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History

1972 Foundation of the company in Pforzheim-Büchenbronn. Development and manufacturing of deburring machines for sheet metal and casted parts, metal cleaning and degreasing machines

1972 Fast running aerosol can cleaner, solvent based, continious chain system, speed 150 cans/min, meanwhile 75 units running world wide. special machines (IBM, IVECO)

1985 Moved to Neuenbürg in own facility

1986 Increased production capacity 100 %

1986 Development of MULTICLEAN*-Prototype, a solvent standard cleaning machine equipped with vacuum drying and non-air interface

1987 Company changed in GmbH

1987 Patent application "vakuum drying " for MULTICLEAN*-degreasers(Patent documents)

1988 Increased production capacity 70 %, test lab for trials and new developments, equipped with standard machines solvent and aqueous based

1988 Development of MULTICLEAN*-W series for aqueous applications with non-air interface

1990 Development of the vacuum shock for fast and energy saving parts drying in the MULTICLEAN*-W and MULTICLEAN*-WLE series

1991 Development of the modular MULTICLEAN*-S Systems, up to date plant technology for aqueous applications, modular design from integrated manufacturing cells to high automatic/high speed in-line production


1992 SURFTRAN/Robert-Bosch-Corporation, USA builds Höckh- standard machines under license for the US-market
Patent "Vacuum drying " for USA

1994Development and introduction of the WDW aqueous aerosol can washer, machine speed 150 cans/minute

1996 Shipment of the worlds first aerosol can washer for two-piece tin plate cans with machine speed of 250 cans/minute on one chain

1996 Technical office changed to develop with 3D-CAD-Systems

1997 Introduction of MULTICLEAN*-F series, compact solvent degreaser to operate with classical solvent and A-III Products

1997 First Internet Homepage

1998 Shipment of the worlds first aerosol can washer for one-piece stainless steel cans with machine speed of 350 cans/minute on one chain

2000 www.hoeckh.com goes online

2002 Devleopment of the compact MULTICLEAN-LC (Lean Concept) for applications with high cleaning but lower capacity requirements

2004 Development of a Inline-degreasing machine for high speed running stamping stripes : MULTICLEAN-SBR

2005 Expansion of the assembly hall (+32%) as well as acquisition of a neighbor property