AMIAD - AUSTRALIA & ASIA PACIFIC NEWS - VOLUME 9 - APRIL 2017 December 2017 Vol. 10 | Page 13

OUR HERITAGE Global Expansion At Amiad we are proud of our heritage. Our heritage defines who we are, where we have come from and influences the choices we make today. Amiad's culture and heritage are both sources of inspiration and motivation. In this feature, take a look below at our expansion throughout the 1980's and how the R&D completed in this decade lead to major product developments so reliable and robust in nature, that they formed the core of technologies still used today – 35+ years later. 1981 Amiad USA formed in Mooresville, North Carolina Product Expansion 1982 M100 products begin at Filtomat – The innovative turbine of the hydraulic drive unit is still in use today. 1982 MCFM filter created at Filtomat - The MCFM is still today a very ‘smart’ automatic filter designed for high flow rates and heavy dirt loads. 1982 Microfiber filter testing begins at Filtomat – paving the way for the AMF technology today. Volkswagen, Germany, circa 1986 1986 Victoria, Australia, 2017 SpinKlin invented – A play on ‘Spin-Clean’, named after its primary function, it is now the cornerstone of our disc filtration offering. 13 | December  2017