ots Ad hoc-Service: LEIFHEIT AG <DE0006464506> LEIFHEIT acquires Soehnle Group
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Nassau/Lahn(ots Ad hoc-Service) - LEIFHEIT AG, acquired all the shares of the Soehnle Group as of 1 January 2001.
Soehnle is Europe's leading supplier of personal and kitchen scales. These two product ranges account for three-quarters of total turnover of c. DM 170 million in the current year. Other turnover comes primarily from industrial weighing equipment. Foreign sales represent c. 40 % of the total.
With a long history, Soehnle has production facilities at Murrhardt in Germany and Montlingen in Switzerland. The Group currently has some 540 employees.
LEIFHEIT Aktiengesellschaft Postfach 1165 * 56371 Nassau/Lahn http: //www.leifheit.de E-mail: ir@leifheit.de
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