Heidelberg Presents Nine-Month Figures for Financial Year 2006/2007

“We were able to make further progress towards increasing our productivity in both the third quarter and the nine months as a whole,” stated Heidelberg CFO Dirk Kaliebe. “We are also making use of the resulting improved cash flow to implement the share buyback program.”

As at December 31, 2006, the Heidelberg Group had a workforce of 19,156 worldwide (previous year: 18,700). This represents an increase of around 400 since the end of the last financial year.