HECKER WERKE for over 120 years!

Since 1904, HECKER’s engineers, chemists, and technicians have been working on the complex topic of “seals.”

The combination of research, development, and manufacturing under one roof has been the foundation of HECKER’s success in meeting constantly changing technical requirements over this long period.

HECKER’s core focus is the entire topic of seals, from molecular composition and manufacturing to the highest quality standards and behavior in specific applications.

  • We are a genuine family business in its fourth generation.
  • We are a reliable partner for solving your sealing problems.
  • We offer a wide range of products so that you can source a wide variety of seal types or technical parts from a single supplier (single sourcing).
  • We specialize in small and medium-sized series.
  • In-house compound development and production
  • Test benches, laboratory, and technical consulting are a matter of course for us.
HECKER, der Profi für Dichtungen und Reibelemente made in Germany

The Management – The 4th generation of HECKER

ISO-certified manufacturer of seals

Andreas Huebner-Hecker & Michael Huebner-Hecker

Andreas Huebner-Hecker

Managing Director

  • born 1964 in Stuttgart
  • married, 3 sons
  • business graduate and bank clerk
  • since 1993 in HECKER WERKE
  • since 1999 managing director of HECKER WERKE
Michael Huebner-Hecker

Authorised Officer

  • born 1968 in Stuttgart
  • graduate engineer of machine construction and mechanician manufacture
  • since 1999 in HECKER WERKE
  • Authorized representative Head of Product Division HECKER SCIENCE®

Certificates

ISO 9001:2015
ISO 14001:2015

ISO-certified manufacturer of seals
ISO 50001:2018
ISO-certified manufacturer of seals

The HECKER Group

Der Profi für GSM Produkte, Dichtungen, PTFE in Deutschland
HECKER WERKE GmbH
  • GSM Seals
  • Stuffing Box Packings
  • EURAFLON / PTFE Products
  • Polyurethane Products
  • AEGIRA Mechanical Seals
  • HECKER SCIENCE®
Der Profi für GSM Produkte, Dichtungen, PTFE in Deutschland
IBREPA GmbH
  • Office Supplies
  • Hardware/Software
  • Packing Materials
  • Seals and Technical Materials
Der Profi für GSM Produkte, Dichtungen, PTFE in Deutschland
Bremsit GmbH
  • Brake Linings
  • Clutch Linings
  • Runners
  • Floating Shrink Boots

History

Arthur Hecker
1904 – 1953

Traude Hecker
1953 – 1960

Heinrich Huebner
1960 – 1977

Rainer Huebner-Hecker
1977 – 1999

In 1904 in Dresden, the founder of our company, Arthur Hecker, began with the manufacture of stuffing box packings. He then expanded the company in 1912 and began processing asbestos yarns and fabrics with the slogan: From the asbestos mines, through the HECKER factories, direct into your factory.

In the course of the increasing technical tendency in all areas of the economy, compressed asbestos fiber sheets gradually grew in importance. The patenting of the Europil universal sheet helped them attain worldwide renown. Beginning in 1936, the production of rubber sealings marked the start of a new era: supplying the hydraulics industry. Under the slogan: GSM, the living seal, HECKER GSM sealings attained a leading position in the high and low pressure range up to the year 1945.

HECKER® was the first manufacturer in Germany to produce O-rings (also called zero rings).

Following the destruction of the factories in Dresden, Heidenau and Bodenbach, re-construction was commenced in Weil im Schönbuch. As in the founding days, the manufacture of asbestos products was first begun; the first Europil sheets were delivered to the chemical industry in the late autumn of 1949. Following this, GSM production was resumed.

In the year 1988, the continuous museum of HECKER® was opened. It was completely reconstructed in 1999

The exhibition shows the evolution of the company from the year 1904 in Dresden to the present day and publicizes the visitor with the history of the family HECKER® as well as with the products in asbestos and the new substitutes. The entire current product spectrum of packings, mechanical seals, plastic and rubber parts is represented descriptively.

Beside a part of German-German history, the visitor receives an impression of the history of the raw material asbestos and his processing as well as the development and extraction of the nature-rubber until the synthetic rubber-types used today.

The exhibition is rounded off by a film about the work, which can be viewed on the homepage.