11.04.2011 ERIKS ACQUIRED CALIFORNIA SEAL AND FASTENER, INC., USA

From Executive board ERIKS nv

Telephone +31-72 54 75 888

Date 11 April 2011

Subject ERIKS ACQUIRED CALIFORNIA SEAL AND FASTENER, INC., USA
Acquisition extends reach into semiconductor market

ERIKS acquired California Seal and Fastener, Inc. (Cal Seal), Santa Clara, USA. Cal Seal is a leading US supplier of specialty sealing, vacuum components and accompanying logistics services, with facilities in Santa Clara, CA, Portland, OR and Austin, TX. Cal Seal’s wide range of consumable spares and preventative maintenance parts and supplies further increases ERIKS’ presence in the semiconductor and other high-tech markets. Cal Seal will become part of ERIKS Seals and Plastics, Inc., one of its divisions in the United States.

This strategic acquisition enables ERIKS to enhance its client base in the US semiconductor industry and further strengthen its product and service offerings. Customers will benefit as the capabilities of these two leading companies are merged to provide even greater product availability, engineering and logistics support.

About California Seal and Fastener, Inc.
Cal Seal was established in 1980 to support the Semiconductor and other high-tech industries with a wide variety of products and services. Cal Seal’s VMI Programs include a wide range of consumable spares and preventative maintenance parts and supplies. Since then, Cal Seal expanded its product lines to serve additional markets, including; solar, food & pharmaceutical, life sciences, scientific instruments, and other general industrial applications.

About ERIKS Seals and Plastics, Inc.
ERIKS Seals and Plastics, Inc., a United States division of ERIKS, focuses specifically on the sealing and custom plastics products and offers related technical and logistics services for the consumer products, food and beverage, heavy equipment manufacturing, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, powergeneration, semiconductor, transportation and the water and wastewater industries.
ERIKS Seals and Plastics is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas and has facilities in New Berlin, WI, Seattle, WA, Anaheim, CA and Turpen and Associates in Tulsa, OK. ERIKS also has significant operations in the U.S. Flow market through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Rawson, Inc., Newdell, Inc. and Diamond Gear Company, Inc.