Masterflex SE

Dividend Payout Ability regained through Growth Path - Seite 2

The technology-leading Masterflex Group introduced two particularly important product innovations in 2014. The main advantage of the, in the first half of 2014 newly introduced Master-PUR Trivolution is the combination of its three features of antistatic, flame-resistance and microbial resistance combined into one single hose, which led to its now trademark-protected epithet "TRIvolution". And with its second innovation, the high temperature FireFlex(TM) exhaust hose, the Masterflex Group in the USA under the Masterduct brand is offering an important product for vehicle fleets in the fire service. Fireflex(TM), the easy-to-assemble yet very robust hose, simplifies the maintenance process considerably, allowing heavy-duty fire appliances to be started and maintained without danger to life or limb.

The Masterflex Group remains confident that above-average growth opportunities will continue in the future. Particular management attention is focused on the vision-orientated expansion of the company on an international level, in particular Asia and the American continent. Bastin: "In China, we will further penetrate the giant Chinese market with a now fully integrated, motivated sales force and recently expanded range of plant machinery. The same applies to many of China's neighbours. And in the USA, we have a very stable starting position for our product portfolio which we will strengthen and expand.

In addition, the Masterflex Group is carefully exploring opportunities to acquire companies in the global markets for high-tech hoses and connection systems. In this regard, comprehensive global industry documentation on market players and products can be drawn on which the group has built up over more than half a decade, based on its own market observation and analysis.

To boost its perception as a globally active yet also unified group of companies, from now on Masterflex SE will feature a slightly revised logo for its umbrella brand Masterflex Group and its five product brands Masterflex, Matzen & Timm, Novoplast Schlauchtechnik, Fleima-Plastic and Masterduct (see attached picture).

This logo symbolises the strong unity of the five product brands which combine a wide variety of competencies of all types of connecting systems under the umbrella of the Masterflex Group. In making this small alteration, the Masterflex Group expects an improved perception of itself and its products and, in the longer term, more business. Further, from now on, all employee email addresses will gradually be standardised throughout the world locations.