The acquisition of the separation business of KnitMesh and the company Enhanced Separation Technology (EST) by Sulzer Chemtech as announced on December 15, 2006, was completed on January 31, 2007.
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Sulzer recorded a high order intake during 2006. At CHF 3,276.9 million, the figure is 24.4% up on the previous year (adjusted¹ +24.9%). The largest increases in orders were achieved by Sulzer Pumps and Sulzer Chemtech. Both divisions benefited especially from the strong demand in all of their major markets. For the 2007 business year, Sulzer expects the positive order situation to continue, alth...
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In compliance with the federal law covering stock exchanges and stock brokering (Bundesgesetz über die Börsen und den Effektenhandel), Sulzer Ltd, Winterthur, informed the SWX Swiss Exchange on January 9, 2007, that it now owns over 5% of its share capital.
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The acquisition of Mixpac, Werfo, and Mold by Sulzer Chemtech as announced on August 22, 2006, has been completed on December 29, 2006.
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In compliance with the federal law on stock exchanges and stock brokering (Bundesgesetz über die Börsen und den Effektenhandel), Dodge & Cox, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA, announced on December 20, 2006, that it owns now less than 5% of Sulzer’s share capital.
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Based on the Stock Exchange Act, UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) Ltd, P.O. Box, 4002 Basle, Switzerland, has announced that it holds now less than 5% of Sulzer’s share capital.

In December 2006, Sulzer signed an agreement with KnitMesh Ltd., based in the UK, to take over their separation technology business. The acquisition includes the company Enhanced Separation Technologies (EST) LLC., based in the US. In 2005, KnitMesh and EST achieved combined sales of approximately CHF 12 million with the acquired product range. The agreed purchase price is about CHF 13 million.
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In November 2006, Sulzer Pumps received a large pumps order from Russia for oil pipelines to be operated by Transneft. The order includes main pipeline, vertical booster and vertical loading pumps. The pipeline is a key infrastructure project in order to transport crude oil from Eastern Siberia to the Pacific Ocean.
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Sulzer’s board of directors has decided to return excess capital to the shareholders and realize a share buyback for up to CHF 300 million via a second trading line on the SWX Swiss Exchange.
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Sulzer increased its order intake for the first nine months of 2006 by nearly a quarter to CHF 2 491.1 million, up CHF 483.3 million compared with the same period for the previous year. Over the coming months, Sulzer expects the positive order situation to continue.
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