<p> Press Release</p><p>LPKF Laser & Electronics AG receives China Trader Award Outstanding commitment in one of the world’s most Contact: Ulrike Thoms-von Meding important economies [email protected] Tel. +49 (0)5131 7095-326 Fax +49 (0)5131 7095-90 Garbsen, 19 November 2008 – LPKF Laser & Electronics AG has been doing business in China for over 20 years, and now runs five successful offices with almost 60 employees in the country. By selling laser systems 19.11.2008 Characters: 1,317 for stencil production, the company has slashed the market share of the Words: 247 old and complicated chemical etching method from 100% to less than 30%. And the installation of several hundred PCB prototyping systems has also made a considerable contribution to cutting environmental pollution by dispensing with the use of chemicals. LPKF Laser & Electronics AG Osteriede 7 This economic and environmentally sound commitment was honoured D-30827 Garbsen yesterday in the Metzlersaal of the Städel Art Gallery in Germany www.lpkf.com Frankfurt/Germany by Tony Tyler, Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific </p><p>Board of Managing Airways. “The China Trader Award has now been awarded for the second Directors time also in Germany, and we are very proud to have been nominated for Bernd Hackmann (CEO) Bernd Lange (COO) the award by such a high ranking jury,” says Chairman of the Board of Kai Bentz (CFO) Managing Directors, Bernd Hackmann, accepting the trophy in Frankfurt. Shares: “Our involvement in this expanding market not only opens up excellent Prime Standard ISIN 0006450000 opportunities for the whole LPKF Group, but also involves an important </p><p>Reproduction free of charge, element of corporate social responsibility.” In addition to dispensing with copy requested the use of chemicals by replacing the old method with laser technology, High resolution images and the laser specialist from Garbsen/Germany is also a player in the other press releases can be downloaded »here. worldwide expansion of the solar energy sector. The development of laser systems for the production of thin-film solar panels is the company’s most recent successful venture into another growth segment.</p><p>(picture of the award ceremony see page 2)</p><p>About LPKF</p><p>LPKF Laser & Electronics AG produces machines and laser systems used in electronics production, the automotive industry, and in the manufacture of solar panels. Around 20 per cent of the workforce are involved in R&D.</p><p>1 Press Release</p><p>LPKF CEO Bernd Hackmann and two staff members with the China Trader Award f.l.t.r. Torsten Nagel, Bernd Hackmann, Heike Biermann</p><p>2</p>