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History

Development history of mateco mobile platforms


Over 50 years of mateco working platforms. Milestones of a success story

1973

maltech Hebebühnen-Vermietung GmbH & Co. is founded in Stuttgart, Germany. The business started with the hiring of truck-mounted working platforms. Scissor and telescopic working platforms followed a few years later.

In Germany, the foundation for the mateco network is laid with 6 branches.

1990
1996

The foreign company in Luxembourg is founded.

In Tychy/Kattowitz the Polish subsidiary is founded; additional locations follow.

1998
1999

The company's name is changed to the non-listed mateco AG.

mateco is the first rental company to have the highest platform of all at that time with a working height of 88 m. The largest all-wheel drive truck-mounted platform with a working height of 62 m is also part of the equipment fleet.

2000
2007

Odewald & Compagnie Gesellschaft für Beteiligungen mbH assumes the majority share in mateco.

Straub Mobilmietlift in Reutlingen is taken over by mateco.

The course of growth taken is consistently pursued. Mietlift GmbH in Dormagen is acquired.

2008
2009

The two working platform rental companies Zülz (Ravensburg and Kempten) and Kühne (Kassel and Göttingen) are acquired.

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mateco maintains its expansion course and is established nationwide. A new branch in Munich is opened and the Bavarian company Top Lift Arbeitsbühnen is acquired.

The PlatformCard operator training course is certified according to ISO 18878:2004 and according to BGG/GUV-G 966.

2010
2011

Internationally, mateco is not only represented with its own subsidiaries in Poland and Luxembourg – working platforms can be rented worldwide via cooperations. In Germany, mateco is represented nationwide at 28 locations.

The TVH Group with headquarters in Waregem, Belgium, purchases mateco AG. Then the company is renamed in mateco GmbH.

2012
2013
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mateco celebrates its 40th birthday.

A hand-over station for self-drive truck- and trailer-mounted working platforms is opened in the Bergisches Land region in Wuppertal, Germany.

2014
2015

Takeover of the IRMLER WOB-LIFT working platforms rental service in Wolfsburg.

The ROHRMOSER working platforms rental company in Munich-Freiham is aquired.

2016
2017

Opening of a new branch in Osnabrück. Acquisition of the Huber and Högele working platform rental company in Munich-Haar.

Our parent company TVH acquires 100% of the shares of Lavendon (Deutschland) Holding GmbH and thus the Gardemann Arbeitsbühnen GmbH.

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Gardemann and mateco are merging and will operate under the joint brand of the "new" mateco GmbH from 01.01.2018.

Reason enough for a book about 45 years full of highs and records! You can find our mateco chronicle in PDF format here.

2018
2019

Through a company acquisition in Cottbus and Frankfurt/Oder, mateco gains two additional locations.

Founding of mateco Schweiz GmbH based in Muttenz.

Company expansion in Mannheim by opening a new transfer station for truck mounted platforms.

2020
2021

In Lübeck/Stockelsdorf, WL Werbung & Arbeitsbühnenvermietung GmbH is taken over.

The company headquarters are relocated from Stuttgart to Leonberg, where mateco moves into a modern new building.

mateco continues to develop the international rental business and expands in Mexico.

With the adoption of a bee sponsorship, mateco is specifically committed to biodiversity and continues to focus on the topic of sustainability.

2022
2023
50 Jahre mateco

mateco is celebrating its 50th birthday in Stuttgard.

mateco Poland is celebrating its 25 birthday in Tychy

Takeover of Maltech Holding AG, Switzerland