Seoul honours TRUMPF

With honorary citizenship, the city of Seoul has recognized, among other things, Friedrich Stockinger's commitment to German-Korean business relations and his contribution to advancing and deepening the business relations between German companies and the city of Seoul . This award is not only an enormous honor for Stockinger. At the same time, it acknowledges TRUMPF's commitment to Seoul where the new TRUTEC building for the machine manufacturer is currently being built. This project is gaining a great deal of attention and is regarded as a clear signal of the excellent relationship between South Korea and TRUMPF.

TRUMPF Group (www.trumpf.com)
With sales totaling € 1.4 billion for the 2004/05 fiscal year and more than 6,100 employees, the TRUMPF Group ranks among the leading manufacturing companies worldwide. The three following business divisions are combined under the umbrella of a holding company: Machine Tools/Power Tools, Laser Technology/Electronics and Medical Technology. Its core business are machine tools for flexible sheet metal processing for punching and forming, laser processing and bending. In the field of industrial lasers and laser systems, the company is the technological leader on the world market. With about 45 subsidiaries and branch offices, the Group is represented in almost every European country, in North and South America as well as in Asia . Production locations can be found in Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, China, Taiwan and the USA.