The manufacturer Tyrolit has for some years now broadened its product range to also include machines and tools for grinding and polishing concrete surfaces. Since the middle of 2023, Tyrolit has been investing heavily in the sector regarding the treatment of floor surfaces and has since stepped up the investment. In August 2023, Paulo Bergstrand was hired as sales and marketing manager for this business field in Europe and the Middle East.

Long past in products for floor grinding and polishing as well as surface treatment

Paulo has a long history of working with machines, tools and chemicals for processing different types of floor surfaces. For more than 30 years, he has worked in the company Scanmaskin, which develops and manufactures machines and equipment for grinding and polishing concrete floors and other floor surfaces. He worked, among other things, as a salesperson, marketing and sales manager and CEO of the business. He led the company’s establishment in the American market, which became a new important market for Scanmaskin around 2015. For a few years now, Scanmaskin has been owned by the company group Indutrade. Paulo continued as CEO of Scanmaskin under Indutrade’s ownership but chose to drop out and started his own company MM Norden. When Paulo was asked by Tyrolit to help lead Tyrolit’s development in the product segment, he saw it as an interesting challenge in a subject area he knows very well. “It feels very good to work for a serious company like Tyrolit but with so much experience in metal and diamond tools as well as equipment for professional cutting and drilling. The fact that they are now investing heavily in the surface treatment sector, I believe will be a valuable addition for the users of this equipment,” says Paulo in a comment.

New product launches

In February, when Tyrolit held the finals of the Tyrolit Cutting Pro Competition, it took the opportunity, via its own show, to strike a blow for its new major investment in grinding and polishing and other surface treatment of floor surfaces. Paulo was there to tell the customers about the investment. They also took the opportunity to release a number of new products.

It is about five new floor grinders with grinding diameters from 28 to 78 cm. Where the largest models, FGE515 and FGE780 can be remotely controlled. All machines can be used for both grinding and polishing. To this must be added a wide and well-measured assortment of grinding and polishing tools as well as a wide range of chemicals. It has also launched two new floor strippers, three floor cutters, three shot blasters and several dust extraction systems. At the fair, the new VCE1200D, VCE2400D and VCE3600 were shown. In addition Tyrolit announced that they are acquiring the majority stakes in the German manufacturer Contec.

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