Dürr increases its dividend for the financial year 2000 by 10 % to 1.10 EURO per share

04/12/2001

The Supervisory and Management Boards of Dürr AG, Stuttgart (WKN (stock identity code) 556 520) will recommend to the Annual General Meeting on 30 May 2001 that a dividend of 1.10 EURO (1.00 EURO last year) shall be paid on each share.Dürr will present its Annual Report and Accounts for the year 2000 at a press conference to be held in Stuttgart on 17 April 2001. A conference for German Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management analysts (DVFA) will take place in Frankfurt on 18 April 2001.The Dürr technology group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of production systems and manufacturing support services for the automotive industry and its component suppliers. Six business units: Paint Systems, Automotion, Environmental, Ecoclean, Services and INTX operate under the aegis of the strategic management holding company Dürr AG, and Carl Schenck AG, with operations in over 25 countries around the globe.