Dr. Helmut Schmale, CFO of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, estimated the group's order intake for fiscal year 2012, subject to the final audit, to be approximately EUR 5.9 billion at an investor conference in New York on January 15, 2013. This represents a year-on-year increase of 5 percent and is thus in line with expectations.

GEA will issue preliminary key figures for fiscal 2012 and the outlook for 2013 at the annual financial press conference in Düsseldorf on February 6, 2013.

About GEA Group

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft is one of the largest suppliers of process technology and components for the food and energy industries. As an international technology group, the Company focuses on sophisticated production processes. In 2011, GEA generated consolidated revenues in excess of EUR 5.4 billion, 70 percent of which came from the food and energy sectors, which are long-term growth industries. The group employed about 24,500 people worldwide as of September 30, 2012. GEA Group is a market and technology leader in its business areas. It is listed in Germany's MDAX stock index (G1A, WKN 660 200) and the STOXX® Europe 600 Index.

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