Gekatex' News

April 2008 Gekatex SARAJEVO Converting and Distribution Centre open their doors ! | March 5, 2008

Mr. Dario Balta , General Manager of the brand new Company announced in the local press the opening of a new converting plant under the name of Gekatex Sarajevo. With this new converting operation Gekatex France confirm their strategy to expand their operations in the Balkan and East Bloc countries and their committment to distribute locally their products in the region of Bosnia, Serbia – Herzegovina and Croatia with a focus on automotive OEM and car after markets.

Mr. Balta who has engineering background will run the plant who will start by manufacturing nonwoven wipers competing with rags and other non reliable wiper products. The finished goods will be offered for sale by Gekatex France in the area of France and Benelux to the industrial end users. Due to low cost labor in Sarajevo and strong sourcing capabilities Gekatex will offer a range of very competitive alternative to rags and other wipers who have become more expensive to source in Central Europe.

5th March 2008 GEKATEX granted new buffing pads contract to VW Wolfsburg and continue their march into Asia to compete with Japan�s leading OEM suppliers. | March 5, 2008

Gekatex top priority focus goes to the development of new polishing and surface treatment systems for automotive OEM. Thanks to competitive Asian sourcing structures and newest product developments , Gekatex has started first supply of newly developped buffing pads to VW Group in Germany and Latin America. First week of March intensive testing programs have also lead to the innovation of dual fibre pads with finest wool and microfibre technologies all combined into one single step polishing pads and compound systems.

Gekatex started their launch of this brand new technology with focus on ASEAN countries, Korea and Japan and was also awarded with orders from China’s top OEM manufacturers for their innovative DLW DUO and DLW Classic Pads. Product launches were performed with testing programs in Malaysia, Thailand and several Chinese OEM plants who in the mean time placed their immediate first orders for thousands of pads to be supplied in the next coming weeks.

CLEANROOM MANUFACTURING for O.E.M. | Dec 7, 2007

BERO Nonwovens International Corporation Ltd. is proud to announce a joint venture agreement signed Wednesday 5th December 2007 between BERO and Shenzhen Jing Yuan Technology Development C° Ltd. Mr. Hai Feng and Mr. Ronald Beys signed the agreement last Wednesday during their final planning meeting. The new JV starts their manufacturing activities of specialized clean room treated automotive OEM and robotcover product range in January 2008 !!!

The range consists of :

Novotex CR 10x10cm 100% Polyester wipes

Novotex CR 40x40cm 100% Polyester wipes

Coretex CR 30x30cm continuos mono filament Microfibre Gekamicro CR 30x30cm continuos mono filament Microfibre

Gekamicro CR 30x30cm continuos mono filament Microfibre

Robotcover Woven anti static and fire retardant woven fabrics (fit to specific size)

Robotcover knitted anti static and fire retardant fabrics 70 cm Blue (fit to specific size)

Robotcover knitted anti static and fire retardant fabrics 20 cm Yellow (fit to specific size)

Robotcover knitted anti static and fire retardant fabrics 70 cm White heavy (fit to specific size)

Development of more new products are :

Novotex CR Tubular knitted polyester fabrics in large size

Novotex CR Tubular knitted polyester fabrics in small size

Novoclean CR Wet Line Products packed and impregnated under CR conditions

Market :

Target Markets are Automotive OEM Manufacturers and Plastic Component Manufacturers with high top quality niche demands in terms of particle count release at PREMIUM PRICES.

Development :

Testing programs have been running throughout 2007 for the development of specialized polyester finished products approved by end users such as Toyota last month of November 07 with highest quality demands.

Production Facilities available :

Production facilities are based in Guangdong Province in Shenzhen near our factory in Qingyuan so we can ensure fast and flexible logistic service out of our Qingyuan logistic centre.

Clean room Class 10 operational rooms have been installed and are ready to run as of next month packing all goods under Class 10 particle count level ! Highest Level in Clean rooms !

Special laundry equipment and dryers have been put in operation to ensure top quality results in terms of fiber count and guarantee of zero fiber release and zero silicone content !

A laser cutting machine also ensures latest techniques available in laser cutting methods.

Gekatex "Deutschland" Opens | Sept 25, 2007

As of Sept. 1st 2007 Gekatex is proud to announce the start of its sales office based in Köln.Centrally situated in the centre of Köln City you can reach Mr. Arnaud Karolczak, at Barbarossaplatz 5, 50674 Köln, Deutschland, Phone & Fax :+49 221 271 629 24, +33 621 53 73 09

Gekatex Shareholders commitment to the German market is real. Our O.E.M. customers such as Daimler, Volkswagen, BMW, Würth, and many more after market and plastic component manufacturers need our presence in the field and need our technical backup. Not only the German Market but also the Austrian and Swiss market will be approached out of the Köln based office.

Therefore we invested in the long term partnership with our customers in an effort to offer local sales and technical support to the OEM plants and the sales and marketing organisations. Germany is a strong growth market and Gekatex is capable to manufacture and supply special niche solutions for the German automotive and transport segment through its wide variety of specialised surface treatment wiping products, pads and polishing compounds as well as unique new Tack Rags.

We expect our presence to grow our market share substantially within the next coming years.Mr. Arnaud Karolczak is our National Sales and Technical Support Manager who will be glad to assist you with all your requests ! Thank you for your trust in Gekatex SAS.

Coatings Association Convention | August 23, 2007

Gekatex SAS participates actively in the International Surface Coatings Association Convention and First International Surface Coatings Practice, Training and Research Symposium

The International Surface Coatings Association (ISCA) Founding Convention（Certificate No. 1129399 registered in Hong Kong on 4^th May,2007） and First International Surface Coatings Practice, Training and Research Symposium. The two events are to be held in the town of Zhuhai, near Macau, in China on 6^,7 and 8 December 2007 at the Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology Zhuhai Campus. During this event Gekatex France assisted by their partner Long Initiatives and the Guangdong Institute of Science and Technolgy will work together with students of the institute on

- surface treatment applications

- reports on surface treatment test results obtained

- polishing systems and spray cabin protection features

- technical wiping products

- demonstration for collaboration

- discuss the talent system , training towards suitable surface coatings industrial applications

- case analyses of teaching experiences

Organization

Patrons: Long Initiatives(ZH)Co., Ltd

Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology

Preparatory Committee of International Surface Coatings Association(ISCA)

Partners： China Petroleum & Petro-chemical Engineering Institute

China Surface Engineer Association

China Auto Maintenance Equipment Industry Association

The Sept.3^RD Society Zhongshan

French vocational schools

French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China

Xian Coatings Protection Association

Xian Nano Technology Association

Zhuhai Labor and Social Security Bureau

Zhuhai Science and Technology Bureau

Media support： The Southern Dope and Decorate

HC360.com

Jinxuan Sources

China Alibaba.com

www.sinopaint.com

Special consultant:

l Mr. Qin XIA Senior Professor Engineer

Committeeman of National Innovation Fund Expert Committee

Committeeman of National South-North Water Transfer Project Expert Committee

Former vice president of Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science

l Mr. Jiwen LIU Senior Engineer

General Secretary of China Petroleum & Petro-chemical Engineering Institute

l Mr. Zhen FANG Senior Professor Engineer

Vice chairman of China Surface Engineering Association Special Coatings Committee

l Mr.Tian Guohua Vice President Secretary general

China Auto Maintenance Equipment Industry Association

l Mr.Zhang Jinwei President Secretary general

CHINA AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR TRADE ASSOCIATION

Attendees：

l Enterprises needing surface coatings technicians

l Teaching staffs in transport-related vocational colleges in China and elsewhere

l Senior managers concerned with surface coatings equipments, material and tools

l Instructors in the enterprises