Press Release

Kahl am Main, August 28, 2008 - SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) gets more involved in the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) and signed in for a full Contributor Membership. Herewith, SINGULUS is the only machine producer in the BDA. Contributor Members are active participants of the format creation and other key BDA activities and can be elected to become a member of the Board of Directors. Furthermore, contributor members can attend general meetings of the BDA and can participate in many activities as technical experts.

SINGULUS has presented its new Blu-ray disc equipment BLULINE II for the production of the 50 gigabyte dual layer Blu-ray Disc and reported already 31 confirmed orders for Blu-ray production lines in the first half of 2008. After delivering machines to customers in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia and a new order was obtained from a Spanish company. Stefan A. Baustert, Chief Executive Officer of SINGULUS, added: “SINGULUS is expecting additional orders for Blu-ray disc production lines during the second half of the year. The company intends to obtain a market share in excess of 65 % for the Blu-ray machines. In the segment Optical Disc the global market leadership for activities with Blu-ray production machines as well as the rapid market launch of the new inline mastering system for Blu-ray is clearly in the focus of SINGULUS.�?

The Blu-ray format has established itself as the new standard in the market. High-definition television, HDTV (HD Ready and Full HD), combined with the Blu-ray video format, is the new technology of the media sector. Early in 2008 “Hollywood�? opted clearly for Blu-ray. Warner’s decision to change over to the Blu-ray camp announced during the CES fair in Las Vegas had a massive impact on the sector. The penetration of Blu-ray in the US and in Europe is progressing significantly faster that expected. The demand for Blu-ray Discs is almost twice as high as the demand for DVD at its introduction in the years 1997/1998. A new report from Home Media Magazine, CA, concluded that by 2012, more than 50 % of all consumer spending on packaged media will be on Blu-ray Disc.

Short Profile SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is the global market leader for optical disc production line for CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs and is the only provider to offer the complete product range: mastering, molding and replication lines. In addition to the further development of the core activities Optical Disc, the diversification into the work area Solar is the most important strategic target.

STANGL and SINGULUS will consistently expand the Solar activities. Today STANGL is one of the few suppliers of wet-chemical machines for crystalline silicon solar technology as well as for the thin-film solar technology with annual growth rates of more than 40 %. SINGULUS will present its own solar coating machine in 2008 already, which is based on the know-how from the core activities Optical Disc. For this the experience and market insight of STANGL is drawn upon. In March 2008, Q-Cells, the global leader for the solar cell production, was won as a partner and key customer for the development of this new machine.

Combined with the machines offered by STANGL and SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES, two important equipment groups for crystalline solar cells will be offered with the wet-chemical and vacuum coating technology. The goal is to globally expand the position for production equipment for crystalline solar cells in the next couple of years.