Gurit Holding AG

Gurit offers an unrivalled range of composite solutions, technologies and products specifically tailored to fast growing end markets. Advanced composites will be the core focus of the business after the separation of the former Health Care Division that will, in the course of summer of 2006, be listed on the SWX Swiss Stock Exchange as an independent company.

Advanced composites combine the properties of different materials to create an end product that offers significant performance advantages over traditional materials such as steel or aluminium. Typically the arrangement is a reinforcement material such as carbon, glass or aramid fibre combined with a specially formulated resin system. These materials offer unparalleled features in terms of weight, stability, stiffness and design properties that make them the materials of choice for a rising number of applications today and in the future.

Gurit is a shared stock company, domiciled in Wattwil, Switzerland. Under the name of Gurit Holding AG, its bearer shares continue to be traded on SWX Swiss Exchange.

The industrial activities of Gurit Holding AG are focused on advanced composites and related materials and technologies. One integrated global organisation, Gurit has production facilities in Switzerland, Germany, UK, Spain, Canada and China. Gurit is always close to its worldwide customer base.

To best serve its customers, Gurit focuses on material solutions for the following areas:

* Wind Energy * Transportation * Marine, Sport and Civil Engineering