History - Metal-Fach

History

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Setting up the company

  • 1989

Stanisław Kucharewicz is the founder of the company. He is the father of the current President and owner of the company Jacek Kucharewicz, who together with his wife Katarzyna have run the company from its beginnings.

The beginnings of the business

  • 1989 - 1990

Starting and running a business at that time was a very big challenge. Jacek Kucharewicz bought the first “BESTER” welding machine, which was professional at that time, with the money from the sale of an MZ 250 motorcycle. The first product manufactured in the plant was a central heating boiler. The oldest boiler from that period has been in operation to this day.

Development and buying machinery

  • 1991 - 1993
The money donated as a gift at the wedding of Jacek Kucharewicz and Katarzyna Szymczuk was used to buy a guillotine for cutting metal sheets. Since then, the components needed for the production of central heating boilers have been manufactured in-house. This allowed for acceleration of production and the starting of the construction of a new plant.

Subsequent investments

  • 1992 - 1993
A building bought from a neighbour was converted into a paint shop.

New products

  • 1998 - 2000
A rotary tedder was the first agricultural machine to be marketed. It proved a driving force for the further development of the company. More machines followed, a bale wrapper and a baler.

Ten years have gone

  • 1999 - 2000

After ten years, the company grew from a small plant into a medium-sized enterprise. It had 22 employees.

First steps in company’s promotion

  • 2002 - 2003
The company spreads its wings. The first trade fairs to put the METAL-FACH products on display were “Days with Agricultural Consultancy ODR Szepietowo 2002” and “AGRO SHOW-BEDNARY 2002”.

Acquisition of FUM SPOMASZ

  • 2003
03/09/2003 Signing a notarial deed for the purchase of FUM SPOMASZ  Employment: METAL-FACH Sp. z o.o. – 6 employees, METAL-FACH Jacek Kucharewicz – 73 employees.

Prestige and advertising

  • 2003
We continued intensive promotional activity, participating in an increasing number of trade fairs to showcase new innovative product concepts. The company received many awards, some of them were: - Winner in the popularity poll of Gazeta Współczesna
- “Honourable mention for the most dynamic employment growth” in the AMBASADOR OF BUSINESS contest
- “Master of Podlaska AGROLIGA 2003”. Employment: METAL-FACH Sp. z o.o. – 64 employees, METAL-FACH Jacek Kucharewicz – 75 employees.

European Union “Modern machinery is the measure of success”

  • 2004
The European Union provided grants for the purchase of a professional laser and the largest automatic shot blasting chamber in north-eastern Poland.

Team building

  • 2004
Increasing production, sales and staff numbers all had a part in the first team-building meeting of the METAL-FACH staff with its dealers.

A recipe for success?

  • 2004 - 2005
As the ingredients of success in business Jacek Kucharewicz names work, good staff and passion. Only one year after being awarded the honourable mention prize “For the most dynamic employment growth” in the AMBASADOR OF BUSINESS contest, METAL-FACH Sp. z o.o. won the first prize, thus winning the prestigious title of “AMBASADOR OF BUSINESS - PODLASIE 2004”. Employment: METAL-FACH Sp. z o.o. – 218 employees, METAL-FACH Jacek Kucharewicz – 51 employees.

Be an expert

  • 2006
METAL-FACH Sp. z o.o. won the “GAZELLE OF BUSINESS 2006” award given to the most dynamically developing companies. In addition to the recognition it received, the company has presented itself at Polish and foreign fairs more and more often.

In need of more room

  • 2006
2006 saw METAL-FACH Sp. z o.o. expand by building new production facilities.

MF Banquet Room

  • 2006
A modern Banquet Room was built. A fully air-conditioned facility, it can be booked for any type of event.

Purchasing

  • 2007
Growing dynamically, METAL-FACH Sp z o.o. acquired the KONIMPEX buildings, namely, production facilities and an office building.

The paint shop project

  • 2008
With the construction of a modern paint shop the company improved the quality and appearance of the machines it manufactured. Employment: METAL-FACH Sp. z o.o. – 378 employees, METAL-FACH Jacek Kucharewicz – 73 employees.

Central heating boilers – we gain more and more strength

  • 2008 - 2010
METAL-FACH's Jacek Kucharewicz increased the production of central heating boilers and attracted new customers. It expanded production buildings and a warehouse for finished products.

Twenty years have gone

  • 2009
The 20th anniversary of Metal-Fach was held in the banquet room with distributors and city authorities attending. It was a time for memories, congratulations and thanks.

We conquer new markets

  • 2009 - 2011
In 2011, at the 17th International Fair of the Road Construction Industry AUTOSTRADA-POLSKA held in Kielce, METAL-FACH Sp. z o.o. presented a new line of products under the brand name of NOVA for the road trailer sector.

New line

  • 2013
- The production of rims is the latest project of METAL-FACH Jacek Kucharewicz. Employment – 718 employees in total. - Implementation of the 18-tonne trailer design.

Sponsorship

  • 2005 - 2014
METAL-FACH supports the community and many sports; motor racing, football, billiards, motocross, BIK horse stud in Gieniusze, AZS Białystok volleyball team, cycling and a racing car project.

Thirty years

  • 2019
METAL-FACH celebrates its 30th anniversary.