BEKO Technologies to invest $4 million and create 35 jobs in Fulton County facility

ATLANTA, February 26, 2008 – German compressed air technology company BEKO Technologies GmbH announced today they will locate a new production facility in Atlanta. The company plans to invest $4 million and create 35 jobs through its American subsidiary, BEKO Technologies Corp., at their new Fulton County facility.

BEKO Technologies, which is headquartered in Neuss, Germany, recently purchased a 50,000-square-foot facility located at 900 Great Southwest Parkway in Fulton County. BEKO will completely convert and renovate the facility to suit its rapidly growing operational needs.

“BEKO Technologies is a fast-growing company. By integrating our existing production facility, BEKO Membrane Technologies in Bend, Oregon, into BEKO Technologies Corporation, we needed a new place,” said Tilo Fruth, general manager of BEKO Technologies. “We were on the search for a new location, a place where BEKO and its employees would truly feel at home, and Atlanta, Georgia, in the heart of the South, offered us all that what we were looking for.”

BEKO Technologies specializes in compressed air technology. With production departments in Neuss, Germany, Bowenpally, India and soon Atlanta, the company will have nearly 300 employees worldwide. The organization is comprised of the German parent company and 13 subsidiaries around the world. For more than 25 years, BEKO has developed, manufactured and sold the high-quality, reliable and efficient components and systems for compressed air processing and condensate management. Now, BEKO offers a complete product portfolio for all of the tasks related to the transport, treatment, processing and measurement of compressed air. Expert advice and world class service are hallmarks of the company.

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