NEWSLETTER - HEXPOL · “The market for TPE compounding is undergo-ing great growth with inter-esting and increasing customer applica - tions within the field of medical, con - sumer,

NEWSLETTER

HEXPOL:s acquisition of HorstMüller Kunststoffe hasbeen completed

Dear Reader,

2011 was the best year for the HEXPOL

Group - so far. We had strong growth,

improved margins and in addition we han-

dled our working capital well.

In this issue of the HEXPOL Newsletter

you can read about Urban’s - our CFO -comments around our result at a

investors/analysts meeting in Stockholm.

You can also read about our latest acquisi-

tion, Horst Müller Kunststoffe in

Lichtenfels Germany. It is a very nice, well

managed and well invested company with

very competent people and gives us a

strong european position for TPE

Compounding. I am very happy to welcome

all Muller Kunststoffe people to the

HEXPOL family.

Pleasant reading!

Best regards,

Georg Brunstam, President and CEO

Horst Müller Kunststoffe is a

leading Central European developer

and manufacturer of thermoplastic

elastomer compounds (TPE

Compounding) with two production

units in Lichtenfels, Germany. The

estimated annual turnover is approx-

imately 46 MEUR and the company

has around 90 employees. Müller

Kunststoffe has a strong and experi-

enced team, led by the Managing

Director Mr. Georg Ender.

”The acquisition constitutes yet

another step in our ambition to

broaden our product range within

our Compounding business area”

says HEXPOL’s CEO Georg

Brunstam. “The market for

TPE compounding is undergo-

ing great growth with inter-

esting and increasing customer applica-

tions within the field of medical, con-

sumer, general industry and automotive.

Müller Kunststoffe perfectly comple-

ments our European TPE compounding

operations where we already have units

in the UK and Sweden. We are also right

now building a manufacturing plant in

southern China for TPE compounding.

Müller Kunststoffe is a well-established

and well-managed company with strong

management and a strong brand.”

Müller Kunststoffe was consolidated as

of January 2012 and is now a part of the

business area HEXPOL Compounding.

We wish to welcome all the people from

Müller Kunststoffe to the HEXPOL

Group and the HEXPOL family!

Message fromthe CEO...

NO. 10 SPRING 2012

Dominic PhilpotDominic Philpot, formerBusiness Manager atELASTO UK Ltd, hasbeen appointedManaging Director atELASTO UK Ltd.

New appointments

Shannon SmithShannon Smith, for-mer ManagingDirector at HEXPOLCompounding NorthCarolina, is appointednew General Manager

at HEXPOL - Colonial Rubber Works inDyersburg, US.

Kjell FagerströmKjell Fagerström, formerBusiness Manager atELASTO Sweden AB,has been appointedManaging Director atELASTO Sweden AB.

René HerbietRené Herbiet isappointed ManagingDirector at HEXPOLCompounding Sprl(Belgium) and HEXPOLCompounding GmbH

(Germany). He comes from a position asHead of Product Development andApplication Technology at MartinswerkGmbH.

Welcome to HEXPOL Group - What is

your first reaction?

I'm very pleased that the HEXPOL Group

has expressed its interest in Müller

Kunststoffe and has finally taken over

this company. We are convinced that this

was the best solution for HMK and this

gives us confidence that the company can

continue to grow and invest in capacity

expansion.

HEXPOL is a decentralized company

and will of course keep the Müller

Kunststoffe name and all the brands.

Where do you see the synergies to the

HEXPOL Group?

With HEXPOL we do have a strong

partner who is operating globally.

Certainly purchasing synergies can be

formed between ELASTO and HMK.

Furthermore, synergies in the develop-

ment of new TPE applications can be built

up. Specialties of each TPE manufacturer

can now be used widespread by everybody.

Where do you see the biggest

possibilities for the future?

Many of our customers have several pro-

duction facilities worldwide. The expan-

sion of TPE production to China and after-

wards to US will give us the possibilities

to advance the customer service on-site.

Long transport distances can also be elim-

inated.

What are your main objectives for

Müller Kunststoffe in 2012?

Our benefits are short delivery times,

good service and fast performance in

development for our customers. We aim on

further improvement of these advantages

in 2012. We intend to put some new prod-

uct groups on the market, which will

entail improved profitability of HKM.

Interview with Georg EnderManaging Director at Horst MüllerKunststoffe – our latest acquisition

CEO visits Mexican plant In the beginning of January HEXPOL´sPresident and CEO, Georg Brunstam, vis-

ited HEXPOL Compounding Queretaro –

a Mexican company, relatively new in

HEXPOL Group. The company was

acquired in November 2010 as a part of

the former Excel Polymers Group.

Future plans and operational issues were

discussed. “It was a very positive visit and

I met with Francisco and all of his team.

We all concluded in a strong believe in

continued profitable growth for HEXPOL

in Mexico”, says Georg Brunstam,

President and CEO.

Georg Ender, Managing Director at Horst Müller

Kunststoffe

The award for “Company of the year 2011”

was presented at the Top Management

Conference in November. The award was

shared between HEXPOL Compounding

North Carolina in Statesville, US, and

HEXPOL Compounding Unicov, Czech

Republic. Both companies have delivered

exceptionally good results under the year.

The awards were handed over to Milos

Pitela, HEXPOL Compounding Czech

Republic, and Shannon Smith, HEXPOL

Compounding North Carolina by Georg

Brunstam.

The award for “Most outstanding achieve-

ments 2011” was handed to Glenn

Thurman and his team in HEXPOL

Compounding – Colonial Rubber Works in

Dyersburg, US, and Roger Jonsson/Robert

Knutsson and their team in Elastomeric

Gaskets, Sri Lanka. Both companies

showed great improvements during the

year. Congratulations to all of you!

HEXPOL published on Tuesday the 7:th

of February the Year-end report.

We knew it was a good report, but still

somewhat anxious about the questions

around sales, markets, profit, margins, cash

flow and endless number of key figures, me

and Georg Brunstam entered the classical

buildings around “Blasieholmstorg” in

Stockholm in order to present the report to

investors and analysts.

The presentations started, we had around

20 analysts, investors and financial journal-

ists around the table. Here are some high-

lights with personal comments from me.

The sales development for 2011 amounted

to 7,197 MSEK (3,798) a growth with 89

percent. We usually present the growth

adjusted for currency effects and acquisi-

tions and adjusted for that the growth

was 26 percent. We had a really good sales

year basically in all units and at all mar-

kets, with Mexico and China delivering

the strongest organic growth.

Profit-wise we also managed to deliver a

strong EBIT, 895 MSEK (460), an increase

with 95 percent. Since we came into 2011

with the Excel Polymers acquisition, the

achievement of increasing and keeping

the operating margin including Excel had

been very well received. We also managed

to improve our profit in the European,

Chinese and the other units in US.

A strong and solid situation!

The largest appreciation we received from

the meeting was the strong cash flow for

2011, amounting to 911 MSEK (506).

After the Q2 report our working capital

was taking us in the wrong direction but

thanks to good actions in most units we

managed to turn the trend and reduce our

inventory and increase inventory turns in

the second half of 2011, well done.

Finally, it was a pretty easy job to present

the great achievements that has been

made in almost all of our units in 2011; I

would like to pass the greetings to all of

you who do a tremendous job in our daily

business to create an even better future

for HEXPOL. We stand financially strong

with a healthy balance sheet to continue

the development and growth of HEXPOL

Group in 2012.

HEXPOL Company of the year 2011

Year-end report 2011 – Best year ever for HEXPOL

Urban Ottosson, CFO /Investor Relations

Milos Pitela, Managing Director at HEXPOL

Compounding Czech Republic and Shannon Smith,

former Managing Director at HEXPOL

Compounding North Carolina (now General

Manager at HEXPOL - Colonial Rubber Works

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HEXPOL Compounding HQ SprlGewerbestrasse 8BE-4700 EupenBelgiumTel: +32 87 59 61 50Fax: + 32 87 59 61 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding SprlIndustriestrasse 36BE-4700 EupenBelgiumTel: +32 87 59 54 30Fax: +32 87 74 44 [email protected]

Stellana U.S. Inc.999 Wells StreetLake Geneva, WI 53147 USA Tel: +1 262 348 5575Fax: +1 262 348 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding (Qingdao) Co., Ltd899 Qingdao Middle RoadCN-266431 Jiaonan, QingdaoChinaTel: +86 532 8173 1118Fax: +86 532 8173 [email protected]

Gold Key Processing, Inc 14910 Madison Rd. Middlefield, Ohio 44062 USA Tel: +1 440 632 0901 Fax: +1 440 632 0929 [email protected]

Elastomeric Engineering Co Ltd51-54, IDB Industrial EstateHorana Sri Lanka Tel: +94 34 226 1051Fax: +94 34 226 [email protected]

Gislaved Gummi (Qingdao) Co.,Ltd899 Qingdao Middle RoadCN-266431 Jiaonan, Qingdao ChinaTel: +86 532 8173 1166Fax: +86 532 8173 [email protected]

ELASTO ABBox 51, Gamla Örnäsgatan 15SE-662 22 ÅMÅLSwedenTel: +46 532 607 500Fax: +46 532 607 [email protected]

Elastomeric Technologies (Private) Ltd371 Colombo RoadPiliyandala Sri Lanka Tel: +94 11 421 2722Fax: +94 11 421 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding GmbHOttostrasse 34DE-41836 HückelhovenGermanyTel: +49 2433 9755 00Fax: +49 2433 9755 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding s.r.oSumperska 1344CZ-78391 UnicovCzech RepublicTel: +42 585 004 011Fax: +42 585 053 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding NC Inc.280 Crawford RoadStatesville, NC 28625USATel: +1 704 872 1585Fax: +1 704 872 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding MexicoAV. Japon # 302Parque Industrial San FransiscoSan Francisco de Los Romo,Ags. CP 20304, MexicoTel: +52 449 139 3270Fax: +52 449 139 [email protected]

Stellana ABBox 54, SE-695 22 LaxåSweden Tel: +46 584 44 48 00Fax: +46 584 44 48 [email protected]

Stellana (Qingdao) Co., Ltd 899 Qingdao Middle RoadCN-266431 Jiaonan, Qingdao China Tel: +86 532 8173 1167Fax: +86 532 8173 1128www.stellana-cn.com

Gislaved Gummi ABBox 522SE-332 28 GislavedSwedenTel: +46 371 848 00Fax: +46 371 848 [email protected]

ELASTO UK Ltd.Don Street, MiddletonManchester, M24 2GGUnited KingdomTel: +44 161 654 6616Fax: +44 161 654 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding-BurtonRubber Processing14330 Kinsman Rd.Burton, OH 44021USATel: +1 440 834 4644Fax: +1 440 834 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding-ColonialRubber Works150 S. Connell Ave.Dyersburg, TN 38024USATel: +1 731 285 4353Fax: +1 731 287 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding-BurtonRubber Processing260 Old State Route 34P.O. Box 377Jonesborough, TN 37659USATel: +1 423 753 2196Fax: +1 423 753 [email protected]

Chase Elastomer 635 Tower Dr.Kennedale, TX 76060USATel: +1 817 483 9797Fax: +1 817 483 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding-California8227 Sorensen Ave.Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670USATel: +1 562 945 1241Fax: +1 562 698 [email protected]

HEXPOL CompoundingQueretaro S.A. de C.V.La Noria 115Parque Industrial QuerataroC.P. 76220, Santa Rosa,Jauregui Queretaro, MexicoTel: +52 442 211 3500Fax: +52 442 211 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding (UK) Ltd.Unit 3, Fifth AvenueTameside Park, DukinfieldCheshire, SK16 4PPUnited KingdomTel: +44 161 343 4433Fax: +44 161 343 [email protected]

HEXPOL Compounding (Foshan)Co. Ltd.No. 3 Xinhui RoadWusha, Daliang, Shunde DistrictFoshan Guangdong CN-528333ChinaTel: +86 757 2291 5100Fax: +86 757 2291 [email protected]

Müller Kunststoffe GmbH &Co. KG Werk 1 (PVC)Grünewaldstrassee 13 DE-96215 LichtenfelsGermanyTel: +49 9571 94894 00Fax: +49 9571 94894 90 [email protected] www.mueller-kunststoffe.com

Müller Kunststoffe GmbH &Co. KG Werk 2 (TPE)Max-Planck-Str. 3 DE-96215 Lichtenfels GermanyTel: +49 9571 94894 00Fax: +49 9571 94894 90 [email protected] www.mueller-kunststoffe.com

HEXPOL Compounding Sales Office UK, David Mottershead, Tel: +44 7540 698877, [email protected] Sales Office France, Pascal Gruyer Tel: +33 160 431717, [email protected]