JMT was founded in 1982 by the brothers van de Merbel who ran an upholstery business in Dinteloord. They started by supplying a piece of carpet for one exhibition stand, which quickly led to supplying more and more stands and eventually extended to more types of carpets and also furniture.
Later in the 80´s, the introduction of an installation and pick up service concept was developed. This fuelled the business in the Netherlands but was also the start of expanding their business abroad.