Search EN Screws & Accessories Service HECO-Academy Company News Contact HomeCompanyHistory HISTORY Special HECO moments 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 Karl Hettich, an inventor with a good head for business, sets up his own business as a supplier to the clock industry 1936 Start of the screw production in Schramberg 1967 The operational area of screws is taken over by Ludwig Hettich in Schramberg as an independent company. 1971 The company moves into a newly-built production and administrative building in Schramberg-Sulgen 1978 Presentation of the HECO-FIX® chipboard screwEstablishment of the brand HECO® (= Hettich & Co) 1990 HECO presents the HECO-FIX-plus® universal screw 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 The HECO-TOPIX® is included in the range 2004 Foundation of HECO-France sarl as distributor 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 HECO-Schrauben supplements its range to include the HECO-TOPIX-CombiConnect® professional wood screw 2008 The innovative MULTI-MONTI®-TimberConnect baseplateanchor goes into production 2009 Plant opens in Câmpia Turzii, Romania 2010 Market launch of new international innovation: HECO-UNIX – the full-thread screw with contraction effect 2014 Inauguration of the HECO logistic center, Schramberg-Sulgen 2015 Market launch of the new MDF-screw HECO-UFIX®. Start of cooperation with SFS timber work. 2016 Market launch of the new screwanchor MULTI-MONTI®-plus 2017 HECO-Schrauben celebrates its 50th anniversary 2018 THE HECO-STORY CONTINUES! HECO-Schrauben GmbH & Co. KG Dr.-Kurt-Steim-Straße 28 D-78713 Schramberg Telephone: +49 (0) 7422 / 9 89-0 Telefax: +49 (0) 7422 / 9 89-200 Mail: info@heco-schrauben.de Contact Imprint Privacy policy Terms Social Media Facebook Instagram YouTube Xing HECO-TOPIX-PLUS CONTACT CATALOG