SGL Group launches production of high-performance carbon fiber yarns

11-19-2013 SGL Group launches production of high-performance carbon fiber yarns Wiesbaden, November 19, 2013. SGL Group The Carbon Company has started production of stretch-broken carbon fiber yarn at its facility in Muir of Ord, Scotland. An official ceremony inaugurating the new production took place on November 7, 2013. Site management, local politicians and media representatives were in attendance to celebrate the milestone event.

Marketed under the brand name SIGRAFIL C SBY, this high-performance, very fine stretch-broken carbon fiber yarn is a proprietary development of SGL Group. It was first presented to the general public at this year's JEC Composites Show in Paris, France.

Dr. Andreas W ginger, Product and Technology Management SGL Group: We are expanding our existing value chain by developing new textile procedures and refining our SIGRAFIL C carbon fiber into a fine yarn. We are now positioned to offer our customers new and innovative material concepts that meet the growing market requirements.

SIGRAFIL C SBY offers a broad range of applications. The yarn can be used as a heat conductor due to its electrical resistance and can also be used as sewing yarn or knitting yarn. It is also well suited for applications where carbon fiber composite parts are exposed to very high service stresses, such as in the automotive applications.

In addition to the characteristic properties of carbon fiber such as high strength, light weight and temperature resistance, the yarn provides excellent knot and loop strength. The optimized yarn properties allows for new opportunities in textile processing, such as sewing and knitting processes where regular multifilament carbon fiber previously reached its limits.

About SGL Group - The Carbon Company SGL Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of carbon-based products and materials. It has a comprehensive portfolio ranging from carbon and graphite products to carbon fibers and composites. SGL Group's core competencies are its expertise in high-temperature technology as well as its applications and engineering know-how gained over many years. These competencies enable the Company to make full use of its broad material base. SGL Group's carbon-based materials combine several unique properties such as very good electrical and thermal conductivity, heat and corrosion resistance as well as high mechanical strength combined with low weight. Due to industrialization in the growth regions of Asia and Latin America and increased substitution of traditional with innovative materials, there is a growing demand for SGL Group's high-performance materials and products. Products from SGL Group are used predominantly in the steel, aluminum, automotive and chemical industries as well as in the semiconductor, solar and LED sectors and in lithium-ion batteries. Carbon-based materials and products are also being used increasingly in the wind power, aerospace and defense industries.

With 45 production sites in Europe, North America and Asia as well as a service network covering more than 100 countries, SGL Group is a company with a global presence. In 2012, the Company's workforce of around 6,700 employees generated sales of 1,709 million. The Company's head office is located in Wiesbaden.

Further information about SGL Group can be found online at: www.sglgroup.com.

Important note: This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on the information currently available to us and on our current projections and assumptions. By nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, as a consequence of which actual developments and results can deviate significantly from these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not to be understood as guarantees. Rather, future developments and results depend on a number of factors; they entail various risks and unanticipated circumstances and are based on assumptions which may prove to be inaccurate. These risks and uncertainties include, for example, unforeseeable changes in political, economic, legal, and business conditions, particularly relating to our main customer industries, such as electric steel production, to the competitive environment, to interest rate and exchange rate fluctuations, to

technological developments, and to other risks and unanticipated circumstances. Other risks that in our opinion may arise include price developments, unexpected developments connected with acquisitions and subsidiaries, and unforeseen risks associated with ongoing cost savings programs. SGL Group does not intend or assume any responsibility to revise or otherwise update these forward-looking statements.

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