MTV Messtechnik oHG is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Founded in 1994 by Johannes R. Vogel, the company started out as a pure sales partner and authorized specialist dealer of the US manufacturer DeFelsko. It now produces its own devices and systems, for example for the quality control of coated surfaces.
“The impetus for founding MTV came from my uncle Frank Koch,” recalls Managing Director Johannes R. Vogel. The inspection equipment pioneer and founder of DeFelsko, who died in 2011 at the age of 77, suggested to his nephew to take over the distribution of the US measurement technology manufacturer in Germany. Companies such as BASF, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Volkswagen were soon among the customers of the company, which was founded in 1994 in the backyard of a factory in Cologne (Germany). “Right from the start, we were able to score points on the market with technical innovations and economic persuasiveness,” reports Vogel. “Constantly keeping an eye on the requirements of the market is absolutely vital for a company of our size in order to stay on course for growth.”
From 2007, MTV developed and produced its own products. Ten years later, the company moved to a modern building in Erftstadt (Germany) – the current company headquarters – which was adapted to the requirements of the medium-sized company and provided sufficient space to further expand and advance the engineering of its own device series. These include scoring testers, dry time recorders and cross cutters with the company logo.
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