Against the backdrop of the current business situation, clearly overshadowed by a challenging market environment, the POLYTEC GROUP management expects group sales for the full year 2013 to match the niveau in 2012. This outlook is based on the weak economic expectations for the European home market combined with the so far limited global footprint of the Group, as well as declining production volumes in the truck segment and expiring contract agreements that could not be mitigated to date by new business. The operating result for the full year 2013 is expected to show a moderate decrease compared to 2012, mainly due to the persistent price war currently underway in the automotive industry. In the years to come, the management of the POLYTEC GROUP expects sales figures to increase  - mainly driven by organic growth especially in the area of injection-molding for the production of complex engine and engine compartment parts - coupled with an improvement of the overall margin of earnings.