- Strong increase in sales revenues and disproportionate growth of profits

- Dividend planned to be raised to Euro 1.00 per preference share

Fuchs Petrolub AG: Record earnings again in the anniversary year 2006

The international lubricant group, FUCHS PETROLUB continued its dynamic corporate development in the third quarter of 2006.

PLEASE NOTE: This release has already been published in German language on 3 August 2006.

In the second quarter of 2006 the FUCHS PETROLUB Group generated the highest quarterly EBIT ever.

FUCHS PETROLUB AG of Mannheim/Germany sold its polishing division LIPPERT-UNIPOL to JASON GmbH.