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Text of welcome Content of Presentation l l Pusher Centrifuges l Vertical and Horizontal Centrifuges l Automation Systems l Process Technology l Aftersales Service l 1 - Rev. 0 Ferrum Business Units Used Centrifuges

Excellence since Decades l l Family owned company l Personnel (2009): 430 l Apprentices (2009): 39 in 9 professions l Turnover (2009): EUR 80 millions l 2 - Rev. 0 Founded 1917 Certified ISO 9001: 2000

Ferrum Business Units Canning Machinery Manufacturing Washing Technology 3 - Rev. 0 Metal Castings Centrifuge Technology

Share of Turnover Business Units 2004 - 2009 l l High degree of self financing l Economic independence l 4 - Rev. 0 Healthy diversification Excellent perspectives for the future

Facilities Offices Assembly shops Canning machinery Centrifuge technology Metal Casting Schafisheim, Switzerland 5 - Rev. 0 Manufacturing Washing technology Rupperswil, Switzerland Ferrum Inc. , Centrifuge Technology Houston, USA

Canning Machinery Vacuum closing Can seaming l Cans: steel, aluminium. . . l Sealed under vacuum l Can Ø: 50 - 230 mm l Gas purged l Speed: 10 - 2'500 cans/min. Piston Fillers Filling of hot or cold liquids into cans l Can Ø: 50 - 106 mm l 6 - Rev. 0 l Speed: 50 - 850 cans/min.

Metal Casting l l Grey and spherulitic castings l Series from 10 to 3'000 parts l Max. weight: 10 tons l 7 - Rev. 0 Engineering and design advice Model set-ups

Washing Technology Wash systems for vehicles l Wash tunnels for passenger cars l Wash systems for trucks and rail transport l Water treatment systems Laundry and textile care systems l l 8 - Rev. 0 Laundry equipment for commercial and industrial applications Fully automated delivery systems

Manufacturing l l CNC and manual manufacturing l Welding and polishing department l Painting department l 9 - Rev. 0 Large scale machining Apprenticeship workshop

Centrifuge Technology l l Turnover (2009): EUR 26 millions l Global presence: over 60 agents worldwide l 1994 Ferrum took over Sulzer Escher Wyss centrifuge business l Delivered pusher centrifuges worldwide: Over 3500 l 10 - Rev. 0 Number of personnel: 70 from 6 nationalities Delivered scraper centrifuges worldwide: Over 2700

Share of Turnover new sales Centrifuge Technology 2004 - 2009 11 - Rev. 0

Applications l l Chemicals / Minerals l Agricultural Chemicals l Food Industry l 12 - Rev. 0 Pharmaceuticals / API Environmental

Made in Switzerland l l 13 - Rev. 0 Our centrifuges are precision manufactured in Rupperswil, Switzerland Only Ferrum and its licensees in Japan, India and Brazil, are permitted to produce original Sulzer Escher Wyss pusher centrifuges.

Continuous Pusher Centrifuges l l System Ferrum - Escher Wyss l More than 3'500 units delivered l Over 300 applications l 75 years of experience l 14 - Rev. 0 For basic, agricultural and petrochemical industries Made in Switzerland

Continuous Pusher Centrifuges Design PM-230 Design P-32 – P-50 Design P-60 – P-120 l Basket Ø: 230 mm l Basket Ø : 320 - 500 mm l Basket Ø : 600 - 1200 mm l Throughput: 1. 5 t/h Na. Cl l Throughput: 6 - 18 t/h Na. Cl l Throughput: 30 - 85 t/h Na. Cl l Mechanical piston stroke l Hydraulic piston stroke 15 - Rev. 0

Horizontal Scraper Centrifuges HPZ 630 - 1600 l For demanding pharmaceutical applications l Basket diameter: 630 - 1600 mm l Basket volume: 41 - 704 l 16 - Rev. 0 HCZ 1000 - 2000 l For chemical applications l Basket diameter: 1000 - 2000 mm l Basket volume: 172 - 1720 l

Vertical Centrifuges VTC / VBC l l For pharmaceutical and chemical applications l Robust design according to latest GMP guidelines l Suitable for Ex-Zone 1 (according to RL 94/9/EG) l Basket diameter: 630 - 1600 mm l 17 - Rev. 0 Vertical top and bottom discharge centrifuges Basket volume: 51 - 1011 l

Scraper Centrifuge VBC-S l l Swivel cover & housing for best inspection of the process area l Basket diameter: 1000 - 1250 mm l 18 - Rev. 0 For the demanding pharmaceutical industry Basket volume: 200 - 500 l

Mobile Centrifuge System l l Combination of centrifuge, control system, drive components and inertisation system l Mobile turn key-system for Ex-zone 1 l 19 - Rev. 0 Basket diameter: 320 - 500 mm, Basket volume: 6. 6 - 35 l Pilot plants and small quantity production

Isolator Centrifuge l l Special centrifuge design for use in a isolator: membrane connection, easy handling… l For API applications (active pharmaceutical ingredients) l 20 - Rev. 0 Basket diameter: 320 - 500 mm, Basket volume: 6. 6 - 35 l Toxic product from centrifuge to next process step without contamination.

Peripheral Systems Pusher / Batch Style Centrifuges l l Inertisation systems certified according SIL 2 / ATEX l Valves for chemical and pharmaceutical applications l Solids discharge cones, container docking stations l Pre-thickening systems l 21 - Rev. 0 Siphons, pressure relief valves, flexible connections DAU dosing devices for static pre-thickener

Automation of Centrifuge Systems All under one roof in our panel shop at Ferrum l l Motors and drives (VFDs) l Control and drive cabinets l Software programming l 22 - Rev. 0 Operator panels (HMI) Remote maintenance etc.

Process Technology l l Product tests on customer's site l Semi-industrial tests on customer's site l Commissioning of new installation l 23 - Rev. 0 Product tests in the in-house laboratory Optimisation of existing installations

Aftersales Service l l Worldwide and fast delivery l Overhauls, upgrading of existing installations l Service contracts based on BGR 500 l Customized client training l 24 - Rev. 0 Large stock of spare parts Service centers worldwide

Used equipment at good value l l Original Ferrum spare and wear parts l Short delivery times l 25 - Rev. 0 Overhauled by Ferrum Ltd. 12 month guarantee

Thank you for your attention Any questions? 26 - Rev. 0