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SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Receives New Orders for Blu-ray Production
Machines
07.05.2012 / 07:45
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SINGULUS Receives New Orders for Blu-ray Production Machines
- German Blu-ray market moves to the top in Europe in 2012
- 731 new movies (+ 47 %) released on Blu-ray during the first 3 months
of 2012
- The Blu-ray format is expanding about 35 % in 2012 as well
Kahl am Main, May 07, 2012 - During the first four months of 2012 SINGULUS
TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) recorded new order intake for Blu-ray Disc
production machines from Germany. German and European movie companies, the
so-called independents, increasingly use Blu-ray Discs for the marketing of
their movies. In the past year record sales with movies were realized in
the German market. According to the German Association of Audiovisual Media
(BVV) the new high is mainly also a result of the strong increases of the
Blu-ray format: in 2011, the sales volume of the 'blue disc' increased by
41 % to 17.0 million discs. Sales rose by +39 % to EUR 267 million and are
already accountable for almost one fifths of the total sales volume. In
Germany more than 5,000 movies were already available on Blu-ray Disc as of
the end of 2011. In the 1st quarter 2012 731 additional movies were
published on Blu-ray - this corresponds to a rise of about 47 % compared
with the same period in 2011.
A key indicator for the continuing growth in Germany is the sharply
increasing level of volume sales of Blu-ray players. According to the
forecast of the industry association Bitkom, which is based on figures of
the Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung (GfK), approximately 2.3 million
Blu-ray players are expected to be sold in Germany in 2012. As a result the
German Blu-ray market moves to the European top.
According to forecasts by the market research institute Futuresource
Consulting the global sales for the high definition format Blu-ray is
expanding at double-digit rates of about 35 % in 2012 as well.
Dr.-Ing. Stefan Rinck, Chief Executive Officer of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES
AG, comments: 'Due to the developments in the past year and positive
forecasts we expect the growth trend in the Blu-ray market to continue in
2012 and to have a favorable impact on the demand for our Blu-ray
production machines. Currently, SINGULUS is in talks with international
disc manufacturers for additional projects.'
Profile SINGULUS:
SINGULUS continues to expand its activities in the business segments Solar
and Optical Disc. The goal is to attain a leading position in the silicon
and thin-film solar technology as a machine supplier as well as a
development partner for new cell concepts and to maintain the market
leadership in the Optical Disc segment for production equipment for the
manufacturing of dual-layer Blu-ray Discs. The business activities in the
division Semiconductor are extensively strengthened in the course of the
apparent growing market for MRAM semiconductor technology. In addition, the
company reviews other sectors and work areas, where new market segments can
be developed on the basis of the present know-how in the area of vacuum
coating.
Contact:
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Hanauer Landstraße 103,
D-63796 Kahl/Main, ISIN: DE0007238909, WKN: 723890
Contact:
Maren Schuster, Investor Relations,
Tel.: + 49 (0) 6188 440 612
Bernhard Krause, Corporate Communications,
Tel.: + 49 (0) 6181 98280 20 / +49 (0) 170 9202924
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Language: English
Company: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG
Hanauer Landstrasse 103
63796 Kahl am Main
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)1709202924
Fax: +49 (0)6188 440-110
E-mail: bernhard.krause(at)go-metacom.de
Internet: www.singulus.de
ISIN: DE0007238909
WKN: 723890
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München,
Stuttgart
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