History and values

More than 70 years of innovation at your service.

MLT is a French manufacturer whose core business is the splicing of conveyor belts, the manufacture of technical belts, and equipment for conveyors (Belgium).

History of MLT group

MLT group has 3 manufacturing plants located in France, and 1 manufacturing plant located in Belgium. Our industrial means allow a quality and flexible production, for deliveries in the best delays. The major dates of MLT :

1945 : 3 coal mines engineers, M. Notin, Leflon and Plagnol, came to the same conclusion: “there is no optimal way to repair conveyor belts”

1947 : Creation of Minet company in Saint-Etienne (Loire - France), which manufactures hinge fasteners

1993 : Mr. Jakob, with the Aser structure, buys Minet and its patents and grants exclusive licences to Minet

1994 : Appearance of the first flexible splice, the SUPER-SCREW^®

1999 : Opening of the American subsidiary MLT North America

2001 : Minet registers the second version of the SUPER-SCREW^® patents and acquires Valfor in Spain which becomes MLT Spain

2004 : MLT takes over Goro France, a company specialized in the manufacturing of metallic fasteners

2008 : Opening of the subsidiary in Australia under the name MLT Belt Fasteners

2014 : MLT Minet Lacing Technology has the will to develop internationally and its turnover increases from 11 million € in 2011 to 13 million € in 2014

2015 : MLT Belt Fasteners in Australia comes under the full control of MLT Group and becomes MLT Asia Pacific

2017 : Opening of a new subsidiary in Germany Mr. Jakob sells the company to Frédéric Guillemet and Patrick Vericel who buy MLT in its entirety

2018 : Opening of MLT Peru

2019 : Opening of MLT South Africa

2020 : Opening of MLT Morocco

2021 : Signature of a partnership agreement for North America with Flexco

2021 : Opening of the 3^rd production plant and logistics center in France & Company purchase TechnicGum Polymers