(DGAP-Media / 04.06.2014 / 09:07) Deufol SE: Partnership SINOTRANS PACKAGING AND LOGISTICS / DEUFOL (SUZHOU) PACKAGING Co. Ltd. provide the next level of complete logistic, transportation and packaging services of highest quality to Chinese domestic and international manufacturers Hofheim, June 4, 2014 On April 15th, two of the strongest companies in Industrial Packaging, Logistics, Transportation, and Supplementary Services joined together in a cooperation agreement intended to allow the companies to offer an unmatched set of logistics, transportation, and packaging services to clients with global needs. This cooperation got now approved by the Board. Seeing a need in the market for complete integration of international logistic services and global expertise for those in China needing both domestic and international support, Sinotrans and Deufol found a way together to provide unrivaled services in the areas of: International Project Logistics - Serving more than 15 countries in 120 locations Water Transportation - 89 self-operated vessels, aggregate capacity in excess of 340,000 tons Land Transportation - Truck fleet of 2,000 vehicles and five special railway lines Container Yards and Warehousing - 51 and 254 locations respectively Export Packaging and Crating - 78 locations globally packaging 2.4 billion products per year In-house Outsourcing - Placing custom packaging locations near or within a client's location IT and Technological Solutions - Custom solutions programmed and implemented RDCs - in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Nanjing. When combining this robust set of skills, the partnership now provides Companies with manufacturing units in China with services that not only package and move products, but do it with complete range of custom solutions that gives visibility, technological tracking, and even on-location services - where the client is, when the client needs it. This optimization will reduce time, handling, warehouse and transportation costs for domestic and export services in China. The partnership also plans to expand possibilities to offer both on-site packaging services as implementation of new production facilities in the vicinity of key customer clusters. The project logistics department Sinotrans Heavy Lift will also enable Deufol (Suzhou) Packaging Co. Ltd. to offer their customers door-to-door services. This will include packaging, heavy lift, inland water and or road transport throughout China and will ensure the most cost efficient means of packaging and transport. With this new initiative, both Sinotrans Logistics and Packaging Co. Ltd. and Deufol (Suzhou) Packaging Co. Ltd. are committed to becoming one of the most important market leaders in terms of packaging and integrated logistics in China. For more information contact: Frank Ghesquiere, Deufol Head of Asia, e-mail: [email protected]. Deufol SE wishes to thank Ms. Maggie Meng - General Manager of Sinotrans Packaging and Logistics Co. Ltd. for her on-going support in this joint development between Sinotrans Packaging and Logistics Co. Ltd. and Deufol (Suzhou) Packaging Co. Ltd. ABOUT SINOTRANS Sinotrans Limited is a logistics service provider in the People's Republic of China. It operates in five segments: freight forwarding, shipping agency, marine transportation, storage and terminal services and trucking. The Agreement refers to a partnership agreement between Sinotrans Packaging and Logistics Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Sinotrans Limited, and Deufol (Suzhou) Packaging Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Deufol SE. ABOUT DEUFOL GROUP Deufol SE is a global premium provider of packaging services and associated services. Its service portfolio includes Export & Industrial Packaging, Automated Packaging, Data Packaging, Promotional & Display Packaging and services supplementary to the packaging process. The listed corporation with registered office in Hofheim (Wallau) near Frankfurt am Main has a total of 77 branches in ten countries and employs more than 4,000 people worldwide. In 2013, the group generated sales of EUR 319 million. Contact: Deufol SE Claudia Ludwig Johannes-Gutenberg-Strasse 3-5 65719 Hofheim (Wallau) Tel.: +49 (6122) 50 1228 E-mail: [email protected] End of Media Release --------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Deufol SE Key word(s): Services 04.06.2014 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Deufol SE Johannes-Gutenberg-Straße 3-5 65719 Hofheim (Wallau) Germany Phone: +49 (6122) 50 1228 Fax: +49 (6122) 50 1300 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.deufol.com ISIN: DE000A1R1EE6 WKN: A1R1EE Indices: CDAX, Classic All Share, DAXsector All Transportation & Logistics, DAXsector Transportation & Logistics, DAXsubsector All Logistics, DAXsubsector Logistics, Prime All Share Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP-Media --------------------------------------------------------------------- 271993 04.06.2014