Mettler Toledo : Dr. Martin Madaus to Retire from METTLER TOLEDO Board of Directors
January 29, 2015 at 11:19 am EST
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dr. Martin Madaus to Retire from METTLER TOLEDO Board of Directors
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- January 16, 2015 -- Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE:MTD) announced today that Dr. Martin D. Madaus will be retiring as a director of the Board, effective May 7, 2015, to fully devote time to his new role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics. Robert F. Spoerry, Chairman of the Board, stated, "We sincerely thank Martin for his many contributions and dedication to METTLER TOLEDO. We regret that he has to retire due to his new commitments and wish him well as he takes on this time-intensive role."
The Board has determined to reduce the size of the Board by one member upon the retirement of Dr. Madaus.
METTLER TOLEDO is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services. The Company has strong leadership positions in all businesses and believes it holds global number-one market positions in a majority of them. Specifically, METTLER TOLEDO is the largest provider of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. The Company is also a leading provider in analytical instruments for use in life science, reaction engineering and real-time analytic systems used in drug and chemical compound development and process analytics instruments used for in-line
measurement in production processes. In addition, METTLER TOLEDO is the largest supplier of end-of-line inspection systems used in production and packaging for food, pharmaceutical and other industries. Additional information about METTLER TOLEDO can be found at www.mt.com/investors.
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of precision instruments. Net sales break down by sector of activity as follows:
- research and development in laboratories (55.6%): weighing solutions (analytical balances, precision balances, microbalances, mass comparators, etc.), pipetting systems, analytical instruments (thermal analysis instruments, titrators, pH meters, densimeters, refractometers and spectrophotometers), automated reactors, etc. ;
- industries (39.3%): industrial scales, analysis systems, industrial inspection and control systems. The group also offers software solutions for weighing, measuring and identification, as well as solutions to monitor and control production processes;
- distribution of food products (6.1%): weighing solutions (weight / price scales, counter balances, cash balances, etc.), packaging, pricing, packaging and labeling.
Net sales by source of revenue break down between product sales (76.7%) and services (23.3%).
At the end of 2023, the group had 30 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (35.5%), the Americas (5.9%), Germany (5.8%), France (3.7%), Switzerland (2.4%), the United Kingdom (2.1%), Europe (12.8%), China (18.7%) and other (13.1%).
METTLER-TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 
