Supervisory Board of va-Q-tec AG extends Management Board mandate of founder and CEO Dr. Joachim Kuhn

• Contract of founder and CEO Dr. Joachim Kuhn extended until 31 December 2023
• Dr. Kuhn has already held a Managing Director position since the company was founded in 2001

Würzburg, 20 August 2018. va-Q-tec AG (ISIN DE0006636681 / WKN 663668), a technologically leading provider of highly efficient products and solutions in the thermal insulation area, announces that CEO Dr. Joachim Kuhn and the Supervisory Board unanimously decided at a meeting to extend the Management Board mandate of Dr. Kuhn by a period of five years. The Supervisory Board and Dr. Kuhn are thereby sending an important signal of continuity. Dr. Kuhn, whose doctorate is in physics, founded va-Q-tec AG in 2001 in Würzburg, since when he has played a quite significant role in advancing the company along its growth track. He floated the company on the stock market in 2016 and is the largest individual shareholder in the company with a 15.27% interest.

Dr. Gerald Hommel, Supervisory Board Chairman, comments on the extension of the Management Board mandate: “With va-Q-tec, Dr. Kuhn has not only brought a sustainable technology with great future potential to market maturity, but has also been responsible to a quite significantly for va-Q-tec’s success to date. For this reason, we are pleased that with his expertise he will continue to lead the company over the coming five years.”

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Email: Felix.Rau@va-Q-tec.com

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About va-Q-tec
va-Q-tec is a leading supplier of high-performance products and solutions in thermal insulation and cold chain logistics. The company develops, produces and markets highly efficient and consequently thin vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) as well as phase change materials (PCMs) for reliable and energy-efficient temperature controlling. In addition, va-Q-tec produces passive thermal packaging systems (containers and boxes) through optimally integrating VIPs and PCMs, which can maintain constant temperatures, depending on type, up to 200 hours without external energy input. To implement temperature-sensitive logistics chains, va-Q-tec – within a global partner network – operates a fleet of rental containers and boxes meeting demanding thermal protection standards. Along with healthcare & logistics as the main market, va-Q-tec addresses the following further markets: Appliance & Food, Technics & Industry, Building and Mobility. The high-growth company, which was founded in 2001, is based in Würzburg, Germany. Further information: www.va-q-tec.com