Expanding its international presence and partnering with like-minded distributors, Heamar and Mountz are the perfect partners San Jose, Calif., – Mountz, The Torque Tool Specialists®, today announced the partnership of Heamar Company Limited as master distributor of Mountz Torque Tools in the UK. Heamar Company provides high quality general and specialist tooling to a…
Mountz Inc., a specialist in providing precision torque and fastening solutions, has been recognized as a Top Workplace by Bay Area News Group for the fifth consecutive year. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC (formerly WorkplaceDynamics), a leading provider of technology-based employee…
Mountz Inc., a specialist in providing torque and fastening solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been selected, for the fourth consecutive year, as one of the Bay Area News Group’s Top Workplaces. The Top Workplaces program was established to acknowledge Bay Area companies that have provided a healthy work environment for their employees.…
I can’t comment about Thanksgiving without first making reference to the election. No partisan commentary just a reminder that it was a crazy, tiresome election period that lacked mature discourse or positive example. Our news media had us on edge worried that the sky was falling and that tomorrow would be a disaster. After such…
Mountz Inc., a specialist in providing torque and fastening solutions, today announced that it has been recognized as one of the 2016 Bay Area News Group Top Workplaces. This year’s recognition marks the third consecutive year Mountz has been selected for the annual list. The Top Workplaces program was established to acknowledge Bay Area companies…
Early in its existence Mountz, Inc. embraced a profit sharing plan. The company’s attorney and Board member, Mr. Bill Walters designed the original plan in the early 1970s. The main reason for starting a profit sharing plan was to reward and retain loyal employees. As Mountz, Inc. grew it became clear that employee contributions and…
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…
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…
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…
Not unlike most company success stories Mountz, Inc. was formed out of an ideology to be different by an originator. Fifty years ago this month founder, Don Mountz, started Mountz, Inc. after returning from a multi-year international assignment with Cleco Tools, now known as Apex Tool Group (ATG) currently owned by Bain Capital. Don began…