About
Rooted in defence.
Diversifying with method.
Mustad since 1832. Mustad Belgium since 1948.
Mustad: an industrial pioneer since 1832
Mustad was founded in 1832 in Gjøvik, Norway. By 1860, it was already one of the country’s leading suppliers of small metal products: fencing wire, nails, pins and horseshoe nails. Automatic horseshoe-nail machinery then opened up export markets. Between the 1890s and the 1920s, the group acquired more than 300 competitors across Europe, and modern Mustad factories were built in each major market.
Inventiveness runs in the family. Clarin Mustad, of the fourth generation, designed and patented a valve-less petrol engine, later used in the French Clayette car. Between 1917 and 1919, he built two six-wheeled cars weighing 3.4 tonnes. Their twin rear axles spared both the tyres and the poor roads of the time, and a central headlight turned with the steering wheel: an idea found three decades later on the American Tucker 48.
Nearly two centuries on, Mustad is still a family-owned group, now in its seventh generation.
Mustad Belgium: precision machining in Eupen since 1948
Founded in Eupen in 1948, Mustad Belgium is a subsidiary of the Mustad International group. It manufactures precision components and sub-assemblies for defence and industry, and is now in its fourth generation.
Like the group, Mustad Belgium is 100% owned by the Mustad family and independent of the stock market. This continuity is a guarantee in its own right: our customers never have to worry about changing partner mid-programme.
Defence programmes span decades. So do we. The same workshop, the same standards and the same families have been delivering critical production for more than 75 years.
- 1832
The Mustad family group is founded in Norway.
- 1948
Company founded in Eupen, Belgium.
- 1996
ISO 9001 certification — held ever since.
- Today
60 production machines serving defence programmes and several industrial sectors. We continue to invest in our equipment, our people, and the way we work. This year, we integrated 4 new machines into production — 1 Traub TNX, 1 Index R200, and 2 Citizen L20s. At the same time, we’re developing our team’s skills and continuously improving our processes as we work towards EN 9100 certification.
Our mission at Mustad
To be a trusted and competitive partner for complete precision machining solutions — from individual components to ready-to-integrate mechanical sub-assemblies for customers in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Six values drive our strategy.
Quality
A strong quality culture and a quality management system certified to ISO 9001 since 1996 ensure that the most demanding quality expectations are met. EN 9100:2018 certification targeted for 2027.
Security
Controlled access to the Eupen site, restricted circulation of technical drawings, customer files on systems under our own administration — applied to every project, whatever the sector.
Respect
We keep our word — to our customers, to our partners and to our employees. A confirmed date is a date.
Collaboration
To build long-term partnerships by bringing real added value to our customers and collaboration that combines our mutual expertise, from the design stage through to series production.
Continuous improvement
Creativity and shared successes, with our customers and within our teams, drive the continuous improvement of our processes, our quality and our service.
Competitiveness
Our competitiveness rests on three levers: a diversified machine park that matches each part to the most economical machine, sustained investment to produce in a single operation, and lights-out production for larger series.
One supplier, the complete production cycle.
From co-design to series production, one partner.
The earlier we are involved in your project, the greater the gains. From the design phase, our production engineering department works with your teams to optimise the manufacturability of your parts, reduce their cost and improve their reliability.
Our technicians then take charge of industrialising the manufacturing process and launching series production. Our quality department and supply chain manage the entire cycle — procurement, treatments, inspection and delivery — to guarantee conforming parts, on-time delivery and the peace of mind of a single point of contact.
The essentials, in short.
- Founded1948, Eupen (Belgium)
- OwnershipMember of the Mustad International Group, a family-owned group in its seventh generation, founded in Norway in 1832
- Machine parkAround 60 production machines, operations up to 24/7
- LocationIn German-speaking Belgium, 5 minutes from Germany, 30 minutes from the Netherlands
- DefenceMore than 1,000 part numbers produced
- ExportAround 30% of production (EU, US, UK), with export licences handled in-house by our supply chain team
- Certifications & statusISO 9001:2015 since 1996 · NCAGE BTS84 · EN 9100:2018 certification targeted for 2027
- Working languagesEnglish, German, French, Dutch
Frequently asked questions about the company
When was Mustad Belgium founded?
Mustad Belgium was founded in 1948 in Eupen, Belgium, as part of the family-owned Mustad International group founded in 1832 (Norway). The company has built long-term partnerships with defence OEMs and industrial customers across Europe, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is Mustad Belgium a defence company or an industrial partner?
Both. Mustad built its reputation on leading defence programmes, producing over 1,000 part numbers. That same standard — traceability, consistent quality, round-the-clock production capacity — now serves several industrial sectors.
What makes Mustad Belgium a stable choice for long-term programmes?
Continuity. Mustad Belgium is a family-owned company founded in 1948 and active in the same trade ever since. Customers running multi-year programmes never have to change partners mid-programme, and production runs up to 24/7 on 60 in-house CNC machines, backed by a sustained investment policy that keeps us competitive.
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