aap: Separation of Trauma & Orthopaedics No Longer Pursued


BERLIN, June 18, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Due to the positive development of the business situation of aap Implants AG's Traum & Orthopaedics division, management and supervisory board have decided to not further pursue the June 2007 decision to separate both of aap's divisions, Trauma & Orthopaedics and aap bio implants (medical biomaterials), but to develop both sectors also in the future under one roof.

For 2008, aap plans an organic growth of above 20% starting from 2007 group revenue of EUR28 million.