Insights Series

Explore key insights from our 2025 Capital Markets Day, showcasing our Expanding Beyond the Core strategy

The Highlights

Our Expanding Beyond the Core Strategy
  • Shifting to a market-vertical approach to deepen customer focus
  • Expanding capabilities and presence to be closer to customers
  • Leading with sustainable foaming technology and new innovation hubs
  • Disciplined M&A to strengthen positioning and accelerate growth
  • High-performing teams delivering on Zotefoams long-term vision

The Strategic Shift

Redefining our approach to put markets and customers at the centre of our growth:
  • Transition from a product-led to a market-vertical strategy, aligning with Consumer & Lifestyle, Transport & Smart Technologies, and Construction & Industrial sectors
  • Greater customer focus designed to deepen engagement and strengthen global brand partnerships
  • Targeted approach expected to accelerate organic revenue growth and market share gains
  • Positioning Zotefoams to better capture opportunities in key applications and industries

North America

Driving growth through investment, efficiency, and customer focus:
  • Expansion of state-of-the-art manufacturing capacity to support long-term regional growth
  • Enhanced production efficiency delivering stronger performance and customer responsiveness
  • Closer customer integration across automotive, medical, and construction markets
  • Strategic focus on increasing market share and strengthening Zotefoams North American presence

Innovation & Sustainability

Leading through technology and responsibility, delivering solutions with real-world impact:
  • Global leadership in foaming technology built on unique, chemical-free supercritical processes
  • Market-leading products offering significant environmental and performance advantages
  • Investment in strategic innovation hubs, including a footwear-focused centre in South Korea and a UK Innovation Centre of Excellence
  • Accelerating growth by driving sustainability and expanding into higher-value solutions

Inorganic Growth

Leveraging strategic M&A to accelerate growth and strengthen our global position
  • Disciplined approach to identifying and executing value-enhancing acquisitions
  • Focus on market consolidation and downstream integration to broaden capabilities
  • Strategic M&A aimed at accelerating growth and reinforcing market positioning
  • Enhancing global presence and profitability through targeted inorganic initiatives