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1888
Karl Hettich, an inventor with a good head for business, sets up his own business as a supplier to the clock industry
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1936
Start of the screw production in Schramberg
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1967
The operational area of screws is taken over by Ludwig Hettich in Schramberg as an independent company.
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1971
The company moves into a newly-built production and administrative building in Schramberg-Sulgen
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1978
Presentation of the HECO-FIX® chipboard screwEstablishment of the brand HECO® (= Hettich & Co)
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1990
HECO presents the HECO-FIX-plus® universal screw
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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
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2000
The HECO-TOPIX® is included in the range
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2004
Foundation of HECO-France sarl as distributor
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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
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2007
HECO-Schrauben supplements its range to include the HECO-TOPIX-CombiConnect® professional wood screw
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2008
The innovative MULTI-MONTI®-TimberConnect baseplateanchor goes into production
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2009
Plant opens in Câmpia Turzii, Romania
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2010
Market launch of new international innovation: HECO-UNIX – the full-thread screw with contraction effect
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2014
Inauguration of the HECO logistic center, Schramberg-Sulgen
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2015
Market launch of the new MDF-screw HECO-UFIX®. Start of cooperation with SFS timber work.
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2016
Market launch of the new screwanchor MULTI-MONTI®-plus
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2017
HECO-Schrauben celebrates its 50th anniversary
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2018
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The HECO-story continues!