David Metzger Not to Stand for Re-Election as Board Member of Oerlikon Group; Recommends Ordinary and Extraordinary Dividends

OC Oerlikon Corporation AG Pfaeffikonis a Switzerland-based provider of production systems, components and services for high-technology products in the fields of surface solutions and manmade fibers. The Company operates through two segments: The Surface Solutions provides products and services for surface treatment, as well as thin-film and thicker-layer coating technologies; the Manmade Fibers segment produces systems used in the manufacture of manmade fibers, such as filament yarn machines, texturizing machines, synthetic staple fiber machines, nonwovens machines and carpet yarn machines.