25 years ! And yes the quarter of a century has been reached, the opportunity to look back on our history. A family story above all, which began in February 1990, when Philippe and Françoise embarked on the adventure of creating a business!
Former salesman at Spafax, Philippe Bernard believes in this system of sales to professionals in a truck-store, his toy store, as he likes to call it.
At the time, Émilie, their daughter, and your humble narrator, was still very small, and her favorite stuffed animal was a centipede!
The name of the company is all found: Mille Professional Equipment = Millmat’pro!
Philippe for sale, Françoise for invoicing, the office at home and the stock in the garage, Millmat'pro can begin.
Thank you all for this success, because it is thanks to you and your trust that Millmatpro.com is where it is today. Small and large customers, more and more loyal, sports partners, still just as passionate, suppliers who always offer us more innovations.
More than trucks, these are the race cars that have succeeded in 25 years, and in addition to those of Philippe, those of Rémi complete the collection! Because motorsport, at home, is a love story, from generation to generation.
In 99, it's the big move... 100 m from home! But the surface offered by this new building makes it possible to have a new storage of more than 200 m² and brand new offices.
First in apprenticeship, each in his specialty, Émilie and Rémi join the adventure...
They stay at Millmat after their studies, with a small idea in mind...
This idea is Millmatpro.com, which was created in 2007, an online sales site open to everyone, professionals and individuals, everywhere in France and French-speaking countries. His passion for motorsport caught up with the Bernard family, who decided that the site would reflect motorsports. This is an opportunity to get a new look with a new logo.
During this period, collaborations and sponsorships were born with the M Technologies teams in rallycross, Cosson in rallying and Schatz Compétition in hill climbing.
Solid and still existing partnerships are emerging with our main suppliers, such as the KS Tools brand, which has trusted us completely from the start, and helps us to develop our market on products that are still flagship to this day, such as the aluminum jack, or the impact wrench…
In 2009, the logical continuation of this adventure was the opening of the Millmatpro store, a fine showcase for the website and the products and ranges offered there, with a large storage capacity and a location in the commercial area of Perreux very busy.
Since that day, the whole team welcomes you in store in a 100 m² showroom (yes, yes, we measured!) decorated in the colors of Millmatpro. Every year, Simon Caruso, still a member of the family, definitely paints us beautiful Christmas windows. A little retrospective is in order!
Moreover, it is also to Simon that we owe our pretty logo!
So there you have it, a quarter of a century goes by quickly, and we weren't bored. We are rather proud of the evolution of Millmatpro during these 25 years, and the adventure is far from over!
Thank you all for this success, because it is thanks to you and your trust that Millmatpro.com is where it is today. Small and large customers, more and more loyal, sports partners, still just as passionate, suppliers who always offer us more innovations.
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