In 1968 the founder of MST Corporation began his career in process equipment design, raw material process technology, and upgrade and services manufacturing, principally oriented toward pulp and paper, mining systems and nuclear welding processes. His career activities expanded to include aerospace, nuclear, metallurgical, welding, metalizing, and process engineering technologies as they fit into and benefit machinery and components used for continuous process industries and advanced technology research and development.

In 1981, MST was founded based on the rapidly growing field of material science technology, hence the MST acronym in the company name.