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Appointment of chairman executive board ERIKS nv

Alkmaar, Netherlands March 30, 2011 - Jan van der Zouw, CEO of ERIKS, has informed the supervisory board of his wish to end his career as CEO of ERIKS mid 2011. The supervisory board has appointed Johan Sleebus (41) as chairman of the executive board of ERIKS nv as per 1 July 2011.

Following his studies in Applied Economics at the University of Antwerp, Johan Sleebus started working for Baudoin nv as sales & marketing manager. In 2004, he was appointed managing director of Baudoin, one of the biggest operating companies within ERIKS. In the beginning of 2010, he was appointed as member of the executive board of ERIKS nv.

About ERIKS
ERIKS was founded in 1940 in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Today, ERIKS is a leading provider of a wide range of high-quality mechanical engineering components and associated technical and logistics services. ERIKS Seals and Plastics, Inc., a United States division of ERIKS, focuses specifically on the sealing and custom plastics products and offers related technical and logistics services for the consumer products, food and beverage, heavy equipment manufacturing, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, power generation, semiconductor, transportation and the water and wastewater industries. ERIKS Seals and Plastics is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas and has facilities in New Berlin, WI, Seattle, WA, Anaheim, CA and Turpen and Associates in Tulsa, OK. For more information on how ERIKS Seals and Plastics can help your organization, visit www.ERIKSUSA.com. ERIKS also has significant operations in the U.S. Flow market through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Rawson, Inc., Newdell, Inc. and Diamond Gear Company, Inc.