Masterflex Group once again recognized as a TOP Innovator

Masterflex SE is the specialist for customized product and system solutions made of high-tech specialty plastics and materials. For industrial applications we manufacture: - suction, conveying and blower hoses from DN 16 to DN 900 - highly abrasion-resistant polyurethane hoses; special types: electrically conductive (ATEX-compliant), hydrolysis-resistant, microbe-resistant - certified food hoses, with the following food approvals: FDA, 2002/72/EC, LMBG / BfR - Suction hoses for the wood industry (flame retardant according to DIN 4102 B1) - Industrial vacuum cleaner hoses - Sweeper hoses (microbe resistant) - Air conditioning ventilation hoses - chemical hoses - Medium and high temperature hoses up to +1100 °C - Engine exhaust hoses - Thermal and insulating hoses - Customized special solutions - Electrically conductive hoses - Connecting elements (hose clamps, connectors, reducers) - Combiflex hose connection systems (hose sleeves and DIN flanges) - Certified hose connection systems for the food industry - Conical flange quick connection system - Wear protection systems for tubes and tube bends - Selected fixed hose connectors equipped with digital interface as standard. Compatible with the AMPIUS® app .

WirtschaftsWoche has once again listed us as a World Market Leader Champion To make it onto the list of world market leaders, companies must fulfill a number of strict criteria. The list of world market leaders is compiled annually by the University of St. Gallen. This year’s award is even more special, as the current global challenges have led to a selection in the current ranking of world market leaders. The group of global market leaders in German-speaking countries has shrunk to less than 500. According to the jury, companies like the Masterflex Group are ”setting standards right now, inspiring others and significantly influencing the development of their industry.” In an exclusive special edition on the award-winning world market leaders of WirtschaftsWoche, Masterflex is presented as the case study of the week.

The Masterflex Group’s consulting and solutions expertise is to be expanded by 2035 and products transferred to the circular economy. With the Hero@Zero vision, the Masterflex Group is embarking on the path as a ”first mover” in the industry. In this way, we will also be one step ahead of the expected legislative changes - whether it is a plastics tax or the pricing of CO₂ emissions. For us as a group of companies focusing on hose and connection solutions made from high-performance plastics, however, this also means another challenge: in the interests of our customers, this should be as economical as possible. As Dr. Andreas Bastin, CEO of the Masterflex Group, outlines in an interview with Technischer Handel: ”This means developing overall concepts that prevent hoses from becoming exorbitantly expensive. By combining requirements management, the right choice of materials and ideal processing, we want to be able to supply cost-effective products that are as ecologically clean as possible in a circular economy.” Our strategists have recognized the economic and political development

The trade magazine TH spoke to Masterflex Group CEO Andreas Bastin about the initiated circular economy transformation of Masterflex SE At the end of June, the Chairman of the Board of the Masterflex Group, Dr. Andreas Bastin, and the Managing Director of REMONDIS Recycling GmbH & Co. KG, Jürgen Ephan, signed a cooperation agreement between the two companies. The aim was to set up an environmental service branch for industrial products made from technical plastics and to implement this in the market for hose and connecting systems. ”There is no doubt that we are still at the very beginning of our journey towards a closed-loop system for industrial products made of high-tech plastics. As the Masterflex Group, we have decided to consistently follow this path. To this end, we recently launched our ”Hero@Zero” strategic program. In the future, we will offer our customers the right hose not only from a technological and economic point of view, but also in terms of sustainability. This is how Andreas Bastin describes the start of the strategic cooperation. In a detailed interview between the renowned

Strategic cooperation to open the way for high-performance plastics in the circular economy. Masterflex SE from Gelsenkirchen and REMONDIS Recycling GmbH & Co. KG from Essen have entered into a long-term cooperation: The aim is to set up a circular-flow economy for industrial products made of engineering plastics and to implement it in the market for hose and connection systems as an example. Hoses and connection systems made from high-performance plastics are used today to solve innovative applications in almost all areas of industrial and private life. Masterflex Group is the world’s leading producer, in this field. For example, when it comes to ensuring state of the art microchip production or enabling safe, compliant, and efficient food production, Masterflex’s hose systems contribute either directly or indirectly to the solution. But what happens after using these products? Today the used hoses and connection systems are typically disposed of properly, for example, by the European market leader, the REMONDIS Group. REMONDIS is one of the world’s

The Masterflex Group is revolutionizing the market for hoses and connecting systems and transforming it into a circular economy. The Masterflex Group is expanding its product, consulting and solution know-how to include eco-effectiveness, i.e. a circular economy without additional resource consumption. To this end, the current business model will be transformed and expanded in stages up to 2035. The focus will be on the AMPIUS® digital hose world, which will provide a digital twin of all products and their life cycles to enable a circular economy for hoses and connecting systems. To this end, today’s consulting and product business will be gradually repositioned by 2035 and expanded to include additional services such as take-back, recycling and eco-certification. The goal is an endless circular economy of plastic hoses. In doing so, the Masterflex Group, as a leader in its market (”Hero”), is committed to not consuming any additional resources (i.e. ”Zero”). ”With our Hero@Zero strategy, we want to make an economically and ecologically traceable positive contribution