that its preliminary earnings before taxes according to IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) for the year 2004 amount to EUR 11.8 million (previous year: EUR minus...

Standard & Poor's has downgraded Dürr AG's credit rating from "BB-" to "B+". The rating agency notified the company of its action this morning. The rating outlook is stable.

The reasons cited for...

As announced in February 2005, Dürr AG, Stuttgart, is selling its Services business unit to Voith Group, which is based in Heidenheim. The Services unit consists of the Premier Group including the...

• Combination of core business areas
• Services division is being sold
• Goodwill writedown of about EUR 26 million

Effective March 1, 2005, the Dürr Group will be...

According to preliminary figures, the Dürr Group achieved consolidated sales of Euro 2,132 million in 2004 (previous year: Euro 2,271.9 million).