MSA is in the business of developing, manufacturing and selling innovative products that enhance the safety and health of workers and protect facility infrastructures throughout the world. Critical to MSA’s mission is a clear understanding of customer processes and safety needs. MSA dedicates significant resources to research which allows the company to develop a keen understanding of customer safety requirements for a diverse range of markets, including the fire service, construction, public utilities, mining, the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, HVAC, hazardous materials remediation, military, and retail. MSA’s principal products, each designed to serve the needs of these target markets, include respiratory protective equipment, portable gas detection instruments and sensors, fixed gas and flame detection systems, fall and head protection products, as well as products for eye, face and hearing protection, and thermal imaging cameras.MSA is the world's leading manufacturer of safety products designed to protect people throughout the world. Many MSA products, while simple to use and maintain, are sophisticated in design in that they typically integrate any combination of electronics, mechanical systems and advanced materials to protect users against hazardous or life-threatening situations.With headquarters located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, MSA employs approximately 5,000 associates and maintains operations that extend around the world. These resources include manufacturing operations on five continents, major R&D centers in the U.S, Germany and China, and more than 40 international locations that help protect lives in more than 140 countries.A publicly held company, MSA's stock is traded over the NYSE exchange under the symbol MSA. The company has annual revenues of approximately $1 billion and has achieved record growth in revenue in 9 of the past 10 years.To see to it that men and women may work in safety and that they, their families and their communities may live in health throughout the world.