Milestones of KMT Waterjet

More than 50 years of High Pressure Experience

1946 Founded by Joe McCartney in Baxter Springs, Kansas
1951 Manufacturing of first HP Pump LDPE 2.500 bar
1964 INGERSOLL-RAND acquires McCartney
1971 INGERSOLL-RAND manufactures “first 4.000 bar” Intensifier
1975 Best-Matic Sweden sells first Waterjet System in Europe
1986 INGERSOLL-RAND opens European “Waterjet Office”
1986 Best-Matic opens “Waterjet Office” in Germany
1989 INGERSOLL-RAND acquires Best-Matic Group
1993 IR Bad Nauheim, Germany take over ESA Pump “Sales Responsibility”
1996 SL-IV Range launched – most successful Pump
2000 SL-IV 100 HP + SL IV 15 HP released
2001 AMS “Abrasive Management System” Package released
2002 SL-IV Plus released with “4.150 bar”
2002 Seal-less Intensifier released - “Flange Design”
2003 KMT acquires IR Waterjet
2004 KMT releases revised SL-V Pump Range with “HSEC” Technology
2005 KMT acquires Aqua Dyne
2006 KMT releases SL-V 150 & 200 HP pump
2006 KMT acquires H2O
2007 ACTIVE AUTOLINE II - redesign of most successfull Abrasive Cutting Head
2007 KMT extends the pump range with the SL-V 30 Classic
2007 KMT releases new Abrasive Cuttting Head ACTIVE IDE I
2007 Redesigned FEEDLINE IV released