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            expondo:











            BECOMING A LEADING


            ONLINE SHOP FOR



            PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT




            Text: Frank Calviño // Photos: expondo

            Waldemar Moss and Piotr Stach founded expondo in 2007 with the vision to provide high
            quality professional equipment at accessible prices. Their goal was to become an ally to all
            people trying to make their business successful. Today, expondo serves a vast European market,
            attracting professionals, semi-professionals, and hobbyists from
            various industries, spanning 30 countries. Customers trust expondo

            on a daily basis when buying the machines, parts, tools, and products
            they sorely need to operate their businesses in the most efficient way.
            To learn more about expondo’s incredible cross-border journey, we
            spoke to Patrick Maita-Filip, Team-Lead and Project Manager of
            expondo.


                      hat is expondo?                         products. Our clients include
                      “expondo is an international company    professionals in the catering
            Wheadquartered in Berlin, owning a portfolio of   and hospitality industry,
            seventeen brands producing across fourteen categories since   such as chefs, bakers, and   PATRICK MAITA-FILIP,
            2007. The first types of equipment we sold were handheld   restaurant owners, as well as   TEAM-LEAD AND PROJECT MANAGER, EXPONDO
            scales, like the ones people use to weigh luggage. Since then,   industrial professionals, such
            we have expanded to multiple professional sectors to cater to   as mechanics, builders, and laboratory technicians. We also
            all kinds of professional equipment needs,” says Patrick.   have clients who are passionate hobbyists, such as home chefs,
                                                              DIY enthusiasts, and hobbyists who require high-quality
            “We offer many high-quality products, including kitchen   equipment for their projects.”
            appliances, tools, laboratory equipment, and construction
            machinery. Our goal is to provide reliable, high-quality   “Our products are designed to meet the needs of our diverse
            equipment and excellent customer service, continuously   range of clients, providing reliable and efficient equipment
            improving our processes to serve our customers’ needs better.   for their professional and personal projects. We take pride in
            And although we started as a small business with only two   offering excellent customer service and technical support to
            people, now we have over 350 staff members, and have   ensure our clients get the most out of their purchases.”
            expanded to all of Europe, with our sights on expanding to
            other continents like America.”                   How does an online shop specialising in professional
                                                              equipment work?
            Can you tell us more about the kind of clients that   We cater to the needs of professionals by offering a wide
            use expondo?                                      range of high-quality equipment for various industries.
            “We have a diverse range of clients who purchase our   We achieve this with a combination of research on specific







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