This year at the APTA Expo in Atlanta, Masats has announced it will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation, the purpose of which was to make people’s day to day easier with products to make public transport more accessible and comfortable. Its commitment to people is reflected in the company’s all-new slogan, “50 Years in your everyday life”.
The upcoming edition of APTA, which will be held from 9th to 11th of October, will be special for Masats because in addition to presenting its latest developments for passenger transport, the company has started production in the Atlanta plant in Kennewaw.
Since its origins as a manufacturer of pneumatic equipment for buses, Masats has gradually expanded its product range with electric doors for road vehicles, bus ramps for people with reduced mobility and lifts for coaches.
Masats has made a decisive commitment in recent years to the railway sector with a specific product line including electric on-board doors, steps and ramps for rolling stock. Its strategy to assist people in their daily needs, Masats took a major step in 2016 with the presentation of its new business sector — platform screen doors or PSD, aimed at making stations safer.
Achieving the utmost safety has always guided Masats throughout its history with the company currently offering doors which feature the highest levels of electrical and pneumatic safety and which facilitate efficient access by people with reduced mobility.
At the upcoming edition of APTA, Masats will showcase the latest new developments for Citybuses, as the new version of the 028C Sliding Door, which has been updated to pass all of the most demanding tests as far as the durability, vibrations and water tightness for exceptional results, and the Electric Inswingng door 029, with a Manual Ramp RM2 for citybuses.
Markets and Figures
Masats SA (Spanish plant) closed an excellent year 2016 which led to the company achieving record turnover: 40.7 million euros ($47.81 million) in 2016.
The recovery of the Spanish market was significant with an increase in sales of 17 percent. European plants continued to show a good pace although with more moderate growth.
However, the evolution seen in the Asian market was even more remarkable as Masats increased its sales there by 60 percent, especially reflecting spectacular growth in Malaysia due to some important contracts in which it has participated.
Masats launched in Innotrans 2016 a new field of activity: the platform Screen Doors or PSD, that mean a step towards the diversification of the company, and the commitment to the rail sector.
The start of production at the Masats plant in Atlanta and its collaboration with Nova Bus, a Volvo Group company, has enabled Masats to increment sales particularly in the United States and Canada, where it has multiplied its sales to exceed a million euros.
