The Fraunhofer Institute FEP in Dresden appoints Dr Margit Sarstedt, Managing Director of Meyer Burger's MicroSystems business unit, to its Board of Trustees.

Meyer Burger views the appointment of Dr Margit Sarstedt to the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden as a significant and important confirmation and as a success in their endeavors to exert active influence on high-tech industries and new application markets through competence, experience and technology know-how. The appointment of Dr Margit Sarstedt to the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute FEP is also a major personal acknowledgement wich underscores the acceptance of Dr Sarstedt as a technology expert and Managing Director of the MicroSystems business unit, an important business and technology area of the Meyer Burger Group.

Meyer Burger Technology AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden, Germany has appointed Dr Margit Sarstedt, Managing Director of Meyer Burger's MicroSystems business unit, to its Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees advises the institute management and the Fraunhofer Society as an external advisory board on strategic matters.

The Fraunhofer Institute FEP helps partners from industry and the public sector put research to practical use by providing customer-specific services. As one of the 67 institutes of the Fraunhofer Society, Europe's largest organization for applied research, the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden devotes itself to the development of technologies and processes for surface finishing.

Further information on the Fraunhofer Institute FEP and the Board of Trustees can be found at www.fep.fraunhofer.de.

For further information:

Werner Buchholz
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd
Corporate Communications
Tel +41 (0)33 221 25 06
werner.buchholz@meyerburger.com

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Meyer Burger is a leading global technology Group specialising on innovative systems and processes based on semiconductor technologies. The Group's focus is on photovoltaics (solar industry) while its competencies and technologies also cover important areas of the semiconductor and the optoelectronic industries as well as other selected high-end markets based on semiconductor materials. The Group currently employs around 1,700 people across three continents. Over the past ten years, Meyer Burger has risen to the forefront of the photovoltaic market and established itself as an international premium brand by offering superior precision products and innovative technologies.

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