<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000066570-14-000049.txt : 20141124
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20141124163819
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000066570-14-000049
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141121
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141124
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141124

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MSA Safety Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000066570
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		IRS NUMBER:				464914539
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15579
		FILM NUMBER:		141246748

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE
		CITY:			CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			16066
		BUSINESS PHONE:		724-776-8600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE
		CITY:			CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			16066

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Other Events</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On November 21, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing that MSA&#8217;s next-generation self-contained breathing apparatus is now certified as NFPA compliant. 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<a name="sC9CC997DFE0CF05328EBDA4A8D4E0868"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;font-weight:bold;">FROM: </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">MSA (MSA Safety Incorporated)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">Ticker: MSA (NYSE)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">Media Relations Contact: Mark Deasy - (724) 741-8570</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">Investor Relations Contact: Ken Krause - (724) 741-8534</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:40px;text-align:left;font-size:13pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;color:#58585a;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">&#8220;Breathe Easier.  It&#8217;s Here.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">MSA&#8217;s Next-Generation Breathing Apparatus for Fire Fighters Now Certified as NFPA Compliant</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;font-style:italic;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:232%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:37px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;font-style:italic;">PITTSBURGH, November 21, 2014</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">&#32;- </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#595959;">MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE: MSA), today announced that its long awaited G1 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) has received U.S. government approval from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and certification from the Safety Equipment Institute (SEI) as compliant to the 2013 Edition of the National Fire Protection Association&#8217;s (NFPA) 1981 and 1982 performance standards.  With these approvals, MSA has the green light to manufacture and sell its G1 SCBA to fire departments who have been waiting for this news for months.  Initial G1 SCBA shipments will begin immediately, and full production is scheduled to ramp up over the next two quarters to meet the company&#8217;s growing backlog of business.</font></div><div style="line-height:232%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:37px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">Unveiled earlier this year at the 86</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">th</sup></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">&#32;annual Fire Department Instructor&#8217;s Conference in Indianapolis, Ind., the G1 SCBA is the most technologically advanced, streamlined, balanced, and customizable SCBA the company has ever produced.  T</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#595959;">his all-new SCBA platform includes several revolutionary patent-pending features, </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">including the elimination of all electronic components from the facepiece; a &#8220;Central Power&#8221; feature that powers the entire unit from a single battery compartment; darkness- and smoke-piercing &#8220;buddy lights&#8221; that provide visible indicators of critical air supply data from any angle; and improved voice amplification communications, all of which come standard on every MSA G1 SCBA.</font></div><div style="line-height:232%;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">(more)</font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sC9CC997DFE0CF05328EBDA4A8D4E0868"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:232%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:37px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">&#8220;Our commitment to the fire service - </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;font-style:italic;">When you go in&#8230;We go in with you -</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">is more than just words.  It&#8217;s what drives us,&#8221; said William Lambert, MSA President and CEO.  &#8220;When we designed the G1 SCBA, we were guided by a single mission: To design and develop the most advanced, intelligent and user-friendly breathing apparatus the fire service has ever seen.  We listened closely to our customers, and we solicited a tremendous amount of feedback from firefighters around the world.  We refined our concepts over 5-years and used that feedback from firefighters to get us to this day - the formal launch of the MSA G1 SCBA.&#8221;  </font></div><div style="line-height:232%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:37px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">With 14 patents pending, the G1 SCBA was built with cutting-edge technology and is designed to meet the needs of future firefighters.  Providing more functionality than ever before, the G1 Control Module - the &#8220;brain&#8221; of the system - has both dual analog and color digital LCD displays, making certain that important status indicators are available at all times.  Additionally, the G1 SCBA was built with integrated technology for future expansion, including the use of Bluetooth, RFID and Near Field Communication (NFC). </font></div><div style="line-height:232%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:37px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">With the NFPA certification process now complete, Mr. Lambert said the company has the green light to begin shipping and ramp-up its manufacturing processes for the new SCBA.  &#8220;All of us at MSA, and the market in general, have been anxiously awaiting this news.  With this major step accomplished we can focus our efforts on achieving a smooth and rapid transition from testing and certification to serial production, while our sales team can concentrate on what they do best - demonstrating the remarkable advancements of this revolutionary SCBA,&#8221; Mr. Lambert said.</font></div><div style="line-height:232%;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;text-indent:37px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:232%;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;text-indent:37px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">(more)</font></div><div style="line-height:240%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:37px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sC9CC997DFE0CF05328EBDA4A8D4E0868"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:232%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:37px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">While the G1 SCBA is the company&#8217;s second breathing apparatus to be certified as meeting this newest edition of the NFPA standard (the company&#8217;s </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#595959;">FireHawk M7XT Air Mask</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">&#32;received certification in March), it is the first device of its kind - from a features and technology perspective - to be certified as compliant.  Receiving certification of the G1 SCBA now provides fire departments with two options when choosing SCBA.  Both units will be produced at MSA&#8217;s Murrysville facility located just outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. </font></div><div style="line-height:232%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:37px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">&#8220;Firefighters are the first ones to run into a burning building when everyone else is running out, and our goal is to develop and provide these brave men and women with the most advanced safety equipment that helps protect them when their lives are on the line,&#8221; continued Mr. Lambert.  &#8220;As we will soon conclude our 100</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">th</sup></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#58585a;">&#32;year in business, it seems only fitting that we launch the all-new G1 and celebrate this significant milestone with the same spirit of innovation and passion to protect life held by our company&#8217;s founders a century ago.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:40px;text-align:left;font-size:13pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;color:#58585a;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">About MSA</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#58585a;font-style:italic;">Established in 1914, MSA Safety Incorporated is the global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of safety products that protect people and facility infrastructures. 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