Cologne, 22 August 2018 - Leybold Managing Director Johan Van der Eeken and Project Manager Stephan Hohenadl today handed over a donation cheque for 5,930 Euros to Eva Heemann and Cemre Altinsoy for the employee initiative `Water for All ́. Since 1984, Water for All has supported projects that provide people in need with access to clean drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. It is Atlas Copco's most important non-profit initiative and is funded through employee volunteer contributions. In total, more than two million people have now gained access to clean drinking water thanks to Water for All. The Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh were also recently supported with donations from the Welthungerhilfe. In the long term, the focus is on supporting sustainable water supply and hygiene projects, especially in Africa.

Every company knows this: over time, articles accumulate which are not sold to the extent that their manufacturer would like. And without incentives, little will happen. The sales teams of Leybold found a threefold original way. "It was important to us to find a lever to make the benefits clear to everyone involved. When we presented the concept to the sales department, I was very pleased with the immediate support for this project," says Stephan Hohenadl, who is responsible for this unusual campaign: "To reduce inventories, we launched a so-called 'Red Tag' campaign, which offered corresponding products on the market at special conditions. The articles were then sold at a very attractive price and our warehouse was cleared," explains Hohenadl.

That alone was nothing special - but the sales team's highlight was a percentage share if the minimum sales price was exceeded and, linked to this, the second highlight: the sales team thereby made a percentage contribution to the renowned social project Water for All of the parent company Atlas Copco.

5930,- Euro turn into a donation of 17,790,- Euro for a good cause

"Our cooperation with Welthungerhilfe makes it possible for institutional donors to double the donation and ultimately raise 17,790 Euros for our joint aid projects,” Eva Heemann and Cemre Altinsoy from the Atlas Copco employee initiative were delighted when they accepted the cheque.

"Leybold has been part of the Atlas Copco Group since 2016 and I am very pleased that this initiative has been so positively received and supported by our staff," emphasizes Johan Van der Eeken, who has known Water for All from the Group for years. This campaign is a win-win situation for everyone: "It supports sustainability to a special degree and serves to make life easier for those in need in a direct way," says the Leybold Managing Director. In Cologne, the Leybold management hands over a donation to the Atlas Copco employee initiative Water for All for sustainable aid projects in Africa. From left to right, Johan Van der Eeken, Stephan Hohenadl, Eva Heemann und Cemre Altinsoy are pleased that the Red Tag sale from Leybold brings together a total amount of 17,790, which will be used in drought regions to strengthen self-help capabilities. (Photo source: ©Leybold )

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Christina Steigler
Corporate Communications
T: +49 221 347 1261
F : +49 221 347 31261 christina.steigler@leybold.com www.leybold.com

About Leybold

Leybold is a part of the Atlas Copco’s Vacuum Technique Business Area and offers a broad range of advanced vacuum solutions for use in manufacturing and analytical processes, as well as for research purposes. The core capabilities center on the development of application- and customer-specific systems for the creation of vacuums and extraction of processing gases. Fields of application are secondary metallurgy, heat treatment, automotive industry, coating technologies, solar and thin films such as displays, research & development, analytical instruments, as well as classic industrial processes.

About Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco is a world-leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions. The Group serves customers through its innovative compressors, vacuum solutions, generators, pumps, power tools and assembly systems. Atlas Copco develops products and services focused on productivity, energy efficiency, safety and ergonomics. The company was founded in 1873, is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than 180 countries. In 2017, Atlas Copco had revenues of BSEK 86 (BEUR 9) and about 34 000 employees.

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VARODRY - for demanding industrial applications

June 08, 2018 - Short, reliable and clean production processes are more important than ever for the increasingly digital and globally active value chains, in addition to high- quality results. Vacuum technology provides a significant contribution to meeting these requirements. The vacuum pioneer Leybold has designed the new VARODRY vacuum pump series for efficient industrial vacuum processes. The vacuum specialist is advertising this oil-free, air-cooled vacuum pump as part of its product range for the process industry at this year's ACHEMA in Frankfurt, from 11-15 June in Hall 8.0, Stand F61.

The oil-free VARODRY screw pump convinces with first-class performance. It guarantees the required operating pressure, a short cycle time and ultimately high system availability and robustness - especially in moist or dusty processes. The VARODRY is also easy to install and connect. Thanks to its compact design and reduction to the essential, the vacuum pump can be easily integrated into new or existing systems.

Equipped with complete air cooling, the pump makes water cooling completely superfluous. The developers at Leybold were guided by the idea of using fewer, proven machine parts and components in their design. The VARODRY convinces its users with low maintenance requirements, emission-free ventilation and minimal operating noise in average daily operation. Moreover, this pump is absolutely dry and clean, thus preventing oil and particle emissions or oil leaks as well as oil migrations in the vacuum chamber or into the products and processes.

All in all, the VARODRY from Leybold is designed for highest and reliable performance with low investment and operating costs. Its numerous advantages make the new pump series, which is offered in the two pumping speed classes VD 65 and VD 100, the ideal choice for industrial vacuum requirements. "Handling the vacuum pump is easy for the user, as it requires neither cooling water nor compressed air and is characterized by a robust handling of common process media," explains Uwe Zoellig, Global Business Development Manager Industrial Vacuum.

As a result, VARODRY ensures uninterrupted operation without system downtimes. Its numerous benefits make the pump the ideal choice for all industrial vacuum applications.

For further information, please contact:

Christina Steigler
Corporate Communications
T: +49 221 347 1261
F : +49 221 347 31261 christina.steigler@leybold.com www.leybold.com

07. March, 2018 - ETH Zurich students have won the SpaceX competition of US entrepreneur Elon Musk with their Swissloop concept against thousands of other teams. Now, in the summer of 2018, the Swiss will once again be able to prove themselves in the next round with their enhanced capsule. The Swissloop project is supported by Leybold. The vacuum pioneer has been promoting the Hyperloop projects of the technology revolutionary since 2015 with its vacuum know-how.

Whether Mars will be colonized during Elon Musk's lifetime remains to be seen critically. Yet concerning the utopias of Tesla's founder for new revolutionary ways of transport and the vision of overcoming large distances by land, the vision has already taken on concrete forms. And the enthusiasm with which his employees and supporters around the globe take part in the innovation with the illustrious name Hyperloop speaks for the appeal of his ideas.

Through the vacuum at 1000 km/h

This is one of the reasons why teams from all over the world have been working on prototypes for the high-speed capsules since 2017. In the future, people shall travel through vacuum tubes at around 1000 kilometers per hour. A team of students from ETH Zurich has established itself in the transfer of the tubular mail idea to passenger transport. The designers, physicists, computer scientists and mechanical engineers around Swissloop CEO Luca Di Tizio were able to assert themselves against a thousand other teams at the "Hyperloop Pod Competition 2017".

Bronze for the Swissloop capsule

In the late summer of 2017, they were initially been selected as one of 27 teams from an initial 1200 university teams and had been personally invited by Elon Musk to the SpaceX test site in Hawthorne, Los Angeles. There they were able to present their specially developed pod solution.

The success reflects the quality of their concept idea: the snow-white Swissloop pod capsule won an outstanding third place. In view of the ranking, despite some minor start-up difficulties, all members were very enthusiastic. The Swissloop crew was the first team to risk a test run with cold gas drive.

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Safe sliding through the tube

The persistence and motivation with which the ETH students worked on further optimizations has now been rewarded once again: Since February 2018, it has been clear that Swissloop is officially qualified for the Hyperloop Pod Competition 2018. And this contest will also take place at SpaceX headquarters in California. From 15 to 21 July, Swissloop will work closely with SpaceX and Boring Company engineers to validate this year's pods and test whether the Swissloop pod will glide safely through the vacuum tube. The final, in which only the best teams will compete, will be held on 22 July 2018.

Great performance

“We are very happy about the participation in the final and would like to thank ETH Zurich and our sponsors for their support," says Swissloop CEO and ETH student Luca Di Tizio. Sponsor and vacuum pioneer Leybold, who has been involved in the Hyperloop projects since its inception, was also delighted with the performance of the Swissloop makers.

Strong partners required

Leybold's commitment is a matter close to the heart of the vacuum pioneer. The specialist sees great potential in the technology and is convinced that his commitment will accelerate the success of the Hyperloop project. The challenge of creating something fundamentally new that revolutionizes traditional means of transport naturally motivates us enormously," emphasizes Johan Van der Eeken, Managing Director of Leybold.

Companies such as Leybold are predestined to lead such projects to success with their wealth of experience in vacuum technology. And vice versa, the project managers at Hyperloop and Swissloop choose strong partners like Leybold to make such visionary ideas a reality.

Energy self-sufficient system

The Hyperloop concept is based essentially on
vacuum technology: the vacuum tunnel
massively reduces air resistance and thus
enables smooth driving at speeds of up to
1,000 kilometers per hour. At the same time,
the tube offers sufficient space for solar panels.
The energy required to maintain the vacuum can be obtained from the modules located on the surface of the vacuum tubes. This turns it into an energy self-sufficient system that is not only visionary but also sustainable.

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For further information, please contact:

Christina Steigler
Corporate Communications
T: +49 221 347 1261
F : +49 221 347 31261 christina.steigler@leybold.com www.leybold.com

About Leybold

Leybold is a part of the Atlas Copco’s Vacuum Technique Business Area and offers a broad range of advanced vacuum solutions for use in manufacturing and analytical processes, as well as for research purposes. The core capabilities center on the development of application- and customer-specific systems for the creation of vacuums and extraction of processing gases. Fields of application are secondary metallurgy, heat treatment, automotive industry, coating technologies, solar and thin films such as displays, research & development, analytical instruments, as well as classic industrial processes.

About Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco is a world-leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions. The Group serves customers with innovative compressors, vacuum technique and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems. Atlas Copco develops products and services focused on productivity, energy efficiency, safety and ergonomics. The company was founded in 1873, is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than 180 countries. In 2016, Atlas Copco had revenues of 11 Bilion Euros and more than 45 000 employees.

Since 1952, Atlas Copco is present in Germany. Under the roof of two holdings located in Essen, more than 20 production and sales companies are gathered (February 2017). By end of 2016, the group employed about 3800 people, including about 100 trainees.
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February 8th, 2018 – At the leading trade fair Anuga FoodTec in Cologne, Leybold presents its vacuum technologies for the food processing and packaging industry from the 20th to the 23rd March 2018. The efficient solutions of the vacuum supplier are used worldwide. In a wide variety of applications, the pumps, systems and measuring devices of this long-established company make a significant contribution to sustainable and competitive products and processes in the food and beverage industry.

Vacuum pump help to accelerate packaging processes

At one of Italy's largest producers of meat products near Parma, the installation of a Leybold system has reduced packaging time by around 20 percent. In addition to high vacuum performance, the meat product specialist attaches particular importance to an energy-efficient production process with low service and maintenance costs. The system based on the DRYVAC dry screw pump has been running reliably and without interruption for years, so that the customer was able to devote himself to the core tasks.

Global supply chains require more durability in shelf life

Efficient, hygienic food processing under vacuum is also becoming increasingly important for other reasons: In the age of global supply chains, the demands on shelf life are increasing. In view of this trend, customized vacuum solutions are essential for the economic efficiency of companies. For decades, Leybold has been manufacturing the technologies for the quality control of packaging. For example, leak tightness is increasingly tested under vacuum because only leak detectors such as the PHOENIX series meet the highest testing standards. Mass spectrometers used in food analysis also make use of the performance of modern, noise-reduced pumps such as the ECODRY plus.

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Vacuum improves in-house logistics

For the delivery of raw materials in processing and packaging plants, vacuum is required to handle internal conveying processes. These systems assist in sorting and facilitate the removal of specific risk materials and slaughterhouse by-products for prevention purposes. In this way, the hygienic standards can be effectively ensured. For these applications, too, the system solutions must be energy-efficient, easy to maintain and space-saving. The VACUBE central vacuum system meets these requirements by providing a demand-oriented vacuum for the application process through special speed adjustments. In addition, the Leybold products comply with all guidelines for plant and occupational safety.

Innovative processes in food processing

Vacuum baking offers advantages for plant manufacturers, producers, bakeries and consumers alike: Customers can enjoy fresh bakery products with optimum qualities in appearance and presentation almost around the clock; significant savings are possible in sales and production. Energy consumption and logistics costs are also reduced, supported by the optimized efficiency of the pumps used in these applications, such as the SOGEVAC or DRYVAC. Depending on the design of the plant, process savings of up to 50 percent can be achieved also due to shortest cooling times, significant reductions in storing space, resulting in a clear advantage on food safety.

Benefits for all parties involved

All in all, Leybold's modern vacuum technology opens up an increase in quality and productivity - vacuum pumps such as the CLAWAC offer special product properties especially in the rough vacuum range. The extremely robust design of these pumps allows them to be used in demanding applications; process gases contaminated with dust and vapors can also be handled.

Innovative vacuum technology exploits the potential for improvement in terms of production, infrastructure, staffing, logistics costs and energy consumption. Variable combination options, such as the oil-sealed SOGEVAC and RUVAC pumps with the modern oil-free, dry-compressing DRYVAC pumps offer proven reliability. Appropriate technical concepts that guarantee optimized process stability round off Leybold's product range.

Visitors to the Anuga FoodTec will receive further information on the use of vacuum technology in all applications at the Cologne trade fair from 20th to 23rd March 2018 at Leybold GmbH in Hall 7.1, Stand C021.

Amtsgericht Köln, HRB-Nr. 26670, Finanzamt Köln-Süd, Steuer-Nr. 219/5824/2758, UST-Ident-Nr. DE 174555805 Geschäftsführer: Johan Van der Eeken, Torsten Beyer, Thomas Sogalla
Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Alex Bongaerts

For further information, please contact:

Christina Steigler
Corporate Communications
T: +49 221 347 1261
F : +49 221 347 31261 christina.steigler@leybold.com www.leybold.com

About Leybold

Leybold is a part of the Atlas Copco’s Vacuum Technique Business Area and offers a broad range of advanced vacuum solutions for use in manufacturing and analytical processes, as well as for research purposes. The core capabilities center on the development of application- and customer-specific systems for the creation of vacuums and extraction of processing gases. Fields of application are secondary metallurgy, heat treatment, automotive industry, coating technologies, solar and thin films such as displays, research & development, analytical instruments, as well as classic industrial processes.

About Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco is a world-leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions. The Group serves customers with innovative compressors, vacuum technique and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems. Atlas Copco develops products and services focused on productivity, energy efficiency, safety and ergonomics. The company was founded in 1873, is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than 180 countries. In 2016, Atlas Copco had revenues of 11 Bilion Euros and more than 45 000 employees.

Since 1952, Atlas Copco is present in Germany. Under the roof of two holdings located in Essen, more than 20 production and sales companies are gathered (February 2017). By end of 2016, the group employed about 3800 people, including about 100 trainees.
www.atlascopco.de

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