{"id":298,"date":"2026-10-09T18:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tmtechnics.com\/?page_id=298"},"modified":"2026-10-09T19:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:26:11","slug":"notre-histoire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tmtechnics.com\/en\/notre-histoire\/","title":{"rendered":"Our story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A body repairer,
nine broken clips,
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15 November 2005<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The day it all began<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Thierry Vanhollebeke is 17. It is his first day as a trainee in a body shop, and he is asked to remove a door panel. Four minutes later, the nine clips holding it are useless.<\/p>

Over the following years, he spends a good part of his time breaking clips and turning out boxes of clips and screws, and workbench drawers, to find the replacement fastener he needs. Like every body repairer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The solution<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Boxes sorted by vehicle origin<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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One day, Thierry decides to come up with a solution, for his workshop and for yours: the T&M Technics boxes. Each box brings together the clips most used on vehicles of the same origin (German, French, Japanese) or all makes combined, each in its own compartment.<\/p>

Today the range has grown to include the more compact Pocket Boxes and bodywork tools: an XL slide hammer and a hammer set kept for aluminium.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What drives T&M Technics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProducts chosen by someone who uses them in the workshop<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoxes organised so you find the right clip in seconds<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    Notre histoire Un carrossier,neuf clips cass\u00e9s,une id\u00e9e simple. 15 novembre 2005 Le jour o\u00f9 tout a commenc\u00e9 Thierry Vanhollebeke a 17 ans. C’est son premier jour de stage en carrosserie, et on lui demande de d\u00e9monter un panneau de porte. Quatre minutes plus tard, les neuf clips qui le tenaient sont hors d’usage. 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