History

It all started in 1993 when Herman Scheers invested into Poland by buying a cement mixer production plant in Lowicz. The cement mixer plant in Lowicz had already a tradition af making cement mixers for over 30 years.

In 1995, because of lack of space, the growing demand for the product, the higher requirement of quality standards, Herco bought a new production unit in Rawa Mazowiecka, a small town 70 kilometers from Warzaw.

After moving to this new plant, Herco also started the production of Collated Nails. At first the plant was only collating nails it was buying from nail manufacturers in Poland. Very quickly we realized that in order to control the quality of the product, respect delivery times and to be competitive on the market, we had to control as many steps of the production process as possible. In 1999 we bought our first nail machines. We started out with more conventional nail machines. In 2001 we started cooperating with Enkotec. Now we are producing over 80% of our nails on Enkotec machines.

As the focus was more and more on the production of nails, the shareholders decided in 1999 to sell a 50% stake in the production of Cement mixers to an English competitor, Belle. This was the start of Belle Poland and the rebirth of Herco. From than on, Herco has been focusing only on the production and sales of machine quality loose and collated nails.

Herco is constantly growing and evolving, but following a clearly set path and reacting on the market situation. At the end of 2004 a new computer system will be implemented and the whole production unit in Rawa Mazowiecka will be reorganized. This way we would like to prepare Herco for the future.

Over the past decade Herco has proven to be a solid and reliable business partner for its costumers and suppliers. We will put all our efforts into improving our status and continuing the good work.