Flowtech Fluidpower PLC Silver award winner for 2017 online Annual Report

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Flowtech Fluidpower PLC

27 September 2017

Wednesday, 27 September 2017

FLOWTECH FLUIDPOWER PLC

Silver award winner for the Group's online Annual Report

AIM listed Specialist technical fluid power products supplier Flowtech Fluidpower PLC (AIM: FLO), has been recognised at the prestigious 2017 Corporate & Finance Awards, receiving a Silver Winner for its 2017 Annual Report in the 'Best online report: AIM/small cap' category. http://www.flowtechfluidpower.com.

The Corporate & Finance Awards, in its sixth year was held at The Brewery, Central London and hosted by BBC's Sophie Raworth, the showcase event recognises excellence in all aspects of City and financial communications for companies across a broad range of sectors, from the FTSE100 to small cap across its 22 award categories. It also provides recognition for the investment made by the companies' teams who focus on developing and compiling the best profile of their business to enable investors, both existing and potential, as well as commentators to gain a concise understanding of the workings of a business, its culture and strategy.

The Annual Report is the main benchmark for companies' communication with the City investment community and their associated stakeholders. The Best online report: AIM/small cap' category award is given to companies that can demonstrate that it has taken the printed report to the next level, using advanced technology to successfully communicate content to its audience and demonstrate how the report has developed since its previous edition covering areas such as its corporate reporting, financial publications or corporate social responsibility report.

Receiving the coveted Silver award on behalf of Flowtech Group was, Helen Barratt, Head of Corporate Governance, she commented:

"Over the last three years we have evolved our publication to deliver a continuously improving quality product so on behalf of everyone involved I am delighted to collect this award and to be recognised by external professionals for the work we put into the annual publication and the communication with the investment community."

"We take the opportunity to also thank corporate communications specialists, Jones and Palmer who over the last four years have worked with us on our digital reporting, introducing dynamic concepts that have helped us to portray and evolve our corporate objectives and brand strongly within the investor community."

Since joining AIM in 2014 the Flowtech Group has expanded its portfolio extensively across existing and new product categories; completed eleven acquisitions and established three, clearly-focussed divisions: Flowtechnology, Power Motion Control and Process. Today it employs 400 people across the UK, Eire and Europe.

 
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   Flowtech Fluidpower plc 
   Eve Rigby, Corporate Marketing 
   Helen Barratt, Head of Corporate Governance 
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   TooleyStreet Communications (IR and media relations) 
   Fiona Tooley 
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   About Flowtech Fluidpower plc 
   Founded as Flowtech in 1983, the Flowtech Group is the 
   UK's leading specialist supplier of technical fluid 
   power products. The business joined Aim in 2014. Today, 
   the business has three distinct divisions: 
 Division:        What we do:                       Locations: 
---------------  --------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Flowtechnology   focus on supplying distributors   Flowtechnology Benelux 
                   and resellers of industrial       (Deventer) 
                   MRO products, primarily           Flowtechnology China 
                   serving urgent orders             (Guangzhou) 
                   rather than bulk offerings.       Flowtechnology UK 
                   It offers an unrivalled           (Skelmersdale) 
                   range of OEM and Exclusive        Indequip (Skelmersdale) 
                   Brand products to over 
                   3,400 distributors and 
                   resellers. The catalogue 
                   is recognised as the 
                   definitive source for 
                   fluid power products, 
                   containing 100,000 individual 
                   product lines and are 
                   distributed to more than 
                   80,000 industrial MRO 
                   end users. 
 Power Motion     specialise in the design,         Primary Fluid Power 
  Control (PMC)    assembly and supply of            (Knowsley) 
                   engineering components            Nelson Fluid Power- 
                   and hydraulic systems,            (Dublin, Lisburn, 
                   further enhanced by a             Dungannon) 
                   service and repair function.      TSL Fluidpower (West 
                                                     Yorkshire) 
                                                     Albroco ((Knowsley) 
                                                     Hydraulics & Transmissions 
                                                     (Ludlow) 
                                                     Hi-Power Hydraulics 
                                                     (Cork, Dublin, Belfast 
                                                     Manchester) 
                                                     Hydroflex Hydraulics 
                                                     (Brussels, Rotterdam 
                                                     and OudBeijerland) 
 Process          focus on the supply of            Hydravalve, (Willenhall) 
                   industrial components             Orange County (Spennymoor) 
                   and solutions to the 
                   process sectors. 
 
   All three of the Group's divisions have overlapping 
   product sets, allowing procurement synergies to be maximised. 
 
   As a business, our strategy is to continue to enhance 
   our unique position within the fluid power supply chain, 
   and aligned to the global supply base thereby creating 
   a multi-channelled access to a wide range of industrial 
   and manufacturing customers. We are in an exciting phase. 
   Our product set and technical competence continues to 
   deepen, increasing our touch points within the varied 
   industrial and manufacturing customers we supply every 
   day around the UK and overseas. 
 The divisions are supported by a centralised back office 
  team at the Skelmersdale site and in total the business 
  employs over 400 people. 
 
  For more information please visit, www.flowtechfluidpower.com 
 

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