Dietrich Eickhoff sets the course for the ShangGong Europe (Holding) Corp. GmbH in Bielefeld now

2015 was the most successful business year in the recent history of the Dürkopp Adler group. Revenue and profit as well as equity ratio and liquidity could be improved significantly again.

The executive board and the supervisory board of the company propose to the general meeting of the Dürkopp Adler AG to distribute a dividend of 0.50 EUR per share (0.15 EUR in the previous year).

The current spokesman of the executive board Mr. Dietrich Eickhoff  was asked by the majority shareholder to concentrate on the future orientation of the entire ShangGong Europe (Holding) Corp. GmbH (SGE). The SGE holds a 94.01% stake in Dürkopp Adler AG and since 2013 100% in Pfaff Industriesysteme und Maschinen GmbH in Kaiserslautern and its branch KSL in Lorsch. Since mid-January 2016 SGE holds a share of 26% in H. Stoll AG und Co. KG in Reutlingen, the most innovative and one of the largest manufacturers of automatic flat knitting machines worldwide.

Mr. Dietrich Eickhoff will leave the executive board of Dürkopp Adler AG

and – as a member of the supervisory board – ensure continuity of the strategic orientation of the company.

As of April 1 ^st, 2016, Dietrich Eickhoff will be succeeded by the previous head of the sector quality and development of control technology of Dürkopp Adler AG, Mr. Michael Kilian.