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Eching, Munich, March 6, 2008. Kontron AG, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of embedded computer systems,
is founding a joint-venture with the Taiwanese company Quanta Computer Inc., Taipei, the world’s largest manufacturer
of laptops. As announced today by the Executive Board of Kontron, the Taiwanese listed company and his affiliates are
acquiring a 21% stake in Kontron Asia Inc., Taipei. Kontron Asia Inc. is the production organization of the Kontron
Group which included its production plant in Penang, Malaysia. Both parties have signed a relevant purchase
agreement today. The price per share is close to market price. The closing of the transaction is expected during the
course of March. Kontron AG will retain both the operating management of, and a voting right majority in, the
enterprise. Both Kontron and Quanta expect to benefit equally from the advantages the partnership offers. Kontron
AG’s main objective is to optimize its manufacturing costs for embedded computers using Quanta’s purchasing and
production conditions to achieve the cost leadership in purchasing and production in the embedded market place.
Quanta will benefit from diversifying its production capacities in the industrial market.
With over 40,000 employees globally, Quanta produces around 30% of worldwide laptops per year, and generated total
revenue of over EUR 16 billion in 2007. “Volumes are constantly rising in the high-growth embedded computer market,
particularly for applications in the POI/POS, cash machine, infotainment, and gaming areas. The new Joint Venture
between Quanta and Kontron now allows Kontron AG to offer volumes of 100,000 embedded computer systems per
year on a competitive basis,” commented Kontron CEO, Ulrich Gehrmann.
Kontron launched a reorganization of its sales structures in Asia as recently as the fourth quarter of 2007, entailing the
installation of centrally managed sales, with the aim of achieving higher EBIT margins in this region. Kontron AG’s
target is to raise the EBIT margin by up to two percentage points over the next three years through improved
purchasing terms and further optimization of production costs. Kontron AG aims to relocate additional production
volume to Asia over the next few years; the aim is for 75 percent of all of Kontron’s embedded computers to be
manufactured in the Joint Venture by 2010. Processes such as final configuration and the installation of software,
however, which are highly know-how critical, will continue to be performed at the European and American Kontron
companies. The company will present detailed figures for the 2007 financial year at its year-end results press
conference in Munich on March 26, 2008.

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