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02.04.2008

In accordance with POLYTEC Group´s growth and acquisition strategy, the
large-scale acquisitions of POLYTEC Composites Germany und POLYTEC Intex were
concluded in the 2007 business year. This circumstance had a particularly strong
effect on the economic development of the Group in the past business year.

Details of the development of the key figures are as follows:

Income figures in EUR mill.        2007   2006   Change in %
Group sales                        665.0  525.2  26.6%
   Automotive Systems Division     369.3  377.2  -2.1%
   Automotive Composites Division  201.3  61.5   227.1%
   Car Styling Division            74.7   66.8   11.9%
   Other segments/ consolidation   19.6   19.7   -0.3%
EBITDA                             63.7   48.0   32.7%
EBIT                               41.0   30.3   35.6%
Earnings before tax                38.7   27.3   41.6%
Net income (after minorities)      37.3   18.4   100.6%

EBITDA margin                      9.6%   9.1%   
EBIT margin                        6.2%   5.8%   
Net profit margin                  5.6%   3.5%   
ROCE in %                          23.9%  21.0%  

Dividend                            0.30   0.25  20.0%

OUTLOOK 2008

On account of the acquisitions made during the business year of 2007 and the
full contribution this will make to sales in the year 2008, the POLYTEC Group
will be able to continue growing in the current business year. The target is a
Group sales of around EUR 800 million, a sum which will also be secured by
contracts already received. Variations from this figure would thus mainly arise
from a change in the quantity requirements (construction figures) over which
POLYTEC has no control.

Results will greatly depend on the extent to which POLYTEC succeeds in
countering continuing and extreme pricing pressure from its customers.
Customers' desire for price cuts continue at a time of rising raw material and
energy prices and wage settlements considerably higher than those of previous
years, a result of the good overall economic situation. As such, this desire can
in some cases no longer be justified by any economic arguments.

Alongside this trend, which poses a danger to the western European supply
industry in general, the determined pursuance of restructuring measures for the
two 2007 acquisitions will be decisive in the development of POLYTEC. The first
success of 2007 should thus be seen first and foremost not as a reason to
celebrate but as an incentive to make further wide-reaching changes.

In spite of the improvement measures mentioned, still ongoing, and the new 2008
start-ups with their negative effect on results, POLYTEC is aiming to remain in
the target range of a sustainable 8-10 % EBITDA in the current business year.
From today´s perspective, it is however to be expected that the 2008 EBITDA will
be at the lower end of this spectrum.

Further inquiry note:
Manuel TAVERNE
POLYTEC GROUP
Investor Relations
Tel.+43(0)7221/701-292
[email protected]

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emitter: Polytec Holding AG
Linzer Straße 50
A-4063 Hörsching
phone: +43 (0) 7221 / 701-0
FAX: +43 (0) 7221 / 701-0
mail: [email protected]
WWW: www.polytec-group.com
sector: Industrial Components
ISIN: AT0000A00XX9
indexes: ATX Prime
stockmarkets: official market: Wiener Börse AG
language: English

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