Mamach Machinehandel BV

Mamach B.V. was founded in 1983 by Ad and Rini Matena, directly after the bankruptcy of VaBeDo BV in Dordrecht, which Ad Matena had run. The metalworking machinery department of VaBeDo BV, started and run by Ad Matena in 1969, was successful and well known at home and abroad at the time for used metalworking machines; the bankruptcy was unavoidable but was caused by the steel department of VaBeDo B.V. From the very start of Mamach BV, son Ton was involved in the company, first in his free hours from school and then as an apprentice mechanic and polisher. The company kept the customers it had built up in previous years and grew steadily. In 1989 it was decided to build new premises, and the company was split into a holding for the premises (Mamach Beheer BV) and the machine trading company (Mamach Machinehandel BV). At that time mother Rini stepped down and son Ton took over half of the business from his mother and father.