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The Board of Managing Directors of LPKF Laser & Electronics AG has appointed
Lars Ederleh as new Managing Director of its subsidiary LaserMicronics GmbH with
immediate effect. Ederleh has run the operative business of LaserMicronics since
May 2005. The 34 year-old graduate engineer follows Kai Bentz, who was appointed
to the Board of LPKF Laser & Electronics AG in October 2007. 

LaserMicronics GmbH is located at Garbsen and Erlangen in Ger-many. The company
specialises in production services in the areas of laser machining and laser
plastics welding which are mainly carried out on LPKF systems.


Further inquiry note:
Bettina Schäfer, LPKF Laser & Electronics AG
Tel: +49 5131-7095 382
b.schaefer@lpkf.de

emitter:      LPKF Laser & Electronics AG
              Osteriede  7
              D-30827 Garbsen
phone:        +49(0)5131 7095 382
FAX:          +49(0)5131 7095 90
mail:         investorrelations@lpkf.de
WWW:          ¿U1http://www.lpkf.de¿U0
sector:       Semiconductors & active components
ISIN:         DE0006450000
indexes:      CDAX, Prime All Share, Technologie All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Börse Frankfurt, free trade:
              Börse Berlin, Börse Hamburg, Börse Stuttgart, Börse Düsseldorf,
              Börse Hannover, Börse München 
language:     English