Masterflex high-tech hose systems for the wood industry

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 .

We have been rated “very good” as an employer and awarded the TOP Employer. The certificate is valid for two years. The basis for the certification was an independent and representative employee survey and an HR interview. In the survey, employees were able to indicate, among other things, whether they would recommend their employer to others. Additional services provided by the employer as well as further development opportunities within the company and benefits were also used as evaluation criteria. “Taking part in the anonymous and independent survey was particularly important to us, as we value our employees highly and wanted to gain an insight into how we operate as an employer. We are naturally delighted with the rating. Our employees do a great job every day and we want to help them feel valued and comfortable with us,” says Christina Neubauer, Head of Human Resources at the Masterflex Group. The certificate is valid for two years.

As a manufacturer of plastic products, we firmly believe that the cradle-to-cradle approach is the solution to the sustainability challenges facing our industry. Traditionally, plastics are often seen as an environmental burden. But with the Cradle to Cradle approach, plastics become sustainable materials. This approach ensures that all the materials we use are either biodegradable or can be recycled indefinitely without losing quality. This means that there is no waste, but a closed material cycle. Plastic waste can be continuously recycled and unavoidable abrasion becomes a biological nutrient. High-quality, recyclable plastics Let’s imagine a world in which all companies follow this approach. It would not only reduce the extraction of raw materials, but also drastically reduce pollution. In such a system, even more plastics could and should be used. After all, the more high-quality, recyclable plastics there are in circulation, the greater the resource that can be used again and again. Specific design This approach also opens up completely new business models and innovation opportunities. We can develop products

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.

We are expanding our presence in the market for robotics and automation applications. In addition to high-performance hoses, we also offer customised solutions. Increasingly complex motion sequences in industrial applications require increasingly manoeuvrable hoses - with a similarly long service life as hoses for classic industrial applications. The high-performance hoses developed by the Masterflex Group especially for applications in the field of robotics and automation fulfil these requirements even in extreme environments. In addition to standard hoses, the Masterflex Group offers comprehensive engineering services. The experts from APT, Masterflex and Novoplast Schlauchtechnik support customers in the development of customised hose solutions that are precisely tailored to the specific and sometimes extreme requirements in the field of robotics and automation. The market launch is accompanied by a marketing campaign in which industrial robots react in a very human way to the dangers posed by inferior hose solutions. It starts with a welding robot that suffers from thermal overload. In welding applications with flying