The Amafilter Group employs approximately 450 employees and is expecting anestimated sales volume of 80 million Euros in 2008. MAHLE Filtersystemewill take over 100 percent of the shares and integrate the company into theMAHLE Group expectedly as of September 1, 2008. The acquisition is stillsubject to approval by the antitrust authorities. The company producesintegrated filtration solutions for the process technology.

Amafilter Group possesses production locations in the Netherlands, England,France, Italy, and the USA and optimally complements the existingproduction locations of the business division MAHLE Industrial Filtration.Also, regarding the product portfolio and the customer structure, itperfectly fits into the existing business division. In the coming years,MAHLE plans to achieve a significant growth in sales by using the newpotentials mainly in the growth markets food, energy technology, oil andgas as well as in the chemical industry.

Ulrich Eich, General Manager of the business division MAHLE IndustrialFiltration, says: "Together with the Amafilter Group, we will in the futurehave a unique spectrum of systems solutions available regarding filtrationand separation. It will be complemented by our comprehensive program ofcomplete filters, filter elements, spare parts and services. We will beable to offer our customers superior technical integrated solutions,tailor-made for each application. In the coming years, we thus want tocontinually enhance our worldwide market and sales shares.

The MAHLE Group is one of the 30 largest companies in the automotive supplyindustry worldwide. As a leading manufacturer of components and systems forthe combustion engine and related products, MAHLE ranks among the top 3systems suppliers for piston systems, cylinder components, valve trainsystems, air management systems, and liquid management systems. MAHLEemploys around 48,000 people at 110 production plants and eight researchand development centers. In 2007, MAHLE achieved sales of over EUR 5billion (USD 7.5 billion).