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Monti is very pleased to inform you that Montipower Americas Inc. has acquired a majority stake in Great Lakes Gages LLC (“GLG”), a leading supplier of industrial and coating inspection equipment based in Metamora, Michigan USA.

“I am pleased to announce that Nathan Knight, Monti’s Director of corporate and legal affairs, will take on a new role as General Manager leading Montipower Americas, Inc from July 1, 2025. Nathan will relocate to Houston and work from our M-Testco offices. Nathan is an American that has lived for many years in Europe and worked globally in many different capacities, both in legal and senior management positions. He has worked closely with Sander Hofstee and me since 2008 first at Stopaq BV in the Netherlands and then at Seal for Life, part of Berry Global Inc from Indiana, USA. Nathan joined Monti with me in 2018 and has been a part of all we have done over the years, especially supporting us in our intellectual property, industry standards and M&A growth. He has served as a director on the Board of Montipower Americas Inc. Nathan’s appointment comes at an important time in the development of our US business. He understands the market and our ambitions in North America and will certainly push us forward for the future.”
Drs. J. F. Doddema, MONTI – Group CEO & Partner

Leadership Transition at MPB – Congratulations, Sebastian and Dirk!
April 1, 2025. We are pleased to announce that as of April 1st, 2025, leadership of MontiPower Brazil will officially transition from Dirk Pohlmann to Sebastian Pohlmann. Congratulations, Sebastian! Also, a heartfelt thank you to Dirk for his dedication and relentless drive to build Montipower’s presence in Brazil!
Pictured: Dirk Pohlmann, his wife Claudia, Sebastian Pohlmann and Team on April 2

MONTI – Werkzeuge has today completed the purchase of a majority shareholding in its Singaporean distributor, Flakecoat Technologies, from its owner Derek Rodrigues. Montipower is pleased to announce that Derek Rodrigues will continue with the business and take on a new and larger role as Managing Director for the South East Asian region within the Pacific…

We are glad to announce that our M-TESTCO has a new fantastic looking home near the Houston Airport, Texas at the 3955 World Houston Parkway, Suite #190.

Please be welcome to see visit our stores, showroom, lab, training room and test centres for corrosion and coating equipment and power tools. M-TESTCOis a strong growth curve with more sales & service centres in Prairiville Louisiana at the 16573 Airline Highway and Odessa Texas at the John Ben Shepperd Parkway.

The new Odessa office of MTestco is officially opened and was very well received by the contractors and distributors.
Moreover, the first customer was received within the first hours of opening the store. The MTestco colleague Matt had the requested certification done in 30 minutes.
We wish lots of luck to the new office and, on behalf of the Odessa team invite you to drop by on the following address:
825 John Ben Shepperd Parkway
Suite 2
Odessa, Texas 79762.

2023 Sustainability REPORT.
We are proud to make here our latest Sustainability Report available as MontiPower is committed  to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles.
At MontiPower, we believe in preparing surfaces by our special designed spring steel wire brushes in such a way that the belts can be recycled, re-sharpened, re-used and the tools re-paired. So, 4 R’s of sustainability in the field, on the job. We also believe in better preparation. This means better cleanliness and profile meeting the needs of each specific paint, coating or adhesives for different substrates ranging from metal, steel, composites, brick, concrete, to teakwood. We offer more than 25 different kind of different brushes. From decal without damaging the surfaces by the Vinyl Zapper^® to Subsea Bristle Blasting with a surface profile >50 micron.
Sustainability is a continuous journey, and we are glad that we can offer a fantastic foundation for paints, coatings and adhesives protecting steel assets for life.
We are proud about the progress we have made in 2023.

Hennef, 2 July 2024. Monti-Werkzeuge has completed the purchase of its Australian distributor Montipower Pty Ltd from its owner Phil Chester.  Montipower is pleased to announce that Phil Chester will continue with the business and take on a new and larger role as Managing Director, Montipower for the Pacific region.  In this position, Phil will not only continue to oversee activities in Australia and New Zealand but he will lead the expansion of our business across a much larger region currently involving sales in ten countries in South-East Asia. This is a new position to support Montipower’s planned investments and growth ambitions in the region.

MontiPower is pleased to announce an important organizational update regarding Monti – Werkzeuge GmbH:
„As of April 2, 2024, Mr Björn Kastell has been appointed as Managing Director of Monti – Werkzeuge GmbH and CFO for the Group. Björn will take over the management role from me at Monti-Werkzeuge GmbH and lead the daily financial, production and operational activities of the company…
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MontiPower freut sich, eine wichtige organisatorische Änderung bei der Monti – Werkzeuge GmbH bekannt zu geben:
„Mit Wirkung zum 2. April 2024 ist Herr Björn Kastell zum Geschäftsführer der Monti – Werkzeuge GmbH und CFO der Monti Gruppe ernannt worden.  Björn Kastell wird die Geschäftsführung der Monti-Werkzeuge GmbH von mir übernehmen und die täglichen Finanz-, Produktions- und Betriebsaktivitäten des Unternehmens leiten…

MTest Inc. offers same day equipment certifications for our walk-in customers and 24-48 hour turn-around on shipped in equipment. Our talented and trained staff enjoy exceeding the needs and requirements of our customers. Check out our CERT Portal that has helped keep our customers equipment organized since 2021.

If you are looking to get you or your company setup on our portal.

We heartily invite you to our Dare to Prepare Convention that will take place on 6-7 September in Geluwe, Belgium. Date To Prepare is a gathering to meet and greet with the people behind the latest developments and technologies offering surface preparation solutions to H&S, productivity, and environmental problems.

MontiPower makes a Coating Job work better, but also, we make a Coating Job work in a different more effective way for spot repair and maintenance.

We’re looking forward to welcoming you on our conference!

Please send us a mail to register for the event!

This year, our valued distributing partner Euromat celebrated its fiftieth anniversary! The ‘golden’ family business founded by Eric van de Velde, has today five branches spread all over Belgium for rental of machinery. MONTIPOWER was also invited to the party to demonstrate the subsea and other robotic machinery. It was a big honour to celebrate Euromat’s anniversary with their staff and customers. We are proud to be amongst the best in the surface preparation industry!

You can read more about the event here.

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IPLOCA updated its website

New section on the updated website of IPLOCA: Novel Construction Sessions presentations. Check out the category: Changing the Perspective of Surface Preparation Methods through Innovation, a paper written by Dinco Cudic on the MontiPower technology.

You can also download the paper here.

MTEST: opening of the new office in Louisiana

The MTest sings up in the new location in Prairieville, after the opening of the new office in Louisiana. But not only the office is new. Also, please meet a new colleague Caleb Cornwell, MTests Office and Certification Manager for Louisiana. We invite everyone to stop in and visit us at: 16573 Airline highway, Suite A, Prairieville, Louisiana (near Baton Rouge).

Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Championship MontiPower®

WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR MONTIPOWER^® ITALIAN DISTRIBUTOR

Preservation Holding AS and MONTI – Werkzeuge GmbH have joined forces