MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP: management transactions · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP

Matthews International Corp. (ticker: MATW) is a U.S.-listed industrial company traded on the NASDAQ market in the United States. Founded in 1850 and incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1902, the group evolved from a traditional marking business into a diversified global operator headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Today, Matthews is organized around two core businesses: Memorialization and Industrial Technologies. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329626000013/matw-20251231.htm?utm_source=openai)) Memorialization remains the company’s historical and strategically important franchise. This segment serves cemeteries, funeral homes, monument dealers and related end markets with bronze and granite memorials, other memorial products, caskets, cremation-related products, and cremation and incineration equipment. The segment benefits from a specialized customer base, established industry relationships and generally recurring demand characteristics, which tend to support a relatively resilient revenue profile. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329626000013/matw-20251231.htm?utm_source=openai)) Industrial Technologies reflects the company’s roots in marking and its broader push into precision industrial solutions. The segment includes product identification technologies and custom energy storage solutions, and historically also covered warehouse automation systems as well as coating and converting lines used in packaging, pharma, foil, décor and tissue applications. In practical terms, Matthews competes as a niche industrial technology provider with capabilities spanning engineering, automation and application-specific hardware. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329626000013/matw-20251231.htm?utm_source=openai)) Geographically, Matthews International has a meaningful international footprint, but it remains North America-heavy. In fiscal 2025, approximately 71% of sales were generated in North America, 24% in Europe, 3% in Asia and 2% in other regions. That mix shows a company with a strong U.S. base, yet with enough overseas exposure to matter for revenue diversification and operational execution. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329625000070/matw-20250930.htm?utm_source=openai)) Recent developments have centered on portfolio reshaping and shareholder-value actions. During 2025, the company said it completed the acquisition of The Dodge Company and also pursued divestitures, including certain European packaging and tooling businesses. Management has repeatedly emphasized cost reductions, balance-sheet improvement and strategic simplification, while continuing to support growth in Memorialization and preserve optionality in Industrial Technologies. ([matw.com](https://www.matw.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/296/matthews-international-reports-results-for-fourth-quarter?utm_source=openai)) For investors, Matthews International should be viewed as a specialized U.S. industrial group with a defensive memorialization platform and a more cyclical, technology-driven industrial segment. The investment case is shaped by capital allocation, portfolio optimization and execution in niche end markets rather than by broad-based industrial commodity exposure. ([matw.com](https://www.matw.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/296/matthews-international-reports-results-for-fourth-quarter?utm_source=openai))