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PRESS RELEASE: Kontron continues to benefit from strong outsourcing trend

06.04.2009
Kontron AG / Miscellaneous 06.04.2009 Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Design win of over $100 million for ATCA technology and further major order in the gaming area Eching, Munich, April 6, 2009. Kontron AG continues to experience very strong demand in important application areas despite the global economic crisis. One of the largest international telecoms equipment suppliers has selected the world's leading provider of embedded computer systems to supply it in the future with platforms using the latest ATCA technology. 'Advanced Telecommunications Computer Architecture' manages the backbone infrastructure of telecommunications networks in a particularly rapid and reliable manner. This design win in the important future area of telecommunications has a total volume of over $100 million, and is intended to run for a period of at least five years. Kontron has also won a further specific order in the classic gaming application area: one of the world's leading manufacturers of gaming machines will equip its latest product generation with Kontron technology. The $18 million order comprises the development and production of corresponding platforms based on ETX modules and Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and is intended to enter its start-up phase by as early as next year. 'These new transactions prove once again that, particularly in periods of crisis, companies have confidence in our cost-effective and high-performance systems, and are investing in reliable products,' commented Kontron CEO Ulrich Gehrmann. Investor Relations: For further information: Gaby Moldan Dr. Udo Nimsdorf Kontron AG Engel & Zimmermann AG Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1, Agentur für Wirtschaftskommunikation 85386 Eching Schloss Fußberg, Am Schlosspark 15, Tel: 08165/77212, Fax 08165/77222 82131 Gauting Tel: 089-89 35 633, Fax: 089-89 39 84 29 E-mail: Gaby.Moldan@kontron.com E-mail: info@engel-zimmermann.de 06.04.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Kontron AG Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1 85386 Eching Deutschland Phone: 08165-77-225 Fax: 08165-77-222 E-mail: martin.przybyla@kontron.com Internet: www.kontron.com ISIN: DE0006053952 WKN: 605395 Indices: TecDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service =--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kontron AG / Miscellaneous 06.04.2009 Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Design win of over $100 million for ATCA technology and further major order in the gaming area Eching, Munich, April 6, 2009. Kontron AG continues to experience very strong demand in important application areas despite the global economic crisis. One of the largest international telecoms equipment suppliers has selected the world's leading provider of embedded computer systems to supply it in the future with platforms using the latest ATCA technology. 'Advanced Telecommunications Computer Architecture' manages the backbone infrastructure of telecommunications networks in a particularly rapid and reliable manner. This design win in the important future area of telecommunications has a total volume of over $100 million, and is intended to run for a period of at least five years. Kontron has also won a further specific order in the classic gaming application area: one of the world's leading manufacturers of gaming machines will equip its latest product generation with Kontron technology. The $18 million order comprises the development and production of corresponding platforms based on ETX modules and Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and is intended to enter its start-up phase by as early as next year. 'These new transactions prove once again that, particularly in periods of crisis, companies have confidence in our cost-effective and high-performance systems, and are investing in reliable products,' commented Kontron CEO Ulrich Gehrmann. Investor Relations: For further information: Gaby Moldan Dr. Udo Nimsdorf Kontron AG Engel & Zimmermann AG Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1, Agentur für Wirtschaftskommunikation 85386 Eching Schloss Fußberg, Am Schlosspark 15, Tel: 08165/77212, Fax 08165/77222 82131 Gauting Tel: 089-89 35 633, Fax: 089-89 39 84 29 E-mail: Gaby.Moldan@kontron.com E-mail: info@engel-zimmermann.de 06.04.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Kontron AG Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1 85386 Eching Deutschland Phone: 08165-77-225 Fax: 08165-77-222 E-mail: martin.przybyla@kontron.com Internet: www.kontron.com ISIN: DE0006053952 WKN: 605395 Indices: TecDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service =--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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