AGTOS, founded in 2001 in Emsdetten, is a specialist in the design and manufacture of wheel blast machines. The company has more than 160 employees at its plant in Konin, Poland and its headquarters in Emsdetten, Germany. Customers are companies of all sizes, in particular from the automotive and automotive supply industry, foundries, forges, steel traders, the fastening industry and mechanical engineering.
Following the strong growth since 2001, the previous shareholders have decided to sell their shares to SINTOKOGIO LTD. based in Nagoya, Japan, for the further long-term development of AGTOS.
The purchase was completed by the WINOA SA group of companies, which also belongs to SINTOKOGIO and is headquartered in France. WINOA is a leading global manufacturer of high-quality blasting abrasives. This includes innovative and environmentally friendly products, solutions and services for surface preparation.
AGTOS Gesellschaft für technische Oberflächensysteme mbH” was recently renamed “Sinto AGTOS GmbH” to emphasize the company’s new affiliation to the SINTOKOGIO Group.
SINTOKOGIO LTD. is a leading global manufacturer of foundry equipment with over 70 subsidiaries worldwide. The company supplies customers from various industrial sectors with solutions for surface treatment, environmental protection, material handling, mechatronics, consumables and more.
With this acquisition, the Japanese group aims to further strengthen its surface treatment division in Europe. The company values AGTOS “good market position and excellent reputation and would like to actively expand AGTOS” business further.
The starting point of the future strategy for AGTOS is the continuation and expansion of activities with the existing management and employees at the two locations.
For the employees, this offers exciting development potential and further growth in the workforce is expected. For customers, the portfolio and service activities will be further expanded within the strong network of the SINTOKOGIO Group.