Ad hoc announcement – Gurit Wins Four-Year Automotive Components Supply Contract

Gurit Wins Four-Year Automotive Components Supply Contract
 
Zurich, Switzerland, September 08, 2016 – Gurit (SIX Swiss Exchange: GUR), a worldwide leading developer and manufacturer of advanced composite materials and technologies, today announced that it has been selected as the supplier for carbon fiber-based automotive body panels by a British premium automotive OEM.
 

Total value of the four-year contract is at around CHF 15 million. Supply to the project is scheduled to start in June 2018.

 

Prototyping and development work for the project will be carried out in the Company`s technology center in the UK. Volume production of the car parts will be done at Gurit`s new Hungarian plant using the Company`s novel press technology.
 

About Gurit:

The companies of Gurit Holding AG, Wattwil/Switzerland, (SIX Swiss Exchange: GUR) are specialized on the development and manufacture of advanced composite materials, related technologies and select finished parts and components. The comprehensive product range comprises fiber reinforced prepregs, structural core products, gel coats, adhesives, resins and consumables. Gurit supplies global growth markets with composite materials on the one hand and composite tooling equipment, structural engineering and select finished parts on the other. The global Group has production sites and offices in Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, the U.K., Canada, the U.S.A., Brazil, Ecuador, Australia, New Zealand, India and China. For more information, please visit www.gurit.com

 

 

Gurit Group Communications

Tanja Moehler

Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications

T +41 44 316 15 55

M +41 79 722 84 71

tanja.moehler@gurit.com

www.gurit.com

 

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Forward-looking statements:

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