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Technologies in figures
All figures relate to continuing operations. * before taxes and minority interest
			2003/2004		2004/2005
Order intake	million €		4,770		5,514
Sales	million €		4,083		5,687
EBITDA	million €		151		245
Income*	million €		88		172
Employees (September 30)			21,980		27,449

ThyssenKrupp Technologies' aim is to occupy world-leading positions in its markets and technologies. Our systematic efforts to develop innovative products with high customer value and the rapid expansion of our service business are geared to achieving this objective. Several acquisitions and disposals have been made to optimize our operations and gain new growth potential in the four business units Plant Technology, Marine Systems, Mechanical Engineering and Transrapid.

More services and stronger international presence

The segment intends to significantly grow its service business in the next few years. The Plant Technology business unit plans to offer its customers complete life cycle support, continuing on request to service the plants it has supplied to ensure constant operational readiness. Marine Systems is also stepping up its after-sales service activities. Mechanical Engineering's strategic objective is to provide intensive advisory and training services with a view to significantly increasing the share of services in sales.

Another key objective is to expand the segment's international presence. ThyssenKrupp Technologies already operates 150 sites around the world and generates around 75% of its sales with foreign customers. Almost one in two employees works outside Germany. We are looking to further strengthen our activities in Asia in general, and in India, China and the Middle East in particular. For example, Plant Technology currently has two companies operating at nine sites in India, where just under 700 employees provide engineering services for chemical, petrochemical and fertilizer plants. Sugar, cement and material handling plants and equipment are also engineered in India and exported worldwide. In the future we intend to broaden the spectrum of these engineering services and integrate these capacities more strongly in international projects.

Plant Technology: An engineering business of worldwide renown

The Plant Technology business unit plans to consolidate and expand its core technological capabilities in specialized/large-scale plant engineering, not just in India. The range focuses on the petrochemical, chemical, cement, mining/material handling and coke production sectors. The business unit holds top 3 world market positions in plant engineering for fertilizers, electrolysis, gas technology, cokemaking, polymer processes, refineries and pharmaceuticals. In August 2005, the technology portfolio was widened with the acquisition of exclusive license rights for YARA urea granulation technology. The business unit also sets environmental standards: We will be providing key equipment for an oil sands mega-project in Canada. Sandstone deposits containing around 6 billion barrels of bitumen are to be mined and then processed on equipment engineered, supplied and assembled by us, including crushers, interim storage facilities and conveyors.

Marine Systems riding a wave of success

The Marine Systems business unit sees itself as a system house with strong positions in naval shipbuilding, focusing Germany's capabilities in the construction of conventional submarines and surface vessels. We intend to further strengthen our role as worldwide technology leader. The MEKO frigates and corvettes built by our shipyards are recognized as the best in the world; we are also an international market leader in the construction of conventionally powered submarines. In addition, our shipyards provide successful repair and conversion services for ships of all kinds

The new U212 submarine developed by Marine Systems features an air-independent propulsion system based on fuel cell technology. The fuel cells produce electricity from hydrogen and oxygen, allowing the new submarine to remain submerged for weeks while generating neither noise nor exhaust heat. This and other features make the submarine practically undetectable.

Marine Systems is also a highly regarded manufacturer of civilian ships such as mega yachts. One example of the innovative capabilities of our shipbuilding experts is a completely new network for onboard communications. The "Multi Service Board Network" is the first such system capable of handling all on-board communications services via a single network. For more information on this development, please turn to "Technologies: New developments in plant construction and shipbuilding".

Mechanical Engineering: Serving the machine-building sector

The Mechanical Engineering business unit brings together component manufacturers with world-leading market positions, primarily serving customers from the international machine-building sector. The range of products includes large-diameter bearings and rings for solar and wind energy systems, earth-moving machinery, offshore equipment and general machine-building applications. The business unit is a world leader in large-diameter antifriction bearings. Our strategic aim is to globalize these activities further, with a particular focus on China and India. Additionally we intend to develop the potential of the Eastern Europe markets.

Mechanical Engineering also holds a world-leading position in undercarriages for excavators and bulldozers, for which China could prove a promising market in the coming years. Other activities include the development, engineering and production of assembly plant for engines, transmissions and axles. The modular design of these lines allows them to be tailored exactly to the requirements of our mainly automotive customers.

Strategic alliances for the Transrapid

Attention in the Transrapid business unit is focused on the construction of a German line. A project is currently being pursued to build a 37 kilometer maglev link between Munich central station and the city's Franz-Josef-Strauss airport. In addition, strategic alliances are to be formed to develop new markets.