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Press release 18.4.2006

Prestigious international design award goes to Kemppi

Kemppi Oy's MinarcMig™ Adaptive 180 won Germany's prestigious Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen red dot design award in the Industry and Crafts category. Handed out annually, the red dot award is one of the most prestigious industrial design awards.

Over 2,000 products from 41 countries were evaluated in the red dot competition. The award puts Kemppi among the few Finnish companies which have won the award with own products.

The success of the Kemppi MinarcMig™ Adaptive 180 was assured by the completely new approach to engineering, design and quality. The international panel of judges assessed each product's innovativeness, practicality, quality, ergonomics, durability and environmental-friendliness.

The MinarcMig™ Adaptive 180's user-friendly design makes good on Kemppi's customer promise - "The Joy of Welding". The machine's adaptive adjustments are simple and the instructive LCD display makes using the machine easy. In practice this adaptiveness means that the user chooses the material and sheet thickness, based on which the machine provides the optimal welding parameters. The LCD display shows graphically the key data: amperes and voltage, selected wire feed speed, and material and gas combination. Thanks to its ease of use, the machine is suitable for professional and hobby applications.

The red dot award ceremony will take place on 26 June in Essen, Germany. All award-winning entries will be on display at the red dot museum "Design on stage - winners red dot award" exhibit 27 June-23 July 2006.

Further information
Industrial designer Jonne Valola, tel. +358 (0)3 899 430, or
Marketing Manager Minna-Maija Jokisalo, tel. +358 (0)3 899 240, +358 (0)40 2899 240, E-mail: firstname.lastname@kemppi.com

red dot design award
The red dot competition is one of the most extensive and prestigious industrial design competitions. Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen has held the competition since 1955. This year the red dot design award competition received over 2,068 entries from 41 countries. 485 of the entries received awards. www.red-dot.de

Kemppi Oy
Kemppi Oy is a pioneer in future welding technologies. Founded in 1949, this family-owned company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of arc welding equipment and related products. Although Kemppi operates all over the world, its headquarters and production plants are still located in Finland. Kemppi maintains sales companies in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, England, Holland, Australia, Poland and Chile as well as sales offices in China and Singapore. The company turnover increased to EUR 91.5 million in 2005. Kemppi Oy currently has 620 employees, 130 of which work abroad in foreign units.
www.kemppi.com

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