Michael Buffamonti

President and Chief Executive Officer Dynabrade

Last Reviewed: September 28, 2026

Executive Summary

Michael Buffamonti is President and Chief Executive Officer of Dynabrade, Inc., the Clarence, New York manufacturer of portable pneumatic abrasive power tools for grinding, deburring, filing and sanding, founded by Walter Welsch in 1969 and still owned by the Welsch family. A finance executive by background, he joined Dynabrade from Deloitte, served as its chief financial officer and became president in April 2021 after roughly 25 years with the company. Under his leadership Dynabrade has pursued vertical integration through two acquisitions and has moved into robotic automation with a dedicated subsidiary.

Career Highlights

• Appointed president of Dynabrade effective 1 April 2021, succeeding retiring president Hardy Hamann; now styled President and CEO in company releases.
• Served as Dynabrade’s chief financial officer and a member of its executive management team for many years.
• Credited by the company with building a culture of fiscal responsibility during a decade in which it had the strongest financial performance in its history.
• Led the 2021 acquisition of Manth Manufacturing, a supplier of more than four decades, and the 2023 purchase of abrasives converter Global Abrasive Products.
• Introduced Autobrade, a subsidiary for robotic surface conditioning, at the International Woodworking Fair in 2024.
• Held management positions at Deloitte LLP before joining Dynabrade.

Professional Journey

Buffamonti began in professional services, holding various management positions at Deloitte LLP before joining Dynabrade. From the start of his time there he worked closely with founder Walter Welsch, who had developed the original Dynafile tool in 1968 and built the company from a single location in North Tonawanda into a global manufacturer with a headquarters in Clarence, subsidiaries in Luxembourg and India, and several hundred employees.

He rose to chief financial officer and became a long-standing member of the executive team. When the company announced his promotion in March 2021, it said he had been involved in every aspect of the business over a 25-year tenure and credited his leadership with a decade of the strongest financial performance in Dynabrade’s then 52-year history. Retiring president Hardy Hamann said he had “the trust and confidence of our employees”. Buffamonti said he was dedicated to the company’s success “for the benefit of our Welsch family shareholders and our valued employees” and wanted the company to “think big and act boldly”.

His tenure as president has been defined by vertical integration. In September 2021 Dynabrade acquired Manth Manufacturing, a Tonawanda CNC machine shop founded in 1962 that had supplied it for more than four decades, which he said would help the company build out its manufacturing team and scale production. In February 2023, now described as President and CEO, he announced the asset purchase of Global Abrasive Products, an abrasives converter with about 50 employees in Lockport, New York and Alpharetta, Georgia, as part of a strategy to expand vertical integration and deliver cost savings.

In August 2024 Dynabrade launched Autobrade, a subsidiary focused on robotic integration of automated surface conditioning, working with partners including FerRobotics and Maple Advanced Robotics. Buffamonti said the new business was committed to pushing the boundaries of automated surface conditioning. In 2025 the company put forward plans to expand its Sheridan Drive campus in Clarence.

Education

No education record was found in a primary or first-party source.