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Products and ServicesTextile Production Process “Fiber to Fabric”i i i i i iProcess StepGinning and CottonClassingFiber Testing Yarn Testing Yarn Clearing Fabric QualityAssuranceIntelligentSourcingUSTER ® Products• INTELLIGIN• HVI Systems• HVI Systems• AFIS PRO• LVI• TESTER• TENSORAPID• TENSOJET• CLASSIMAT• SLIVERGUARD• ZWEIGLE• QUANTUM• STATISTICS• CLASSIMAT• TENSORAPID• TENSOJET• ZWEIGLE• USTERIZED ®• INTELLIGENTSOURCING• Quality ProfilesUSTER ® Complementary Products and ServicesIntegrated Data and Expert SystemsUSTER ® STATISTICS and USTERIZED ®After Sales Services and Textile Technology
PortraitThe Uster Group is the leading high technologyinstrument manufacturer of products forquality measurement and certification for thetextile industry. The Group provides testing andmonitoring instruments, systems and servicesthat allow optimization and certification of qualitythrough each individual stage of textile production;from the raw textile fiber, such as cotton,wool or synthetic filament yarns, to thefinal finished fabric. The Uster Group providesbenchmarks that are the basis for the trading oftextile products at assured levels of quality acrossglobal markets.Uster Technologies Ltd was established in 1875as an aerial telegraphy workshop in Uster (Switzerland)and became an independent companyin 2003 following the acquisition of the ZellwegerUster division of Zellweger Luwa by the Managementand funds advised by two private-equityinvestment companies. In 2006 Uster TechnologiesLtd was acquired by its Management andfunds advised by Alpha BeteiligungsberatungGmbH & Co. KG. In 2007 Uster Technologies Ltdbecame a public company by listing its shareson the SIX Swiss Exchange.KurzportraitUster Technologies AG ist der weltweit führendeHersteller von Hightech-Produkten für dieQualitätsprüfung und Zertifizierungen in derTextilindustrie. Das Unternehmen bietet technologischanspruchsvolle Systeme und Dienstleistungenan, welche die Herstellung von Produktenin optimaler Qualität auf jeder Stufe derTextilverarbeitung gewährleisten; von der rohenTextilfaser wie Baumwolle, Wolle oder synthetischenGarnen bis zum fertigen Gewebe. UsterTechnologies legt Qualitätsstandards fest, dieals Grundlage für den globalen Handel mit Textilproduktendienen.Uster Technologies AG wurde 1875 als Betriebfür oberirdische Telegrafie in Uster (Schweiz)gegründet. Seine Selbständigkeit erlangte dasUnternehmen nach der Übernahme der DivisionZellweger Uster der Zellweger Luwa Gruppe durchdas Management sowie durch von zwei Private-Equity-Gesellschaften vertretene Fonds. 2006wurde Uster Technologies AG durch ihr Managementsowie durch von der Alpha BeteiligungsberatungGmbH & Co. KG betreute Fonds erworben.Im Jahr 2007 wurde das Unternehmen durchdie Kotierung seiner Aktien an der SIX SwissExchange zu einer Publikumsgesellschaft.
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9 Information PolicyUster Technolog
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Comment on the Consolidated Financi
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow
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Restructuring ProvisionsThe Company
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Information for InvestorsShare Info
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Key Figuresin CHF 1,000 Jan 1 -Dec
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