1988
Co-founder American Foundation of Development
1990
Production start:
Being subcontracted for crimping tools and spare parts
1993
Starting of export activity to Spain, Morocco and France
1994
Creation of a Competence Center for Mechanic Development,
specifically for wire and harness industry products
1995
Beginning of Automation development at the Competence Center
1996
Launch of SIROCO Crimping Tool
1999
Move to new and bigger facilities
2003
Investment in new machinery:
CNC machines
Wire-EDM machines
2005
Separation from co-founder American Foundation of Development
2007
SOLIDWORKS – Software implementation in the mechanical engineering department
2009
First major project for a special assembly line.
Project cost 1.5 Mio €
2010
SIROCO was acquired by Simplinvest, SGPS, S.A.
2012
Increasing export activities, to markets such as:
Russia; Romania and Tunisia
2014
Investment in new ERP System, new soft- and hardware.
Up-date of all IT infrastructure
2015
MBO by current SIROCO administration.
Rebranding and new company image.
New export market: Turkey
2016
First big cooperation project for a special machine for the food industry.
This project consists of a collaboration between Siroco, Gelpeixe and the Centro de Computação Gráfica.
Beginning of export to Mexico
2017
Investment in new machines and quality control equipment.
Improvement works on premises.
Creation of specialized competence centers:
Special machine development and construction
Crimping tools
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