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Garbsen, 19 November 2008 - LPKF Laser & Electronics AG has been doing business
in China for over 20 years, and now runs five successful offices with almost 60
employees in the country. By selling laser systems for stencil production, the
company has slashed the market share of the old and complicated chemical etching
method from 100% to less than 30%. And the installation of several hundred PCB
prototyping systems has also made a considerable contribution to cutting
environmental pollution by dispensing with the use of chemicals.

This economic and environmentally sound commitment was honoured yesterday in the
Metzlersaal of the Städel Art Gallery in Frankfurt/Germany by Tony Tyler, Chief
Executive of Cathay Pacific Airways. 'The China Trader Award has now been
awarded for the second time also in Germany, and we are very proud to have been
nominated for the award by such a high ranking jury,' says Chairman of the Board
of Managing Directors, Bernd Hackmann, accepting the trophy in Frankfurt. 'Our
involvement in this expanding market not only opens up excellent opportunities
for the whole LPKF Group, but also involves an important element of corporate
social responsibility.' In addition to dispensing with the use of chemicals by
replacing the old method with laser technology, the laser specialist from
Garbsen/Germany is also a player in the worldwide expansion of the solar energy
sector. The development of laser systems for the production of thin-film solar
panels is the company´s most recent successful venture into another growth
segment.


Further inquiry note:
Ulrike Thoms-von Meding

LPKF Laser & Electronics AG

Tel.: +49(0)5131 7095 326

u.thomsvonmeding@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