Calibration Hex Step Adapter

Calibration Hex Step Adapter for Testing Open End Wrenches

When calibrating or testing torque wrenches, often adapters are needed. Especially wrenches with open-end heads. Testing wrenches with different open end sizes will mean you need a variety of different size adapters. Why waste time with searching for different size adapters? The time needed to remove and insert different size adapters is unnecessary. An adapter…

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Dick Mountz – Talented Toolmaker & Designer

Dick Mountz joined Mountz, Inc., in January 1975. Much discussion occurred within both families regarding Dick joining his brother’s business. The company required an experienced toolmaker and machinist to help meet the demand of customer specials as the “Customizing” part of the business was rapidly growing. Dick had acquired excellent machining skills from an early…

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Torque Impacts our Daily Lives

Torque Impacts Our Daily Lives

Torque is not something that we think about on a daily basis. We may never think about its importance or what it provides us. Torque impacts our daily lives. Torque surrounds us. Millions and millions of 4,000 pound automobiles zip along the roads daily. Twelve ton jets ascend to our skies hourly transporting our colleagues,…

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Foley Map

What do Super Bowl XLIX and Mountz Inc. have in Common?

The answer may not be obvious, but the answer behind this question is pretty interesting. That answer is Foley, Alabama. So why is that interesting? The worldwide distribution center of Mountz, Inc. is located in Foley, Alabama. An interesting fact about Foley, Alabama is that it is a rural town near the Gulf of Mexico.…

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The Origin of Mountz Hand Made Special Bits

Helping solve manufacturing application challenges is one way Mountz differentiates itself from competitors. In fact, in the early days of Mountz, this philosophy was given a name inside the company – Customering (custom engineering for customers). This department was formed at Mountz to respond to special customer requirements, like producing custom made special bits. What we…

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Chuck Serafini

When I First Started Working at Mountz By Chuck Serafini

Charles “Chuck” Serafini was recruited to Mountz from behind the bar. A professional bartender, Chuck served up tasty drinks and became a favorite of our founder Don Mountz who set out to recruit him into sales. With a background in fastener sales, Chuck was an experienced sales person and had taken to bar-tending for extra…

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Don Mountz

The First Employees at Mountz Inc.

As we made it through the first year the strain on my wife was becoming apparent as we tried to run a business out of our home. We decided to rent a small portion of an industrial building at 1080 North 11th Street in San Jose. The rent was $75.00 a month, and we occupied…

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Mountz 50th Anniversary

Innovative Manufacturing Milestones in the Past 50 Years

The world of manufacturing has evolved rapidly in the last 50 years. Innovation and technological advances have transformed our world at a fast pace. As new technology develops, old technology quickly fades away. The “must have” consumer products of today soon becomes a relic of yesterday. Mountz was founded by Donald Mountz in 1965, a native…

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