COIL NV/SA INAUGURATES ITS FIFTH CONTINUOUS ANODIZING LINE IN GERMANY AND GETS READY FOR

NEW CHALLENGES IN THE GLOBAL ANODIZING MARKETS

Contact: Miran P. Sarkissian

Tel: +32-11-880192

e-mail: Miran.Sarkissian@coil.be

Coil, global leader in continuous aluminum anodizing, inaugurates its fifth production line located in the industrial zone of Bernburg, Germany.

New line in operation since January 2005

Conceived and financed during 2003 and built since February 2004, the new production line became operational in December 2004. Since the beginning of 2005, production on this line has progressively accelerated to meet the strong demand for anodized aluminum in the world markets.

The Bernburg factory is COILπs first venture outside Belgium, center of the companyπs production since its founding in 1972. With its 4 anodizing lines in Landen, Belgium, and its new line in Germany, COIL now has a total anodizing production capacity of approximately 50,000 Tons (110,000,000 Lbs) per year.

An important event for COIL

More than 150 invitees from all over the world participated in COILπs inauguration ceremonies presided by the companyπs Board of Directors and Tim Hutton, its Managing Director and members of the companyπs management. During the event, guests, including Dr. Horst Rehberger, LandesMinister for Industry and Employment of the Sachsen-Anhalt region as well as Mr. Helmut Rieche, Mayor of Bernburg, were able to visit and appreciate the high quality of the new production facility.

Located in the Sachsen-Anhalt region of Germany, the city of Bernburg is a community with special characteristics in the industrial center of Germany and Eastern Europe.

An expanded line of services

The total capacity of the Coil industrial group is now in position to continuously anodize aluminum coils of 10 Tons ( 22,000 Lbs) with alloys in the 1000, 3000, 5000 and 6000 series in widths from 1000mm to 2200mm (39≤ to 87≤) with gauges from 0,3mm to 3,5mm (0,012≤ to 0,138≤) and anodizing film thickness from less than 1 micron up to 25 microns (0,0000390≤ to 0,000985≤) in a variety of organic and electrolytic colors such as bronze, gold, champagne, grey, red, blue, green and black.

Growing ambitions

≥This venture represents our firm belief that COIL is a company looking into the future. It is with determination and enthusiasm that we today baptize a better Coil≤, said Tim Hutton, COILπs Managing Director. ≥We are convinced that any aluminum rolled product used in building exteriors and industrial products such as welded tubes or spacer bars together with aluminum products in electronics and other applications which can be anodized, will be continuously anodized. With its actions, COIL confirms its leadership position for many years to come≤, he concluded. ≥Our know-how is based on our accumulated technology and experience in continuous anodizing since 1972. We now also have the productive capacity to satisfy growing markets outside Europe such as North America in particular, as well as the Middle East and Asia≤ said Mr. Hutton.

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