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History


For Heco, it all began 1888 in the bedroom of the inventor, Karl Hettich, in Schramberg, Germany. Here he invented a bending machine for making pendulum escapements, which were much sought after by the Schramberg clock industry. However, as a number of Hettich's relatives were clockmakers who would certainly have been extremely interested in this money-making device, he decided there and then to install the bending machine in the privacy of his bedroom. And it was there, between the bed and the wardrobe, that he began production. Following his untimely death, Karl Hettich's sons continued to build up what was by now a flourishing business. In 1936, the Hettich company also began manufacturing screws.
In 1967, Ludwig Hettich, - a grandson of the company founder - hived off screw production from Franz Hettich KG and founded a new company: Ludwig Hettich & Co Schraubenfabrik: and so HECO came into being. Following the death of Ludwig Hettich in 1975, his eldest son, Stefan Hettich, became the fourth generation to take over management of the business. Committed to further developing the HECO brand, Stefan Hettich optimised the production processes and the logistics of the company.
In 2006 Guido Hettich joined the HECO team as additional Managing Director in the Company. Headed by Stefan and Guido Hettich 400 employees develop, manufacture and distribute at two production sites screws and and fixing Systems.

  • 1888

    1888

    Karl Hettich, an inventor with a good head for business, sets up his own business as a supplier to the clock industry

  • 1936

    1936

    Start of the screw production in Schramberg

  • 1967

    1967

    The operational area of screws is taken over by Ludwig Hettich in Schramberg as an independent company.

  • 1971

    1971

    The company moves into a newly-built production and administrative building in Schramberg-Sulgen

  • 1978

    1978

    Presentation of the HECO-FIX® chipboard screwEstablishment of the brand HECO® (= Hettich & Co)

  • 1990

    1990

    HECO presents the HECO-FIX-plus® universal screw

  • 1995

    1995

    HECO revolutionises the screw market with its patented MULTI MONTI® screw anchor which is awarded the InnovationPrize by the state of Baden-Württemberg two years later

  • 2000

    2000

    The HECO-TOPIX® is included in the range

  • 2004

    2004

    Foundation of HECO-France sarl as distributor

  • 2006

    2006

    The HECO team is joined by Guido Hettich as another Managing Director of the company.The new HECO-TOPIX-Therm® dominates the fixing market. Establishment of the HECO Academy – Centre for product trainings

  • 2007

    2007

    HECO-Schrauben supplements its range to include the HECO-TOPIX-CombiConnect® professional wood screw

  • 2008

    2008

    The innovative MULTI-MONTI®-TimberConnect baseplateanchor goes into production

  • 2009

    2009

    Plant opens in Câmpia Turzii, Romania

  • 2010

    2010

    Market launch of new international innovation: HECO-UNIX – the full-thread screw with contraction effect

  • 2014

    2014

    Inauguration of the HECO logistic center, Schramberg-Sulgen

  • 2015

    2015

    Market launch of the new MDF-screw HECO-UFIX®.
    Start of cooperation with SFS timber work.

  • 2016

    2016

    Market launch of the new screwanchor MULTI-MONTI®-plus

  • 2017

    2017

    HECO-Schrauben celebrates its 50th anniversary

  • 2018

    2018

    Deepening of the cooperation with SFS. HECO assumes responsibility for the Timberwork/Masonry & Concrete division within the SFS Group

  • 2020

    2020

    Markteinführung des HECO-TOPIX®-plus Sortiments

  • 2021

    2021

    Einführung des Schraubankers MULTI-MONTI®-plus in Edelstahl

  • 2022

    2022

    „Unser Antrieb“ – Mit Verbindungen Begeisterung schaffen

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