DGAP-News: Nanogate opens up new business unit with Nglaze

NANOGATE AG / Key word(s): Expansion 11.06.2015 10:54 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nanogate opens up new business unit with Nglaze Security Sales potential in the double-digit million range - expanded range of applications for established Glazing technology - plastic panes meet strict requirements for increased safety and replace glass Göttelborn, Germany, 11 June 2015. Nanogate AG, a leading international integrated systems provider for high-performance surfaces, is opening up the safety engineering business field as part of its growth strategy. This is based on multifunctional, highly transparent and fracture-resistant plastic glazing already being successfully supplied in reference applications under the Nglaze umbrella brand. The sales potential for the new product line is in the double-digit million range. Ralf Zastrau, CEO of Nanogate AG, commented: "Nanogate brings together excellent visibility and the highest level of safety. The worldwide market for applications in personal protection is booming. Protective devices with the highest level of fracture-resistance and perfect optical quality are in greater demand in many applications. For reference projects in forestry, for example, Nanogate is already supplying the first extremely fracture-resistant panes that have been multifunctionally enhanced. Following successful market tests and the investment already made in developing expanded specialist areas, official vehicles - for example buses made by German manufacturers - will be equipped with panes optimised for safety. In the medium term, Nanogate expects sales potential in the double-digit million range." Even in Nanogate's target market of buildings/interiors, or in various industrial applications, the company expects significant demand. Applications range from agricultural and forestry through various industrial applications to all kinds of work devices and vehicles. The aim is to ensure comprehensive personal safety in dangerous situations or in extreme weather conditions. Safety applications as additional target market Nanogate sells multifunctional plastic components with glass-like properties under the Nglaze brand. Numerous car manufacturers in the luxury segment rely on the technology and the components produced by Nanogate. Following the successful start in reference production in special forestry vehicles, the Group is now opening up a new field of application with Nglaze Security. Nglaze Security replaces traditional solutions and is significantly lighter than glass. The plastic panes developed by Nanogate meet all high-level safety requirements whilst also offering excellent optical quality. They are impact-resistant, fracture-resistant and shatterproof, offering vehicle passengers for example protection against damage caused by vandalism, for example. Functions such as Easy-to-Clean, UV-protection, chemical-resistance, paint or flame retardancy can be integrated, and they can be realised in many different geometries (2D/3D). Nanogate on Twitter: http://twitter.com/nanogate_ag If you have any queries, please contact: Christian Dose (financial press and investors) Cortent Kommunikation AG Tel. +49 (0)69 5770 300 0 nanogate@cortent.de Liane Stieler-Joachim Nanogate AG Tel. +49 (0)6825 9591 220 liane.stieler-joachim@nanogate.com Nanogate AG Zum Schacht 3 66287 Göttelborn, Germany www.nanogate.com Nanogate AG: Nanogate (ISIN DE000A0JKHC9/ISIN DE000A14KNC4) is a leading international integrated systems provider for high-performance surfaces. The Group, which is based in Göttelborn (Saarland), enables the programming and integration of additional properties - such as non-stick, scratchproof and anti-corrosive - into materials and surfaces. True to its slogan 'A world of new surfaces', Nanogate opens up the diverse possibilities of multifunctional surfaces based on new materials for companies in a wide range of industries. Nanogate provides its customers with technologically and optically high-quality systems. To do so, the company uses its extensive knowledge of innovative materials and processing procedures. The aim is to improve customers' products and processes by means of high-performance surfaces while achieving environmental benefits. The Group concentrates on attractive sectors such as automotive/transport, mechanical/plant engineering, buildings/interiors and sport/leisure as well as on the strategic growth areas of advanced polymers and advanced metals. Nanogate has a unique combination of extensive materials expertise paired with comprehensive, first-class process and production know-how. As a systems provider, Nanogate offers services throughout the entire value chain, from the purchase of raw materials, to the synthesis and formulation of the material systems, right through to the enhancement and production of the finished surfaces. The Group focuses primarily on optically high-quality plastic and metal coatings for all surface types (two and three-dimensional components). Its value drivers are the opening up of new, international markets, the development of new applications for the strategic growth areas of advanced polymers (innovative plastics, e.g. glazing) and advanced metals (innovative metal enhancements, primarily energy efficiency) as well as external growth. In the medium term, Nanogate also intends to achieve a considerable revenue share from environmentally friendly systems and processes. The Nanogate Group has first-class references (e.g. Airbus, Audi, August Brötje, BMW, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte, Daimler, FILA, Jaguar, Junkers, Porsche, Volkswagen). Several hundred projects have already gone into mass production. The company also has strategic partnerships with many international corporations. Nanogate comprises Nanogate Industrial Solutions GmbH, Eurogard B.V., Nanogate Textile & Care Systems GmbH, Nanogate Glazing Systems B.V., Vogler GmbH and majority stakes in GfO Gesellschaft für Oberflächentechnik AG and Plastic-Design GmbH. Disclaimer: This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to buy securities. The shares in Nanogate AG (the "Shares") may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of "U.S. persons" (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")). No offer or sale of transferable securities is being made to the public outside Germany. 11.06.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: NANOGATE AG Zum Schacht 3 66287 Göttelborn Germany Phone: +49 (0)6825/95 91 0 Fax: +49 (0)6825/95 91 852 E-mail: nanogate@cortent.de Internet: www.nanogate.de ISIN: DE000A0JKHC9, DE000A14KNC4 WKN: A0JKHC, A14KNC Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart; Open Market (Entry Standard) in Frankfurt End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------