TRUMPF to Supply Disk Lasers for PSA Peugeot Citroen


French automaker awards a major contract for TruDisk disk lasers

Ditzingen/Germany February 26, 2010 - Over the next two years, PSA Peugeot Citroen will be equipping its production sites with additional, next-generation TruDisk disk lasers, according to a agreement announced recently with TRUMPF. The French automaker has asked TRUMPF to supply the company with disk lasers in a range of output levels and beam qualities from its TruDisk series. PSA will now have a quantity of TruDisk lasers that number in the double digits for welding and soldering body components on its various models of cars.

PSA has used disk lasers for many years for the welding and soldering involved in auto body construction. The company awarded the order based on TruDisk's low operating and investment costs and its high degree of availability in production.

About TRUMPF

With sales totaling US $ 2.28 billion ( 1.66 billion) and about 8,000 employees, the TRUMPF Group ranks among the leading manufacturing companies worldwide. The three following business divisions are combined under the umbrella of a holding company: Machine Tools/Power Tools, Laser Technology/Electronics and Medical Technology. Its core business is machine tools for flexible sheet metal processing for punching and forming, laser processing and bending. In the field of industrial lasers and laser systems, the company is the technological leader in the world market. With about 60 subsidiaries and branch offices, the Group is represented in almost every European country, in North and South America as well as in Asia. Production locations can be found in Germany, Austria, China, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Switzerland and the USA.

For further information about the company, please visit www.trumpf.com

TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG

Johann-Maus-Strasse 2

71254 Ditzingen

Germany

Holger Kapp

Phone +49 7156 303-31559

holger.kapp@de.trumpf.com

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