History
Providing innovative weld joint materials since 1915
On 31 July 1915, Mr. Watze Hilarius started manufacturing wire nails and roof slates and the rest is history. Since that time, we have grown to become a true specialist in welding consumables with dealers in more than 100 countries worldwide and have acquired an especially large network of welders, welding engineers, technicians, project and purchasing managers. Therefore, you will find us everywhere you go, even in places where you would not necessarily expect to see us. This, incidentally, is typical of the Dutch…
1915 – The company is founded by Mr. Watze Hilarius.
1918 – The first products are exported to Germany and the U.S., with wire nails and roof slates forming the core business.
1926 – A new factory is built on the Spaarne river in Haarlem. The manufacture of welding wire starts.
1930 – Export activities are expanded to the rest of Europe, South America and Indonesia.
1937 – Production of welding electrodes begins.
1948 – Launch of unalloyed steel electrodes Red, Brown and Tensil.
1950 – Hilarius introduces pipe welding electrodes on the Dutch market.
1955 – The name HILCO is introduced, an acronym for Hilarius Company.
1960 – HILCO Velveta electrode is developed.
1966 – HILCO Red Extra Rutile electrodes are introduced: a successful E 6013 concept.
1966 – Launch of the HILCO Hilchrome series: stainless steel high-quality welding electrodes.
1968 – The current green HILCO logo with the striking typography is created.
1973 – HILCO is voted the most modern factory for welding consumables in Europe.
1976 – The first Hilco products are exported to Africa.
1984 – A completely new line of fluxcored wires is introduced: the HILCORD wires.
1995 – No matter where you are located, you can find HILCO products. Products are exported to the one hundredth country ’Bangladesh’.
2000 – HILCO celebrates the turn of the millennium, as well as its 85th birthday.
2010 – Hilarius is AEO (Autorized Economic Operater) certified. Due to this certificate we perform efforts to secure the cargo and to avoid threats such as terrorism, piracy and theft.
