Gefran : 2016-01-25 Gefran S.p.A. confirms the meeting with the trade unions

comunicato 25 gennaio 2016 ENG

Gefran S.p.A. confirms the meeting with the trade unions

Provaglio d'Iseo (BS), 25 January 2016 - Gefran SpA announces that a meeting with the trade unions was scheduled today, to take place on 11 February 2016, during which their requests for the use of social safety nets in connection with the 65 planned redundancies will be discussed.

Contacts:

Giovanna Franceschetti Investor Relations

Gefran S.p.A., Via Sebina 74 25050 Provaglio d'Iseo (BS) Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

[e-mail] www.gefran.com

POWER EMPRISE S.r.l.

Via B. Panizza 5 - 20144 Milan Tel [phone]

Cosimo Pastore, cell. 335/213305 [e-mail] Sara Pavesi, cell. 340.6486083 [e-mail] Erminia Cannistrà, cell. 340.8684279 [e-mail] www.poweremprise.com

The Gefran Group operates directly on the main international markets, through sales branches in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Belgium, Spain, Turkey, Russia, the US, Brazil, China, Singapore, India, and through manufacturing branches also in Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, the US and China.

The Gefran Group currently has more than 850 employees.

The key factors behind Gefran's success are specialist know-how, design and production flexibility, capacity for innovation and the quality of its processes and products. Absolute control of process technology and application know- how also enable Gefran to produce instruments and integrated systems for specific applications in a variety of industrial sectors, including the processing of plastics, the food and pharmaceutical industries, packaging and die casting machines.

Gefran has been listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 9 June 1998, and became part of the STAR (high-requisite stock) segment in 2001. On 31 January 2005, it became part of ALL STAR, which became the FTSE Italia STAR on 1 June 2009.