Masterflex AG in Gelsenkirchen is a specialist in developing and manufacturing superior connection and hose systems made of innovative high-tech plastics. The company operates worldwide.

One of Masterflex's corporate business goals is to research the manifold applications of high-tech plastics and convert them into new customer-oriented products. In doing so, the Company makes use of the most advanced development methods to optimize the properties and test new combinations with materials unimaginable to date.

With this ambitious goal, Masterflex AG has built up an enormous knowledge since its foundation in 1987. Masterflex has mastered the entire production chain, from the practical use of the materials - via the development of inhouse production processes and self-built plants - up to production and distribution.

Its competence and numerous innovations have allowed the company to set new worldwide standards for high-tech hose systems, making Masterflex one of Europe's leading suppliers.

International expansion began early. Today, a total of seven subsidiaries produce and distribute high-tech hose systems in Europe and the USA.

In the growing market of medical devices (catheters, infusion hoses, etc), high-tech and high-grade plastics become constantly more importance because of their anti-thrombogenic and anti-bacterial characteristics.

Today, the company also operates in the non-core business units Advanced Material Design (surface technology) and mobility with fuel cell technology. Under the headline “climate-neutral mobility Masterflex offers a hydrogen based 50-Watt fuel cell for a mobile power supply which is ready for batch production. The focus is on the market of light mobile vehicles.