AMG awarded major contract for solar silicon melting

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AMG awarded major contract for solar silicon melting andcrystallisation furnace systems (Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS,July 1 / MARKET WIRE/ --

AMG Advanced Metallurgical
Group N.V.
("AMG", EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: "AMG") announcedthat its
Engineering
Systems Division has entered into a supply agreement for its
market
leading solar silicon melting and crystallisation furnace
systems.
Under this agreement, AMG has received the first purchase
order,
which is valued in excess of $90 million. "This contract with
a
long-term customer is the largest order in the Engineering
Systems
Division's history. We continue to focus on providing high-
end
products to leading producers in the rapidly growing solar
industry",
commented Dr. Heinz C. Schimmelbusch, CEO of AMG.

About AMG

AMG, incorporated in the Netherlands, is a global leader in
the
production of highly engineered specialty metal products and
advanced
vacuum furnace systems. AMG serves growing industries worldwide
with
its unique combination of metallurgical engineering expertise
and
production know-how. AMG is a market leader in many of its
products
and systems, which are critical to the production of key
components
for the aerospace, energy (including solar and nuclear),
electronics,
optics, chemicals, construction and transportation industries.
AMG
has two operating divisions of businesses, Advanced Materials
and
Engineering Systems, and owns majority interests in publicly-
listed
companies Timminco Limited (TSX: "TIM") and GraphitKropfm?hl
AG
(Deutsche B?rse: GKR.DE)

The Advanced Materials Division develops and produces niche
specialty
metals and complex metals products, many of which are used
in
demanding, safety-critical, high-stress environments. AMG is one
of
a limited number of significant producers globally of niche
specialty
metals, such as ferrovanadium, ferronickel-molybdenum,
aluminum
master alloys and additives, chromium metal and ferrotitanium,
used
by steel, aluminum, chemical and superalloy producers for
aerospace,
automotive, energy, electronics, optics, chemicals, construction
and
other applications. Other key products produced by AMG
include
specialty alloys for titanium and superalloys, coating
materials,
tantalum and niobium oxides, vanadium chemicals and
antimony
trioxide.

The Engineering Systems Division designs, engineers and
produces
advanced vacuum furnace systems and operates vacuum heat
treatment
facilities. AMG is a global leader in