Employee-
Owned.
Every One of Us.
Since 1997, Kansas-Oklahoma Machine Tools has been an employee-owned company through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Today the ESOP owns 100% of the outstanding shares of KOMT stock — meaning every member of our team has a personal stake in the quality of our work, our relationships, and the long-term success of every customer we serve.
owned by employees
employee-owned
Midwest manufacturers
represented
Owned by the
people who
do the work.
An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a qualified retirement structure that gives employees a direct financial stake in the company they work for.
At KOMT, that means 100% of the company is owned by the men and women who sell the machines, service them, source the parts, and pick up the phone when you call. There are no outside investors, no holding company, and no distant ownership group making decisions about how KOMT serves its customers.
Ownership is distributed across the team — from sales engineers to service technicians to administrative staff. Every employee builds equity in KOMT over time, creating a direct link between the quality of their work and the value of the company they own.
"Since 1997, KOMT has been an ESOP. You know that you are dealing with people who care. When you are dealing with a problem, we take ownership and make it our problem."— KOMT Kansas-Oklahoma Machine Tools, Inc.
Employees Are Owners
Every member of the KOMT team participates in the ESOP and builds ownership equity over time. Their financial stake in the company grows alongside their commitment to it.
No Outside Investors
KOMT is employee-owned. There are no outside shareholders, no private equity owners, and no financial pressure from parties who aren't part of what we do every day.
A Retirement Benefit Too
The ESOP functions as a qualified retirement plan — employees build long-term financial security through their ownership stake. It rewards the years of dedication and expertise they bring to every customer interaction, every day.
Rooted in the Midwest
KOMT's employee ownership reflects the same values we've built on for over 60 years — accountability, long-term thinking, and genuine investment in the people and manufacturers we serve.
Built by our
people. Owned
by our people.
The decision to become an employee-owned company was a deliberate reflection of KOMT's values — and of the team that built this company over more than six decades. In 1997, KOMT began funding an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, putting the company into the hands of the people who built it.
KOMT has always been defined by the people who work here. Our sales engineers and service technicians have built relationships with Midwest manufacturers that span decades. The institutional knowledge, the trusted reputations, and the customer partnerships that define KOMT were built by our team — so it made sense that they should own it.
Employee ownership ensures that KOMT's future remains in the hands of people who are as invested in our customers' success as they are in their own. It protects the culture and values that have made KOMT a trusted manufacturing partner across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri for generations.
This is why KOMT's warranty service extends beyond what's expected. While a prompt warranty response is an industry standard, providing service throughout your machine's entire life-cycle is our standard. Owners hold themselves to a higher bar.
Rewarding the Team That Built It
KOMT began funding the ESOP in 1997. The engineers, technicians, and support staff who have worked here — many for their entire careers — now hold a direct stake in what they helped create.
Preserving Our Culture
An ESOP protects the values and culture that have guided KOMT for over 60 years. Decisions about how we serve customers, support our team, and represent our manufacturers remain with the people who live those values daily.
Protecting Our Reputation
Employee ownership ensures KOMT's trusted reputation in the Midwest manufacturing community remains in the hands of people who have earned it and are accountable to it.
Staying Customer-Focused
When the company's owners are the same people answering your calls, servicing your machines, and sourcing your parts, the focus on customer outcomes never wavers.
How our ownership
structure serves
our customers.
At KOMT, employee ownership isn't just a corporate structure — it's the reason our team shows up differently. When every person owns a stake in the outcome, every customer interaction reflects that accountability.
Our employees are owners. That ownership creates a level of personal accountability that can't be manufactured through incentive programs. When KOMT succeeds, every employee shares in that success — so every employee is motivated to make sure you do too.
Your need for customer support is not limited to an eight-hour workday. As an employee-owned company, our team is personally invested in keeping your machines running — and that commitment doesn't clock out. You are guaranteed prompt attention, just give us a call.
While your machine is under warranty, a prompt service response is an industry standard. Providing service throughout your machine's entire life-cycle is our standard — because owners take the long view, not just the short one.
When you are dealing with a problem, we take ownership and make it our problem. That's not a service policy — it's a natural consequence of employee ownership. Every person at KOMT has a direct stake in how this company is perceived and how your machine performs.
Our commitment
to the next
generation.
KOMT's employee ownership structure is how we ensure this company remains what it has always been — a trusted manufacturing partner in the Midwest — for the decades ahead.
Your Success
Is Our Success
Every employee at KOMT has a financial stake in how well we serve our customers. When you succeed, the company grows. When the company grows, our employee-owners benefit. That's not a slogan. It's how we're built.
Investing in
the People Here
KOMT's ESOP structure is a meaningful retirement benefit for every employee. It rewards long tenure, deep expertise, and genuine commitment — the same qualities that make our team valuable to our customers.
Protecting What
We've Built
Employee ownership is how KOMT's culture, values, and reputation stay intact through leadership transitions and changing markets. The company's future belongs to the people who work here.
Talk to the KOMT
team today.
When you contact KOMT, you reach an owner. A person with a direct stake in solving your problem, answering your question, and making sure your machine stays running.