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Environmental report
Wire & Cable Solutions Division
2007 to 2010

Dear readers,
Making our products constitutes an upward value chain. From
wires and optical fibers we make cables and cable systems. We
are conscious of our corporate responsibility towards the environment
and society and are continually stepping up our efforts
in this area. Our plant in Bad Kötzting was Europe’s first wire and
strand manufacturer, as long ago as 1996, to be validated pursuant
to EMAS.
Since 1998 LEONI has been presenting its environmental performance
in this division in the form of environmental indicators.
The Wire & Cable Solutions Division’s environmental reports
have since then each covered a period of 4 years. This third environmental
report covers the years from 2007 through 2010.
At the end of 2006, 13 LEONI organisational units at 11 locations
in six countries were DIN ISO 14001 certified.
In the meantime we have steadily broadened and improved the
environmental management system at our facilities around the
world. Even during the economically difficult period (from the
end of 2008 to mid 2009), we prepared more facilities for ISO
14001 certification, where this was obtained for the first time.
At the time of the editorial deadline in June 2011, a total of 23
LEONI organisational units within the Wire & Cable Solutions
Division in nine countries – China, Mexico, the United Kingdom,
Slovakia, Turkey, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland and Germany –
were thus certified to the ISO 14001 environmental management
standard.
Dr. Klaus Probst Jürgen Kniffki
CERTIFICATE
The Certification Body
of TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH
certifies that
LEONI Kabel Holding GmbH
Stieberstraße 5
D-91154 Roth
including the sites and scope of application
see enclosure
has established and applies
an Environmental Management System.
An audit was performed, Report No. 70770193
Proof has been furnished that the requirements
according to
ISO 14001:2004
are fulfilled. The certificate is valid until 2014-04-23
Certificate Registration No. 12 104 39456 TMS
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Enclosure of Certificate No.:
12 104 39456 TMS
Sites Scope of application
LEONI Kabel Holding GmbH
Stieberstraße 5
D-91154 Roth
LEONI Draht GmbH
Treuchtlinger Straße 20
D-91781 Weißenburg
LEONI Draht GmbH
Windorfer Straße 1
D-93444 Bad Kötzting
Haarländer GmbH
Regensburger Ring 14
D-91154 Roth
LEONI Kabel GmbH
Stieberstraße 5
D-91154 Roth
LEONI Cable (Changzhou) Co. Ltd.
Futian Industry Park, No. 109, Hanjiang Road,
Xinbei District
PRC-213022 Changzhou / Jiangsu
LEONI Kábelgýar Hungaria Kft.
Kölcsey F. u. 53
H-3000 Hatvan
LEONI Cable S.A. de C.V.
Ave. Rio Conchos No. 9700
MEX-31530 Cuauhtémoc
LEONI Kabel Polska Sp. z o.o.
ul. Olawska 10, Wierzbice
PL-55040 Kobierzyce
LEONI Kablo ve Teknolojileri
Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Sirketi
Bursa Serbest Bölgesi
TR-16600 Bursa
LEONI Slowakia spol. s.r.o.
SNP 60
SK-01851 Nová Dubnica
Trenčianska Tepla, čast’ Dobrá
SK-91401 Dobrá
SK-97228 Valaská Belá
LEONI Cable (Xiamen) Co. Ltd.
No.666, Yang Guang Road
Xin Yang Ind. Hai Cang
PRC-361022 Xiamen
Design, development, production and sales of wires, cables, cable
assemblies, components and cable systems
Design, development, manufacture and sale of copper and copperbased
alloy conductors (wire, bunches, braiding wire, strands and
ropes) with bare, tin or silver plated surfaces
Manufacture of copper and copper-based alloy conductors (wire,
bunches, braiding wire, strands and ropes) with bare, tin or silver
plated surfaces
Manufacture and sale of stranded conductors, tinsel conductors,
braided copper straps, knitted copper fabrics, woven copper tapes,
earthing tapes and flexible connectors with terminals, low-voltageconductors
and -cables
Design, development and manufacturing of wires, stranded wires
and automotive & electrical cables
Design, development and manufacturing of wires, stranded wires
and automotive & electrical cables
Design, development and manufacturing of wires, stranded wires
and automotive & electrical cables
Design, development and manufacturing of wires, stranded wires
and automotive & electrical cables
Design, development and manufacturing of wires, stranded wires
and automotive & electrical cables
Design, development and manufacturing of wires, stranded wires
and automotive & electrical cables
Design, manufacturing and sales of cables, cable assemblies,
harnesses and power cord sets. Rewinding and pre-selection of
precious-metal threads. Polishing and testing of drawing dies
Design, manufacturing and sales of cables, cable assemblies,
harnesses and power cord sets
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Enclosure of Certificate No.:
12 104 39456 TMS
Sites Scope of application
LEONI Kerpen GmbH
Zweifaller Straße 275-287
D-52224 Stolberg
LEONI Special Cables GmbH
Eschstraße 1
D-26169 Friesoythe
LEONI Special Cables (Changzhou) Co. Ltd.
No. 21 Taihu West Road, New Area
PRC-213022 Changzhou / Jiangsu
LEONI Cable Slovakia spol. s r.o.
Nám. Dr. A. Schweitzera 194
SK-91601 Stará Turá
LEONI Kabel GmbH - Industrial Solutions
Stieberstraße 5
D-91154 Roth
LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH
Stieberstraße 5
D-91154 Roth
j-fiber GmbH
Im Semmicht 1
D-07751 Jena
j-plasma GmbH
Im Semmicht 1
D-07751 Jena
Im Naßtal 7
D-07751 Jena
FiberCore Machinery GmbH
Im Semmicht 1
D-07751 Jena
Development, production and sales of cables, cords and
compounds
Design and development, manufacturing, sales, engineering
services as well as services related to Cables, Accessories,
Assemblies, mechanical and electrical Components, Cable
Harnesses, Cable Systems and Subsystems for all Applications in
the Business Units Telecommunication Systems, Healthcare and
Industrial Solutions
Design and development, manufacturing, sales as well as services
related to Cables, Accessories, Assemblies, Cable Harnesses,
Cable Systems and Subsystems for all Applications in the Business
Units Telecommunication Systems, Healthcare and Industrial
Solutions
Production of cable systems and accessories for automation and
drives, medical devices, telecommunication, aerospace and marine
technologies with central functions of development and sales in
Roth and Friesoythe (Germany)
Development, production and sales of taylor-made cables
Development, manufacturing and sales of glas,- POF,- and PCF-
fiber optic cables
Development, Production and Sales of
Optical Fibers and Preforms;
Marketing of Knowhow and Technical Support
Development, Production and Sales of
Silica Glass as well as Specialty Preforms
Development, production and selling of manufacturing plants for
production of fiber optic cables
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Contents
The LEONI Group and Wire & Cable Solutions 4
Systematic environmental management 5
Green technology 6
Data collection within the various business groups 9
Business Group Automotive Cables 10
Business Group Industry & Healthcare 12
Business Group Communication & Infrastructure 14
Business Group Electrical Appliance Assemblies 16
Business Group Conductors & Copper Solutions 18
Summary: Wire & Cable Solutions 20
Outlook 22
Contact 22

4 The LEONI Group and Wire & Cable Solutions
The LEONI Group and Wire & Cable Solutions
Leading cable systems manufacturer
with a global footprint
LEONI operates worldwide, providing wires, optical fibers, cables
and cable systems as well as related services for the automotive
sector and other industries. The group of companies marketlisted
in the German MDAX index employs about 56,000 people
in 37 countries and generated consolidated sales of EUR 2.96
billion in 2010.
In addition to tailor-made cable solutions, the Group is
increasingly offering its customers complete systems with
perfectly harmonised components. Ongoing growth of the
Company as provider of development work and systems is a
significant trend in this respect.
Synergies thanks to a high real net output ratio
LEONI employees have profound knowledge in cable assembly
as well as a comprehensive understanding of the operating
conditions and technical correlations at the user end. In addition
there is a ratio of real net product output unique in the sector,
which provides valuable synergies: it begins with the finest
single wire and optical fiber, moves on to the copper or fiber
optic cable and ends with the complete wiring system including
integrated electronics.
Geared to global trends
The Company intends in the future to benefit more from global
trends. These present the Company with major challenges
because they frequently entail greater energy consumption and
environmental harm. At the same time, however, they entail
major opportunities. LEONI is therefore, with its products and
services, preparing for the change involving demography, ecology,
mobility, globalisation, industrialisation and urbanisation.
Especially with respect to environmental protection, LEONI aims
to become the most innovative cable supplier for the green
technology market.
More information is to be found at www.leoni.com
Central Services
Automotive Cables
Industry
& Healthcare
Wire & Cable Division
The Wire & Cable Solutions Division
The LEONI Group’s structure involves a holding company and
two business divisions. The organisational structure of these
divisions is in essence geared to their customer groups and
markets. The Wire & Cable Solutions Division (WCS) is one of the
two divisions and encompasses all business involving wires and
cables.
Organisation of the WCS environmental
management systems
The person responsible for environmental management in the
LEONI Group is its CEO, Dr Klaus Probst.
Supporting him in the Wire & Cable Solutions Division are the
division’s managing director and as well as the head of the
Central Services department Quality & Environmental Management
WCS, who is also the division‘s designated environmental
management officer.
All the overarching aspects that concern environmental
management are coordinated from this department. Examples:
Preparation of environmental reviews, regular obtaining of
relevant environmental indicators (environmental reports) from
all ISO 14001 certified facilities, extrapolation of environmental
indicators, evaluation of the findings of internal and external
audits as well as provision of the information to all facilities (synergies).
Internal environmental audits are carried on a random
basis also by the WCS Division’s head office department.
Furthermore, each of the business groups belonging to the
division has its own QM/EM office, from where environment-related
matters are coordinated directly within the corresponding
operative organisation. Below that every ISO 1400-certified facility
has the function of an environmental protection officer who
is primarily responsible for operational environmental protection.
For the corresponding implementation of LEONI’s environmental
policy, they set specific environmental targets together
with the plant managers. The facility’s management regularly
reviews work towards these targets as part of an environmental
programme.
Communication
& Infrastructure
Electrical Appliance
Assemblies
Conductors
& Copper Solutions
You will find information on the markets in the sections covering the individual business groups.

Environmental report Wire & Cable Solutions The LEONI Group and Wire & Cable Solutions 5
Systematic environmental management
The principles of our environmental policy are binding on all
employees as well as on all our business activity.
Environmental assets are used at each stage of our production
processes. Keeping the environmental impact as limited as
possible requires communication and cooperation between the
people involved. Environment-related corporate principles and
targets that serve as a guide to the people involved are essential
to such cooperative efforts. As long ago as 1995, LEONI laid this
down in an environmental policy that is binding on all employees
and accessible to our business partners.
Holding
Central Services
Wire & Cable Solutions Division
Central Services
Business Groups
Locations, plants
Environmental policy at LEONI
Quality & environmental
management
Environmental management
representative
Environmental management
representative
Management
manual
Documented procedures,
instructions
We acknowledge that, as a commercial enterprise, we share a
special responsibility for safeguarding the natural essentials of
life. It is our aim to strike a balance between people’s aspirations,
environmental concerns and the interests of our Company.
Environmental protection consequently is a mandatory
element of our business activity at LEONI. Business success and
ecological responsibility are no contradiction in terms for us.
We rate environmental protection among our primary busi-
ness objectives and include it in LEONI’s quality policy. The
environmental compatibility of processes and products is raised
by incorporating them in our continuous improvement process
(German abbr.: KVP).
We actively involve our staff in environmental protection. Acting
in an environmentally aware manner is part of every employee’s
job. Careful treatment and sparing use of resources, including
separation of waste for example, can work effectively only when
those involved are convinced of the benefits. Staff motivation
is essential in this regard. Only when an environmentally aware
attitude is instilled among all employees can measures develop
their full potential. Extending and promoting the awareness
of responsibility for the environment at all levels is an ongoing
management task.
We shall reduce negative environmental impact to the mini-
mum permitted by using the best available technology that is
economically viable. As early as the design and planning of our
products and processes we ensure that environmental harm is
largely avoided, that emissions and waste are reduced and that
resources are used sparingly.
We undertake to adhere to all pertinent environmental laws and
directives as well as internal rules of conduct. We maintain an
open dialog with customers, authorities and the general public
about issues within our Company that relate to the environment.
We urge our business partners to follow environmental guidelines
comparable to our own and we advise our customers on
environmentally friendly ways to handle and dispose of our
products.
We regularly evaluate the status of environmental protection
within our Company as well as the technical and organisational
procedures thus required in order to identify weaknesses, to
initiate the required measures and to document the progress
that has been made.
We raise the level of safety at work by identifying and remov-
ing potential sources of danger to people and the environment.
Health and safety at work as well as environmental protection
are closely interlinked and work practice-related formulation
of processes usually also results in enhanced environmental
compatibility.
We ensure, with appropriate environmental management, that
our environmental policy is applied effectively.
Environmentally aware thinking that is conveyed to our various
locations by our environmental management prevails at the
facilities of the Wire & Cable Solutions Division.

6 Green technology
Green technology
What exactly does ‘green technology’ mean?
Also described as ‘environmental technology’, the term represents
products and services that enable businesses to operate
more energy efficiently and be more sparing with resources; to
reduce emissions and thereby to further increase the environmental
compatibility of all their processes.
Demand for environmentally compatible and sustainable
technologies (‘green technology’) continues to rise unabated.
LEONI has set itself the goal of becoming the most innovative
cable manufacturer for environmentally friendly technologies.
Yet how is ‘green’ defined?
There is a very favourable trend in ‘green technology’ especially
for German companies, which in many cases lead the
global market in this respect. Customers are increasingly calling
for ‘green products’ and ever more environmental legislation
is coming into force worldwide. The proportion of patents with
reference to ‘green technology’ is continually rising. Investors
are also increasingly basing their decisions on how companies
are dealing with the challenges of ‘climate change’ and ‘environmental
protection’.
The six global trends of particular importance to LEONI – i.e.
the growing population & demographic change, urbanisation,
globalisation, environmental awareness & shortage of resources,
industrialisation & automation as well as mobility - present the
Company with both ecological and economic challenges.
We have thus geared our portfolio of products and services to
six principal markets for environmental technologies that have,
on the basis of scientific studies, been identified as markets of
the future.
LEONI does not just pay lip service to ‘sustainability’. We are
the first cable manufacturer to have developed a holistic concept
for green technology. We thus define all products and system
solutions as well as services that contribute to lowering greenhouse
gases or serve as a contribution to specific environmental
technologies that control air and water pollution.
In so doing, we rate our activities according to the following
three criteria:
■ Product: Use of environmentally compatible raw materials
that comply with national and international guidelines
■ Process: Environmental certification of the facilities in our
worldwide production network to ensure optimum energy
and resource efficiency in the manufacturing process
■ Application: Use of our products and solutions in defined
markets to achieve greater energy efficiency and CO2 reduction
Where do we stand with green technology right now?
More than two years ago, both of our divisions extrapolated the
global trends to future growth areas for LEONI as part of their
strategic planning.
Since 2010 we have successfully applied the interlinking of
global trends with our strategy and green technology to position
LEONI under the motto of “mobility and the environment”.
We shall continue this for 2011 under the motto of “urbanisation
and the environment” and will present a further trend with very
specific solutions by LEONI.
LEONI is making a significant contribution in three ways
Ecologically
Improvement of environmental performance through innova-
tive products and solutions of both divisions
Economically
Strengthening of our customer base through innovative,
technology-driven products and solutions
Socially
Raising the awareness of employees and business partners

Environmental report Wire & Cable Solutions Green technology 7
Six target markets for green technology
Environmentally
friendly energy generation
and storage
Efficiency of raw
and other materials
Energy efficiency Sustainable
water management
Sustainable mobility
Recycling management

8 Data collection within the various business groups

Environmental report Wire & Cable Solutions Data collection within the various business groups 9
Data collection within the various business groups
Data (quantities produced, consumption and amounts of waste)
is collected consistently and annually across all facilities that
have an ISO 14001-certified environmental management system.
The compression of data is presented hereinafter, at both the
business group level and the level of the Wire & Cable Solutions
Division.
In order to chart environmental indicators across the period
from 2007 to 2010, six ratios were established per business
group. The amount of semi-finished and finished good produced
(wires, cables, bulk cable and cable systems) in each case serves
as the reference figure – as it already did in the previous environmental
report.
The ratios we have established are:
Electricity consumption
[kWh] / product [kg]
CO 2 emission
[kg] / product [kg]
Other energy sources
(heating oil and gas)
[kWh] / product [kg]
Production waste
(wires and cables; at wire facilities copper waste only)
[kg] / product [kg]
Water consumption
[l] / product [kg]
Waste water
[l] / product [kg]
* Source: Bavarian Environmental Agency – “Infozentrum UmweltWirtschaft”,
accessible at http://www.izu.bayern.de/praxis/detail_praxis.php?pid=0203010100217
The trajectory of CO2 emissions shown refers to the total energy
consumption (electricity, heating oil, gas as well as, in some
cases, district heating) of the individual plants within a business
group.
The respective energy consumption [kWh] was converted into
CO2 emissions [kg] * using the CO2 calculator.
The other energy sources comprise oil and/or gas and, to a
minor extent, district heating. Oil and gas is used for heating and
production at almost all facilities.
It was in many cases not possible to maintain the positive
trend in production waste as planned because of the smaller
batch sizes during the economically difficult time (end of 2008
to approx. mid 2009). This effect is also evident in the energy
consumption trends.
It is attributable mainly to the smaller batch sizes, which
involved more frequent ramp-up processes than usual, as well
as very low capacity utilisation in some cases.

10 Data collection Business Group Automotive Cables
Business Group Automotive Cables
Our Business Group Automotive Cables’ wide product portfolio
covers all the requirements, from the single-core standard cable
through to customised solutions, of carmakers as well as the
appliance and lighting industries. To be systematically geared to
market requirements, the business group is subdivided into the
following business units: Automotive Standard Cables, Automotive
Special Cables and Electrical Appliance Cables.
Our customers present Business Unit Automotive Standard
Cables with the challenge of making products worldwide
that are largely standardised and of the highest quality for the
automotive industry. As global market leader in single-core
automotive cables with a global production, distribution and
production management network, the business unit supports
its customers with an extensive range of products conforming to
international standards such as ISO, JASO and SAE as well as with
a wide variety of OEM and Tier 1 approvals. We support efficient
work practice through the standardisation of methods and the
clear definition of processes and ensure a consistently high level
of LEONI quality at all production facilities in all corners of the
globe.
Business Unit Automotive Special Cables’ challenge from our
customers is to bring innovative products onto the market. Our
experienced product specialists maintain close contact with
automotive producers, Tier 1 suppliers as well as connector
manufacturers and also collaborate with experts in international
cable organisations. Our customers thus benefit from knowhow
at first hand. Formulas developed and produced in-house
for insulation materials specifically tailored to the automotive
industry and state-of-the-art machines for ram extrusion and
silicon processing as well as covering various forms of crosslinking
and foaming processes round off the business unit’s range of
products and services.
Business Unit Electrical Appliance Cables is among the most
significant suppliers to system manufacturers in the appli-
ance and lighting industry as well as of building wiring and
application-specific special solutions. It is one of the few cable
manufacturers to have a wide product range that stretches from
single and multi-core cables harmonised to European standards
through to cables complying with US and Canadian standards.
Working together with our customers in the development of
specific solutions has particularly high priority.
ISO 14001-certified facilities
The following facilities are ISO 14001 certified:
Roth (Germany) with 545 employees, Hatvan (Hungary) with
136 employees, Nová Dubnica (Slovakia) with 40 employees,
Wierzbice (Poland) with 295 employees, Gemlik (Turkey) with 61
employees, Changzhou (China) with 115 employees and Cuauhtémoc
(Mexico) with 200 employees.
The plan for the medium term is to prepare the two facilities in
Halver (Germany) with 62 employees and in Casablanca (Morocco)
with 35 employees for ISO 14001 certification.
Highlights of the environmental management system
■ The following facilities were certified to the ISO 14001 envi-
ronmental management system for the first time during the
period under report: Nová Dubnica (Slovakia) in November
2007, LEONI Kabel Turkey in December 2007 and Changzhou
(China) in June 2009
■ Set-up of a Business Group Automotive Cables environmental
indicators system
■ The individual facilities of our business group applied various
new measures to achieve far-reaching and sustained environmental
conservation, such as
■ Cisterns
■ Cooling systems, cooling towers and cooling water insulation
systems
■ Improvement of waste water technologies and water treatment
systems
■ Measures to improve emulsion filtration
■ New, improved drive technologies on the production lines
■ PVC recycling of waste materials of value
■ Energy saving lighting technology
■ Improvement of the smoke alert system
■ A more efficient steam generator
■ Systems to recover exhaust gases
■ Noise insulation cabinets
■ Investment in measuring equipment to check the compressed
air network, emissions and pollution involving
noise and air
■ Peripheral equipment, for example investment in compressed
air regulation, conveyor equipment for new
transport and logistic systems, waste separation systems
and insulation systems

Environmental report Wire & Cable Solutions Data collection Business Group Automotive Cables
The environmental indicators
All processes in this business group certainly merited favourable
presentation. Success was mostly also evident in terms of
waste minimisation. At only a few facilities did the switchover to
a product portfolio geared to specialist customers, longer test
phases as well as smaller batch sizes exert the opposite effect.
Electricity consumption [ kWh / product kg ]
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
Water consumption [ l / product kg ]
2007 2008 2009 2010
CO 2 emission [ kg / product kg ]
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Other energy sources 1 [ kWh / product kg ]
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.05
0
Waste water [ l / product kg ]
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
Production waste 2 [ kg / product kg ]
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
11
1 Heating oil / gas
2 Wires and cables

12 Data collection Business Group Industry & Healthcare
Business Group Industry & Healthcare
The range of Business Group Industry & Healthcare’s products
and services covers, via its Business Unit Industrial Solutions,
virtually all industrial sectors such as factory automation, drive
technology, robotics, measurement and control technology /
sensor technology.
Our product portfolio here stretches along the entire value
chain of our Company - from strands and special fibers to cable
solutions that conform to national and international standards,
application-specific special cables and fiber optic conductors
through to complex systems solutions and tailor-made services.
Business Unit Healthcare supplies leading manufacturers
worldwide of medical devices and apparatus as well as patient
monitoring equipment and medical laser technology. As a provider
of development services and systems, we also offer laser
probes and endoscopy components in addition to special cable
solutions, cables and sub-systems.
The many years of experience and extensive skills of Business
Unit Telecommunication Systems lie in the manufacture of coaxial
and symmetric cable solutions, high-frequency and switchboard
cable as well as high-speed data cables and complete
cable systems with passive and active transmission elements
in the areas of mobile networks, fixed network technology and
computer centres.
Business Unit Fiber Optics is a leading provider of fiber optic
cables for special applications in industry, sensor and analysis
systems, science, communications as well as in medical laser
technology.
We have a unique product portfolio at each link in the value
chain: from the perform and the fibers drawn from it through to
fiber optic cables and complete fiber optic systems with optical
components developed in house.
Business Group Industry & Healthcare has a total of 34 facilities
with more than 2200 employees worldwide. Mostly these are in
Europe with 23 locations, 16 of them in Germany. Furthermore,
there are five facilities in USA/Canada as well two locations in
Asia.
ISO 14001-certified facilities
The Friesoythe facility was already ISO 14001 certified in 1996;
Stara Tura (Slovakia) followed in 2007. The Changzhou (China)
and Roth (Germany) facilities were certified in 2005 and 2002, respectively.
The three subsidiaries J-Fiber GmbH, J-Plasma GmbH
and FiberCore Machinery Jena GmbH Jena have been EMAS
certified since 1999, 2007 and 2008, respectively.
Highlights of the environmental management system
Thanks to steadily raising the environmental awareness of staff
at all plants of Business Group Industry & Healthcare, considerable
potential for savings on water and electricity consumption
has been released and a significant reduction in waste quantities
achieved over the past few years.
Meriting particular mention along with these successes is
also the re-use of plastic materials in cable production by way of
in-house recycling measures as well as various process improvements
aimed at saving material at all facilities.

Environmental report Wire & Cable Solutions Data collection Business Group Industry & Healthcare
The environmental indicators
The main reason for the increase in electricity consumption
and other energy sources in the years from 2009 is the shift
away from large volume products and heavy FlexLine ones. The
products made instead involve a far larger number and more
complex work steps. Furthermore, a new heating system as well
as additional, high power consuming compressors went into
operation at our Chinese facility in 2008.
Electricity consumption [ kWh / product kg ]
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Water consumption [ l / product kg ]
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
CO 2 emission [ kg / product kg ]
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Other energy sources 1 [ kWh / product kg ]
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
Waste water [ l / product kg ]
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
Production waste 2 [ kg / product kg ]
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Heating oil / gas
2 Wires and cables
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14 Data collection Business Group Communication & Infrastructure
Business Group Communication & Infrastructure
Our value chain in the Communication & Infrastructure segment
ranges from conception and planning to the development and
production of copper cables and optical fibers as well as data cables
and connection components through to complete systems
and services.
The cables and insulation materials of Business Unit Infrastruc-
ture & Datacom are a recognised standard in public buildings,
in structural and civil engineering as well as in traffic infrastruc-
ture systems.
In the datacom segment we also offer, in addition to office
wiring (LAN Office), cables for industrial buildings (LAN Industry),
computer centre equipment (Data Center) as well residential
wiring (LAN Home).
The international project business is one of the focal areas in our
Business Unit Industrial Projects. You will find this unit’s cables
used in numerous projects around the globe. Some of these projects
are smaller; some serve huge plants, quite often covering a
period of several years.
The cable solutions of our Business Unit Solar & Wind Power
are exceptionally varied. Our greatest attention here is on the as-
pects of safety, resistance to aggressive media and temperature,
size optimisation and weight reduction. We realise this with a lot
of know-how in our development laboratories and with a high
degree of vertical integration. We achieve higher quality with
very good physical and electrical values by means of electron
beam crosslinking on our own lines.
Business Unit Traffic offers customised and first-rate cable
solutions that meet the special demands of ship and marine
engineering.
With the extensive portfolio of products and services for
internal and external wiring of rolling stock we will support you
across the entire lifecycle of your vehicles.
For complex applications in industry and the infrastructure
sector involving airports and airlines our core areas of expertise
lie in the development, design, manufacture and distribution of
high quality cables and conductors.
Business Unit Irradiation Services is one of the largest Euro-
pean service providers in the field of crosslinking and modify-
ing plastics, sterilisation and similar applications with help of
electron beams and gamma rays.
At present, our facility in Däniken, Switzerland, which employs
about 100 people, has seven electron accelerators with power
ranging from 0.5 to 10 MeV as well as one pallet gamma sterilisation
line. An additional sterilisation line that is based on x-rays
was commissioned in 2010.
Our newly established facility in Bautzen, eastern Germany,
runs an electron accelerator. A second accelerator is already in
the process of being set up.
Innovative technologies will safeguard tomorrow’s energy
supply. Our Business Unit Energy & Communication makes the
connection for the future - global energy supply is one of the
major challenges of the immediate future. Renewable energy
sources have to be developed and new standards have to be
established. We are conscious of this task and are committing
ourselves with innovations, quality products and services for
efficient energy generation and distribution.
ISO 14001-certified facilities
Our locations in Stolberg (Germany) und Däniken (Switzerland)
are already ISO 14001 certified.
Our facilities in Hard (Switzerland), Riedstadt (Germany),
Bautzen (Germany), Codogno (Italy) and Monticelli d‘Ongina
(Italy) are not yet ISO 14001 certified.
Highlights of the environmental management system
■ Our Stolberg facility was commended for ECOPROFIT
operation in the Aachen region in 2009
■ Lighting management – old, conventional technology
replaced with modern, electronically-governed equipment.
■ A centralised energy management system was set up
■ Use of thermostat-controlled switch cabinet ventilators
■ Staff involved in the environmental management system
by way of training sessions and an ideas competition
■ Systemic start-up scrap reduced by optimising processes and
technology
■ The need for action to carry out energy-related buildings
refurbishment examined after evaluating gas consumption,
as compared with the degree day figures
■ Plastics recycling improved

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The main reason for the increase in specific consumption within
Business Group Communication & Infrastructure was the smaller
number of orders received for various products, thus resulting in
less capacity utilisation.
Electricity consumption [ kWh / product kg ]
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Water consumption [ l / product kg ]
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
CO 2 emission [ kg / product kg ]
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Other energy sources 1 [ kWh / product kg ]
0.60
0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.10
0
Waste water [ l / product kg ]
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0
Production waste 2 [ kg / product kg ]
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
15
1 Heating oil / gas
2 Wires and cables

16 Data collection Business Group Electrical Appliances Assemblies
Business Group Electrical Appliance Assemblies
Business Group Electrical Appliance Assemblies is a proven and
innovative partner to the electrical goods and lighting industry.
Based on an international development, production and
distribution network we offer our customers around the world
an extensive range of cables, power cords and ready-to-install
wiring harnesses for electrical appliances. Our steadily growing
range of assembled cables meets all pertinent national and
international standards and has been recognised by well-known
national certification bodies around the world, such as VDE,
KEMA, UL, UK, CCC, etc.
Business Group Electrical Appliance Assemblies is one of the
few cable manufacturers to offer a comprehensive selection
of products for the household appliance and lighting industry,
which ranges from single and multi-core harmonised cables
compliant with European standards to more than 600 different
kinds of UL and CSA-approved cables, which are the US and
Canadian standards, respectively. LEONI’s top quality characterises
all of our products, regardless of whether they are made to
standard or customised specifications.
Overview of our customer base:
■ BSH Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances
■ Electrolux
■ Philips
■ Miele
■ Black & Decker
■ Vorwerk
■ Bosch
■ Panasonic
■ Toshiba
Thanks not least to the commitment of our 2500 employees,
Business Group Electrical Appliance Assemblies to a large
extent implemented the ISO 14001-compliant environmental
management system and steadily broadened it. The ISO 14001
environmental standard was already established years ago at the
relevant production sites.
ISO 14001-certified facilities
Business Group Electrical Appliance Assemblies produces at four
locations (one plant in Slovakia, two plants in China and one in
Spain). Two of these production facilities (LEONI Xiamen in China
and LEONI Nova Dubnica in Slovakia) are ISO 14001 certified.
We are aware of the responsibility we share and protect natural
resources as well as the foundations of life. Our aim is to strike
a balance between respect for nature and achieving business
objectives. Environmental protection is a key element of our
Company’s activity.
Highlights of the environmental management system
■ By adjusting the size of sea containers used at our Chinese
facilities we achieved savings in logistics of between 15 and
more than 30 percent.
■ In collaboration with various household appliance manufacturers,
Business Group Electrical Appliance Assemblies has
developed environmentally-friendly, halogen-free assembled
cables and launched its LEONI EcoSense® trademark in 2010.
■ By making use of waste heat from compressors at our
Slovakian facility we managed to heat processing water on a
permanent basis as well as to feed excess heat into building
heating during the winter. This achieved substantial savings
on electrical energy.
■ We realised further energy savings by means of cooling water
management that is geared to the outside temperature.

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Business Group Electrical Appliance Assemblies, in particular,
is able despite the difficult situation in 2009 to report an onthe-whole
positive trend in its figures.
Electricity consumption [ kWh / product kg ]
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Water consumption [ l / product kg ]
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
CO 2 emission [ kg / product kg ]
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Other energy sources 1 [ kWh / product kg ]
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
Waste water [ l / product kg ]
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
Production waste 2 [ kg / product kg ]
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.01
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Heating oil / gas
2 Wires and cables
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18 Data collection Business Group Conductors & Copper Solutions
Business Group Conductors & Copper Solutions
Business Group Conductors & Copper Solutions is represented by
LEONI Draht GmbH, based in Weissenburg, Bavaria. With its facilities,
it has an international production network making wires
and strands of copper, galvanic-plated copper and copper alloys.
These products are used in all segments of electrical engineering:
in the automotive industry, electric and electronic systems,
telecommunications, the solar industry, energy technology, data
technology, medical technology, high-frequency technology,
military technology as well as in aerospace engineering.
Environmentally friendly growth and ecological responsibility
are reflected not only in our use of environmentally compatible
production methods, but also in the development of products
that are optimised to save energy and for the use of renewable
energy sources.
Accordingly, the focus in the area of electric conductors is on
designing strands in concentric and semi-concentric structures
that are especially round as well as on miniaturisation through
the use of high-strength alloys. During further processing in the
cable industry, these materials provide savings on insulation
material and weight and consequently reduce the CO2 emissions
of vehicles, for example.
With our new production area for flat wires for the solar industry
(cell and string connectors for photovoltaic modules) we are
making our contribution to further development in the use of
renewable energy sources.
We also manufacture highly flexible, flat copper tapes, ropes
and braids, which are used in the production of carbon brushes
and welding equipment as well as increasingly also in wind
turbines and electric vehicles.
Alongside the modern, efficient materials for industry, we
continue to this day to also make the traditional “Lyonese wares”,
such as gold and silver-plated threads, bullion wire and stitching
wire for precious embroidery.
ISO 14001-certified facilities
Our facilities in Weissenburg (Germany) with 200 employees,
Bad Kötzting (Germany) with 140 employees, Roth (Germany)
with 23 employees and Cinderford (United Kingdom) with
90 employees are already ISO 14001 certified.
Highlights of the environmental management system
Measures to save precious resources have for years already
been driven forward hand in hand with improvement of working
conditions and also with optimisation in averting threats at all
facilities.
Improving energy efficiency is a constant focal point. Consequently,
our facility in Roth, for example, gradually introduced
more energy-efficient lighting, while the Weissenburg plant
optimised compressor control.
Just as much attention is devoted to consumption of heat
energy and therefore of fossil fuels. Savings were achieved by
feeding the heat expelled by the production process back into
the heating system by means of heat recovery systems.
Heat losses and areas exposed to the potential threat of fire
were identified by conducting thermographic surveys. Weak
points found in the process were eliminated. Workshops contribute
to raising the awareness of staff while large-scale fire drills
are part of emergency preparedness.
Water is the foundation of all life on earth. Sparing use of
this precious resource is therefore a key element in the area of
environmental management. The demand for drawing emulsion
is lowered through the use of modern filtration systems. Fresh
water consumption, as well as the disposed amount of waste
emulsion, consequently also dropped. One of our facilities makes
use of rain water by catching it off the roof of a building extension
and feeding it into the cooling water cycle. This also eases
the burden on the municipal sewage treatment plant.
Fresh air and low noise are given high priority at all of our
facilities. As a matter of principle, new production lines are
therefore fitted with noise protection cabins and exhaust systems
with silencers. A ventilation system at our facility in
Bad Kötzting is capable of completely exchanging all the air
of a production shop 7 times an hour, thereby providing
better ambient conditions.

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The commissioning of high-tech machinery (tin-plating line for
solar braids; multi-wire drawing line for nickel-plated wires) as
well as setting up of high power consuming plant (rolling mill)
temporarily causes less productive circumstances. Yet this requires
resources such as electrical power and water, which is why
these key indicators are partly on a downward trajectory.
Drawing processes involve high power consumption and cause
waste heat, which in the winter months is used to heat the pro -
duction shops. During the period of weak capacity utilisation
– from the end of 2008 to early 2009 – this effect had to be compensated
with more use of oil and gas. Consumption of other
energy sources was therefore up.
Electricity consumption [ kWh / product kg ]
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
Water consumption [ l / product kg ]
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
CO 2 emission [ kg / product kg ]
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
Other energy sources 1 [ kWh / product kg ]
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
Waste water [ l / product kg ]
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
Production waste 2 [ kg / product kg ]
0,10
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Heating oil / gas
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2 Copper (will be fully recycled)

20 Summary
Summary: Wire & Cable Solutions
The previous environmental report, which covered the period
from 2003 to 2006, already showed a positive trend not only in
the Wire & Cable Solutions Division’s energy efficiency.
This uptrend continued in the period from 2007 to 2010 and is
presented accordingly in the current environmental report.
Comparison of Wire & Cable Solutions key indicators
CO 2 emission [ kg / product kg ]
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Electricity consumption [ kWh / product kg ]
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Water consumption [ l / product kg ]
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Waste water [ l / product kg ]
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0
The ratio of CO2 emissions [kg] to product [kg] was down by
7.3 percent in the period from 2003 to 2006. In the subsequent
2007 – 2010 reporting period the CO2 figure was down by as
much as 12.2 percent.
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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22 Outlook Contact
Outlook Contact
Energy:
Production requires energy!
It will in the future become increasingly important, in the wake
of steadily rising energy demand, to give greater weight to the
subject of energy management, which is tied closely to the
subject of environmental management.
This means not losing sight of differing factors – always from
a commercial aspect. The principle is to consider renewable energy
not only when buying electrical power or to always acquire
the ‘best possible’ technology with respect to production plant,
but also to take a structured approach in continual execution of
energy-saving projects.
Energy efficiency means, at constant output, reduction of
the energy used by means of continual improvement of various
processes.
Sustainability:
LEONI defines sustainability as working in a commercially,
environmentally and energy aware manner. This includes the environmental
compatibility of products as well as the behaviour
of all employees with respect to environmentally aware dealing
with all resources. With respect to the development opportunities
of upcoming generations, we also call for and support
sustainability in the area of research and development.
Copper:
The raw material of copper is one of the main components of
our products. That is why we vigorously pursue raw material efficiency
in this respect. We continually strive towards minimising
production waste in our everyday work.
Insulation materials:
Insulation materials are another key element. We develop and
produce cable insulation compounds in line with legal requirements
(REACH, RoHS) and according to customer specifications
with respect to banned substances.
In addition, we have developed compounds in which ecologically
dubious elements have been substituted. Future insulation
materials will have more favourable properties; along with being
flame retardant and partly self-extinguishing, the compounds
are halogen free and resistant to mechanical strain.
This Environmental Report advises the public, especially our
customers and employees, on our environment-related activity.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions
concerning this topic.
We will answer any of your questions concerning the environment
and energy that you email to: umwelt@leoni.com.
This report is available for download (also in German) to all
interested persons and groups from our website at www.leoni.
com.
You will find further information on the subject of the environment
on our website.
About
Published by: Wire & Cable Solutions division
Conceptual design / editor: Eva Schuster
Coordination: Karl-Heinz Bürkel
Dated: June 2011
Quality & Environmental Management
Our special thanks go to all colleagues who contributed
to preparing this report.

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