STOCKPORT, England, July 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- ATB Continues to Strengthen its Position in the Important UK Market

- Christian Schmidt, ATB CEO and A-TEC COO: "McClure Offers a Very
Attractive Product Portfolio and Complements ATB Perfectly"

Vienna listed Austria Antriebstechnik AG (ATB), the drive technology 
division of Austrian industry group A-TEC Industries, announced today that 
it has closed its acquisition of Stockport-based engineering company David
McClure Limited. The now following integration of McClure is another step
of ATB to strengthen its electric motors business after buying the
business of Laurence Scott & Electromotors (LSE) just a few weeks ago. ATB
has already great industry experience through its UK subsidiary electric
motor manufacturer ATB Morley.

"McClure offers a very attractive product portfolio and its great future
potential will be core to ATB's long-term development" said Christian
Schmidt, CEO of ATB and COO of A-TEC Industries, ATB's Vienna-listed
parent company.

"McClure is a first-class company, with a skilled workforce and excellent
products. It complements our international network of electric motor
manufacturers perfectly." The company will operate as a subsidiary of ATB
Morley using the name 'David McClure' where appropriate.

Founded in 1892, McClure is based in Stockport, near Manchester in the 
UK. The company designs and manufactures electric motors for the mining,
marine, heavy industrial, defence and the automotive industry.

McClure was purchased by ATB's British subsidiary, ATB Morley. ATB Morley
was taken over by the ATB Group in 2004, and is among the world's leading
manufacturers of electric motors for the coal mining industry. ATB Morley
is based in Leeds, UK, and employs 138 people.

About ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG

The Vienna-listed ATB Austria Antriebstechnik Group, headquartered in 
Spielberg, Austria, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of 
electrical drive systems for industrial applications and appliances. 
Its subsidiaries are: ATB Antriebstechnik, Welzheim, Germany; ATB
Motorentechnik, Nordenham, Germany; ATB Technologies, Lustenau, Austria; ATB
Components, Ostrava, Czech Republic; ATB Selni, Nevers, France; ATB Morley,
Leeds, UK; ATB Sever, Subotica, Serbia; ATB Motors, Shanghai, China; and
Lindeteves-Jacoberg Ltd., Singapore. For more information, see
www.atb-motors.com.

About A-TEC Industries

Vienna-listed and based A-TEC Industries AG is an
international industrial group with flourishing drive systems, plant
engineering, machine tools and metallurgy divisions. The group currently
employs around 11,000 people, and posted revenue of EUR 1.6 billion in 2006.

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