| • 1918 |
Vezio Bertoni sets up a repair workshop |
| • 1931 |
The BERCO brand is founded |
| • 1940 |
BERCO employs 650 people
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| • 1970 |
BERCO employs 2400 people
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| • 1976 |
Hoesch AG takes over the German BERCO distributor TEG - later to become BERCO Deutschland GmbH - as well as 50 % of BERCO SpA, Italy |
| • 1986 |
Hoesch AG takes over the whole of the BERCO Group |
| • 1987 |
Reorganisation: investment volume totalling approx. 400 Mio € till 2010
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| • 2000 |
Installation of a "Maxi Press" (32.000 t) to increase projected annual output to 250.000 t |
| • 2005 |
Installation of a new roller assembly facility |
| • 2009 |
Installation of a new "High-Speed Forging Line" (new forging technology for the production of chain links ) |
| • 2010 |
BERCO Deutschland celebrates 50th Anniversary
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