direct/ Imtech N.V. (NL) - Imtech: 25 million euro orders in testing technology for German automotive sector

Gouda, The Netherlands, 20 October 2006 - Imtech N.V. (technical services provider in Europe) has announced that there is increasing demand from the German automotive sector for its advanced testing technology. Furthermore, it is exporting an increasing number of test solutions to (among others) Eastern Europe, the USA and the upcoming automotive manufacturing countries of China and India. Imtech has recently won orders with a total value of about 25 million euro.

With a package of services embracing the entire range of technological activities in the industrial field, Imtech is the biggest multi-disciplinary technical services provider to the German industrial market. The German automotive sector is one of Imtech´s major clients groups. As well as providing the technical infrastructure for automotive manufacturing plants, Imtech is a market leader in the development, construction and exploitation of advanced testing technology for both the automotive industry and the automotive supply industry. From an own competence centre in Hamburg (Umweltsimulation/Prüfstandtechnik or UMSI), over 100 specialists serve the entire worldwide automotive sector.

Imtech offers test solutions for the development of new automobile technologies and for new vehicle models. In addition, quality tests are performed on such aspects as bodywork (components as well as complete vehicles) and engine capacity (testbed engineering). Imtech also supplies innovative solutions for testing and simulating nearly every relevant climatic and road condition. Decades of experience at the highest level of technology have led to successful and lasting partnerships with renowned automotive industry and the automotive supply industry.

Imtech has recently received orders from Audi, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Opel, Porsche, Skoda, Volkswagen and Volvo, among others. Together with these and other companies, Imtech is also working to an increasing extent on manufacturing locations in Eastern Europe and the USA. In addition, Imtech is increasingly active in support of the rapidly growing automotive sector in China and India.

Further information
Mark Salomons
Company Secretary
Telephone: +31 182 54 35 14
E-mail: mark.salomons@imtech.nl
www.imtech.nl

Profile
Imtech N.V. is a European technical service provider in the field of electrical engineering, ICT and mechanical engineering. With more than 15,000 employees, Imtech realizes annual revenues of approximately 2,5 billion euro. Imtech holds strong positions in the buildings, industry, marine, infrastructure and telecoms markets in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK and is also active in Eastern Europe. Imtech shares are listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange (Amsterdam), where Imtech is included in the Amsterdam SmallCap Index (AScX) and the Next 150 index.

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