Interseroh expects significant increase in earnings / General Shareholders' Meeting 2010

Environmental sector set to become most important economic sector in Germany / Dr Axel Schweitzer: "Under the umbrella of the ALBA Group, Interseroh is among the ten leading environmental services providers worldwide, partaking in two important trends of the future: environmental protection and raw materials security!"

The listed environmental services provider and raw materials trader INTERSEROH SE, based in Cologne, is looking forward to a pronounced increase in earnings for 2010. At the General Shareholders' Meeting of INTERSEROH SE, the CEO, Dr. Axel Schweitzer, said: "On the basis of sound business operations, and with an additional boost from the turnaround of the raw materials markets, we have made a successful start into the new fiscal year. As the positive trend of the first quarter continued into April and May, we are anticipating a significant increase in profits for the full year compared to the previous year, assuming stable raw materials markets.

"Schweitzer expressed his confidence that the worldwide demand for raw materials is set to continue increasing in coming years. As a leading environmental services provider and raw materials trader, Interseroh is working towards strategic alignment with the growth markets of the future, there by "increasingly turning from a national into an international supplier of raw materials".

To this end, Asian export competence was strengthened in the steel and metals segment,whilst the range of disposal services in Eastern Europe was expanded in the segment of services. In the business area of raw materials trading, distribution channels have been restructured in order to accelerate the international marketing of recovered paper and plastics.

In his speech, the CEO also pointed out "the two major trends of the future", which Interseroh is looking to serve in the next few years: Apart from the trend of raw materials shortages and the consequent rising demand for secondary resources, Interseroh is also standing to benefit from the growing importance of environmentally advantageous products. In this context, Schweitzer outlined the innovative recycling system for the transport of food boxes, which substitute for conventional packaging and hence waste production entirely. The most important client is ALDI Süd.

The CEO stressed that Germany is the world leader in the areas of recycling technology and recovery of resources. Schweitzer is convinced that "the environmental sector is set to become the most important economic activity in Germany in the medium term", expecting it to outgrow the entire German automotive industry with an estimated market volume of EUR 470 billion by 2020.