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March 17, 2005

SGL Carbon to increase prices for carbon fibers and carbon fiber products

Wiesbaden, March 17, 2005. SGL Carbon’s business unit SGL Technologies announces price increases across its carbon fiber products range with immediate effect. The double digit percentage increases vary from product to product and will affect the Company’s carbon fibers as well as fabrics, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix products.

Jan Verdenhalven, Managing Director of SGL Technologies commented: "These price increases are based on raw material cost increases as well as on continually tightening demand and supply situation in the carbon fiber markets.”

Forward-looking statements:
This document contains forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the current belief of SGL Carbon’s management as well as assumptions made by, and information available to, the SGL Group. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual future results and developments could differ materially from those set forth in these statements due to various factors. These factors include changes in the general economic and competitive situation, particularly in SGL Carbon’s businesses and markets; changes resulting from acquisitions and the subsequent integration of companies; and changes resulting from restructuring measures. In addition, future results and developments could be affected by the performance of financial markets; fluctuations in exchange rates; changes in national and supranational law, particularly with regard to tax regulations; and other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in SGL Carbon’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. SGL Carbon assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements.