PROTEMA

Unternehmensberatung GmbH

Julius-Hölder-Strasse 40

70597 Stuttgart

Fon: +49 / 711 / 9 00 15 70

Fax: +49 / 711 / 9 00 15 90

mail: info@protema.de

managing directors:

Peter Bertagnolli, Harry Hezel, Michael Mezger,

Dr. Jörg Pirron

Handelsregister beim Amtsgericht Stuttgart, Nr. HRB 17964

Umsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer: DE 1 82 94 79 06

please contact if technical problems occur:

PROTEMA Unternehmensberatung GmbH

Mail: it@protema.de

Copyright

Copyright 2005 by PROTEMA Unternehmensberatung GmbH, hereafter named PROTEMA. All rights reserved. All texts, pictures, diagrams, sound, video and animation files including their arrangements are subject to copyright laws and other laws intended to protect intellectual property rights. Duplication of these media for commercial purposes or further transmission is forbidden as is their modification and use on other websites. Some PROTEMA website pages contain material that is copyright protected by those who have provided it.

Trademarks

When not otherwise specified, all named trademarks on the PROTEMA Internet website are legally registered trademarks of PROTEMA. This applies in particular to all company logos and emblems as well as to model names.

License rights

PROTEMA wants to be able to offer you an innovative and informative Internet experience. We hope that you like our creatively designed web presence as much as we do. We also would appreciate your understanding the necessity for PROTEMA to protect its intellectual property, including patents, trademarks and copyrights and that these Internet pages in no way grant license rights to the intellectual property of PROTEMA.

Future-oriented statements

Many of our Internet pages contain forward-looking statements about the future that are based on the convictions of PROTEMA management. The purpose of using words such as "expect", "estimate", "count on", "intend" and "plan" on these Internet pages is to signal statements that are oriented toward the future. Statements of this sort reflect PROTEMA's view with respect to future events at the time they were formulated and are subject to risk and uncertainty. PROTEMA makes no claim of intention or obligation to realize statements about the future.

Liability

This information is provided by PROTEMA "as is" and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, or non-infringement. While the information provided is believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies.

The information and specifications on this website constitute no assurance or warranty, neither explicitly nor tacitly. In particular, they represent no tacit commitments or guarantees vis-à-vis conditions, commercial capability, suitability for certain purposes or non-observance of regulations and patents.

You will find links to other Internet sites on our website. We would like to underscore the fact that we have no influence on the design or content of pages of linked Internet sites. We therefore assume no responsibility for the currentness, correctness, completeness or quality of the information presented there. In view of these considerations, we hereby disassociate ourselves from all content contained on those pages. This declaration applies to all of our website's links to external Internet pages and their content.

Privacy Declaration PROTEMA North America Inc

PROTEMA North America Inc, hereafter named PROTEMA, is happy to have you visit our website and pleased at your interest in our company and products. We take the issue of the privacy of your personal data very seriously and would like you to feel comfortable in this respect while visiting our site. The protection of your private sphere in processing personal data is for us a primary concern that our business processes duly take into consideration. We process any personal data acquired during a visit to our website in compliance with the data protection legislation in the country in which the responsible data processing site is located. PROTEMA web pages may contain links to other websites to which this data protection declaration does not apply.

Tracking and processing personal data

When you visit our website, our web server saves as a matter of course the name of your Internet service provider, the name of the website you visited prior to ours, the pages you visit on our website, and the date and duration of your visit. Personal data is gathered only if you explicitly enter it in the framework of, for example, a registration, a survey, price tendering, or contractual agreement.

Use and passing on personal data and earmarking

PROTEMA uses your personal data for purposes related to the technical administration of our website, for customer management, for product surveys, and for marketing only within the relevant scope.

Communication of personal data to government facilities and offices occurs only when demanded by applicable federal legal regulations. Our staff, agents and distributors are bound by us to observe confidentiality.

Selection option

We would like to be able to use your data to inform you of our products and services and to ask your opinion about these when relevant. The choice is yours. In the event you do not agree to do so, you can inform us at any time and we will then lock your data. Further information is available on your local website.

Cookies

PROTEMA reserves the right to use cookies to track visitor preferences in order to improve our website design. Cookies are small files that are temporarily stored on your hard disk. The information contained in cookies serves to facilitate navigation and permits a website to achieve a high level of user-friendliness. You may also view our website without cookies. Our cookies contain no specifically personal information, thus ensuring that your private sphere is protected. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can prevent cookies from being saved to your hard disk by selecting the "don't accept cookies" setting in your browser. For detailed instructions on how to do this, please refer to your browser's user guide. If you do not accept cookies, some of our offerings may be subject to functional restrictions.

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Security

PROTEMA employs technical and organizational security measures to protect your managed data against accidental and intended manipulation, loss, destruction, and access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continually being improved and kept apace of technological advances.