Manz Contracting Services' roots stem from 90 plus years of tradition. Its history began in 1910 when Jacob Manz started in the paint business in Austria. The family tradition continued many years later when Jacob's grandson Steve completed his apprenticeship in Europe and immigrated to Canada. Shortly after landing in Canada, he put all of the knowledge and expertise of the paint business to good use and founded S. Manz Painting & Decorating Ltd.

In 1986, the Batten family took over the well established business and to date carries on this same tradition. As a family run entity, Manz Contracting Services Inc. provides specialized cleaning and high performance coating applications throughout North America and internationally in Europe. They have extensive experience in surface preparation and painting system applications covering a wide range of conventional coatings to more advanced and exotic paint systems. The company is qualified and experienced in all painting and coating techniques, including high performance epoxy floor coating systems.
To provide products and services which consistently meet or exceed the standards set by their customers, on time and at the lowest cost!


Manz Decorating Centre, a division of Manz Contracting Services Inc., provides the industry and public with high quality Benjamin Moore© paint products and sundries. The centre also specializes in Hunter Douglas© window treatments, wall coverings, computer matching technology as well as computer colour planning and in-home colour consultants.

A vast assortment of home accessories are offered at Manz Decorating Centre to complete and enhance your decorating project.


MAKO Industriemalerbetriebs G.m.b.H. (Manz/Kolly) was incorporated in 1991 to service the European market on behalf of our Canadian and U.S. clients. The company maintains an office in Graz, Austria.

Manz Contracting Services Inc. and Harrison Muir Inc., a well established industrial Services Contractor from the Toronto area incorporated Manz Harrison Muir Inc. in late 1998. This firm is focused on heavy industrial service work in both Canada and the U.S. The company is currently refurbishing the Canadian side of the Ambassador Bridge.


Manz International Contractors Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Manz Contracting Services Inc. and was incorporated to service the ongoing requests and needs in the United States from our Canadian clients who have facilities throughout North America as well as the world.

The Manz Group are members of the following organizations:

  • American Society for Quality Control (A.S.C.)

  • Ontario Painting Contractors Association (O.P.C.A.). David Batten is a director of the association.

  • Painting and Decorating Contractors of America (P.D.C.A.)

  • Steel Structures Painting Council (S.S.P.C.), patron members.

  • Windsor Construction Association.

  • International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades - signatory of the International Collective Agreement.

  • Windsor Chamber of Commerce.