Contacts yes or no Media GmbH BESSEY Tool GmbH & Co. KG Claudia Wrner Melanie Raloff Neue Weinsteige 4749 Mhlwiesenstrae 40 70180 Stuttgart, Germany 74301 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany Tel. +49 (0) 711/75 85 89 00 Tel +49 (0) 7142/4 01-279 Fax +49 (0) 711/75 85 89 11 Fax +49 (0) 7142/4 01-388 Mobile +49 (0) 170/3 10 36 62 presse@yes-or-no.de rassloff@bessey.de www.yes-or-no.de www.bessey.de

Press Release N 05/2015 BESSEY Exhibiting at LIGNA 2015

LIGNA: Visit BESSEY in Hall 15, Booth F17 BESSEY, a world leader in clamping and cutting technology and innovative exhibitor, will be at the LIGNA trade show in Hanover from May 11 to 15, 2015. On booth F17 in Hall 15, joiners, cabinet makers, carpenters and other trades people can obtain information on tools made by the hand tool manufacturer from the South of Germany as well as test its many products. LIGNA is an interesting meeting place for tradespersons alike. It is the world's leading trade show for the forestry and timber industries and is a platform for high quality products and services. In the "Handwerk, Holz & mehr" (craft, wood & more) exhibition area, joiners, cabinet makers and carpenters can discover innovative technologies and applications for their sector in addition to see new machinery and tools. And when it comes to innovative solutions for clamping and fastening workpieces, you're in the right place with BESSEY. This is because the manufacturer of quality tools offers a wide and deep range of clamping and cutting solutions. Regardless of whether the requirement is classic malleable cast iron clamps or high performance clamp sets, an elaborate body clamp range or variable toogle clamps, BESSEY has the right tool in its range for every tradesperson, in order to support them in their work in the best possible way. Professionals from around the world can be sure of this. In addition to individual consultations in the booth, BESSEY will also demonstrating application examples for its tools. We look forward to seeing you in Hanover! At BESSEY, we have a long tradition of producing innovative, practical product solutions. Since the cold drawn steel plant was founded in Stuttgart in 1889, the Bietigheim-Bissingen based company continues to raise the bar in clamping and cutting technology. Currently offering more than 1,600 products, BESSEY has a specific solution for practically every application. Our focus is on precision and durability, convenience and safety. To stop improving is to stop being good. This was the motto of company founder Max Bessey and it remains our guiding principle today in all that we do and produce. This means that we are constantly developing new products and improving existing ones to make the user's life easier, on the basis of innovative ideas. Such innovations are worthwhile. You can also find more information on our long-established German company and its products at www.bessey.de or you can request our whole free catalogue by calling +49 (0)7142 401-0. The history of BESSEY: 1889 Founding of BESSEY as a bright steel drawing plant in Stuttgart / 1936 The production of clamping tools begins. / 1944 Construction of the current parent plant in Bietigheim. / 1979 Acquisition of the Ernst DIENER shears factory, thus expanding the BESSEY product range to include ERDI shears / 1984 Consolidation of tool and precision steel production in Bietigheim / 2004 Founding of BESSEY Przisionsstahl GmbH. / 2005 Company renamed from BESSEY & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG to BESSEY Tool GmbH & Co. KG. / 2011 Klaus Fuchs becomes Managing Partner of the BESSEY Group. / 2014 The company celebrates its 125 year jubilee