Founded by H. Hatem in 1945 the company took start in Istanbul with the distribution of hand tools and machine tools for the metal industry. The company has preserved the same partnership structure with Albert Hatem and Leon Badi since 1974 as a result of which it grew day by day taking the name of Umtaş Uluslararası Makine Ticaret A.Ş. in 1988, concentrating as Umtas A.Ş. and Genmak Ltd. in trading, tender bidding for governmental companies and Municipalities and the representation of worldwide leader companies and distribution of their products. Activities of Umtaş are coordinated with a team of 25 professionals except other partnerships,–mostly engineers –working in three different departments which we also call profit centers of the company.