About us

Our product and service portfolio and decades of experience have allowed us to become the partner of a number of major manufacturing companies. We employ 500 people in 4 modern plants, and we have implemented international standards ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 50001 and IATF 16949 for process and quality management.

The story of COMAX began in Velvary in 1938, when the recycling of non-ferrous metals for the production of foundry alloys was initiated in Hutě Dr. Wertheima, at the site of the company’s current address.

In 1973, the company acquired a continuous coil coating line – still the only one of its kind in the Czech Republic – adding a new field to its production portfolio – sheet metal surface treatment.

In 2006, after a merger with a company trading in steel sheet metal since 1993, the trade name METAL TRADE COMAX appeared on the market for the first time, at which point the company was active in 3 production fields: metallurgy, sheet metal coating and cutting of uncoated sheet metal.

In 2009, after a subsidiary was established in Košice, it also began producing structural steel shapes; in the same year, the company acquired a modern steel shape production plant in Litovel, and in 2019 it opened a representative office in Germany. In 2022, we began producing steel shapes in the new production plant in Kolín.

COMAX ROOFS® is our most recent enterprise, established under this trade name in 2014; a representative office was opened in England in 2016. However, the production of COMAX sheet metal roofing comes after our ALUKRYT® roof tile, one of the oldest and best-known roofing brands produced in Czechoslovakia since 1973.

In 2022, we established the construction division MTC Development s.r.o., which is dedicated to the construction of modern apartmet housing in the BYTY COMAX project.

In September 2023, after 50 years of the ‘Comax’ brand’s engagement in both metallurgical production and sheet metal processing, the metallurgical production was split off to form independent company OETINGER CZ s.r.o., and the brand METAL TRADE COMAX remains synonymous with modern sheet metal processing.

In the spring of 2024, together with professionals from the field of solar solutions, we founded a joint venture SOLROOF CZ, which brings an innovative solar system fully integrated into steel roofing to the Czech market. We founded a subsidiary MT COMAX SERVIS in Košice, Slovakia, to expand our activities in the sale of hot and cold rolled products.

The COMAX Group continues to grow in 2025

The joint-stock company METAL TRADE COMAX celebrated the 20th anniversary in 2025.  The comapany has decades of experience in sheet metal processing and is building a strong metallurgical group benefiting from synergies. In February 2025, the German company KBS-Rohr Handelsges .mbH became a member of the COMAX group, which has been supplying partners in Germany with precision, stainless steel, and seamless pipes for over 30 years, and in April 2025, it was followed by the Italian company Cogi S.r.l., a manufacturer of steel components for modular ceilings and building structures.

What did 2026 bring?

In the spring of 2026, as part of our property development activities, we commenced construction of a new industrial hall in Kolín, with a generous usable area of 5,500 m², and, at the same time, the third phase of the BYTY COMAX Velvary residential project. We are continuing with the construction of a garden centre in Velvary and will shortly begin building a new paint shop.

In January 2026, Comax acquired a 100 % stake in two companies of the international Bravo holding group, thereby securing a a significant position in the hobby market sector. Alongside the premium COMAX ROOFS products and the SOLROOF solar solution, the Comax group is thus also developing a brand focused on the DIY segment and European retail chains. In September 2026, we rebranded the Bravo brand as Hobby Roof .