Company

An industry leader
from the very beginning

Our history

The SECO/WARWICK Group is an international organization with strong roots and a global presence.

Our history spans several countries – the United States, Germany, China, India, and Poland – where we have expanded our operations by building new structures and acquiring well-established, experienced companies.

We are a combination of expertise and experience from diverse markets, enriched by the legacy of companies such as Elterma (founded in 1950, acquired by SECO/WARWICK in 2003) and Retech (operating since 1963, fully integrated into the Group in 2010).

These elements form the foundation of SECO/WARWICK Group’s shared story – a story of continuous growth, innovation, and global expansion.

The origins of the Group date back to 1991, when SECO/WARWICK Corporation (founded in 1984) and the Polish company Trans-VAC (founded in 1989) established a joint venture under the name SECO/WARWICK. This event laid the foundation for the Group’s current structure. Since then, we have continuously developed new technologies, built advanced solutions, entered new markets, and opened regional branches—always thinking globally and acting locally.

Today, the SECO/WARWICK Group has subsidiaries in Poland, Germany, China, India, and the United States. Our innovations have resulted in dozens of patents, numerous industry awards, and thousands of implementations in over 70 countries worldwide.

Thanks to this foundation, SECO/WARWICK is well-positioned to be a technological leader in heat treatment and vacuum metallurgy – and the first choice for our Partners.

Get to know our history

01 January 1985
1985

SECO/WARWICK is registered trademark

01 January 1991
1991

SECO/WARWICK created a join venture company with Trans-Vac in Poland, creating SECO/WARWICK Ltd.

31 March 2002
2002

SECO/WARWICK purchases the intellectual property of CAMLAW Ltd.

31 March 2003
2003

SECO/WARWICK Ltd. acquires ownership of ELTERMA S.A.

31 March 2004
2004

Establishment of SECO/WARWICK Moscow service and sales office

31 March 2006
2006

SECO/WARWICK enters into a Joint Venture agreement with Tianjin Kama Elevtric Thermal Equipment Manufacturing Co. Ltd. to form SECO/WARWICK (Tianjin) Industrial Furnace Co., Ltd.

31 March 2007
2007

SECO/WARWICK S.A. is established; the SECO/WARWICK Group includes SECO/WARWICK S.A. as world headquarters (Poland), SECO/WARWICK Corp. (USA), ELTERMA S.A. (Poland, and SECO/WARWICK Industrial Furnace Co., Ltd. (China)

31 November 2007
2007

SECO/WARWICK debut on Stock Exchange

31 September 2007
2007

SECO/WARWICK S.A. Sign Strategic Alliance Agreement with Retech Systems LLC in Ukiah, CA (USA)

31 March 2008
2008

Joint Venture formed with Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. (India) to create SECO/WARWICK ALLIED Pvt. Ltd.

31 September 2010
2010

SECO/WARWICK RETECH Thermal Equipment Mfg. (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. established

01 January 2011
2011

ELTERMA S.A. corporate name changed to SECO/WARWICK ThermAL S.A., Retech LLC is wholly owned by the SECO/WARWICK Group

31 December 2011
2011

SECO/WARWICK GmbH in Germany, Stuttgart, was founded as a JV (51% of shares)

31 February 2012
2012

SECO/WARWICK creates one company for the production activities of both SECO/WARWICK S.A. and SECO/WARWICK ThermAL S.A. in Świebodzin/Poland named SECO/WARWICK Europe S.A.

31 August 2012
2012

SECO/WARWICK S.A. acquires 100% ofthe shares of SECO/WARWICK GmbH

31 December 2012
2012

SECO/WARWICK GmbH acquires 100% of the shares of NESPI International GmbH in Kleve, Germany, and renames the company into SECO/WARWICK Services GmbH

31 March 2013
2013

SECO/WARWICK do Brasil Ltda. in course of incorporation, Sao Paulo, Brazil

31 March 2015
2015

SECO/WARWICK service and sales office in France was establish

31 March 2016
2016

SW Services was established - SWS is dedicated of professional services

13 February 2017
2017

Introducing Seco/Vacuum Technologies, the new North American Vacuum Furnace Company

13 May 2017
2017

SECO/WARWICK Systems & Services (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd. was established

01 January 2018
2018

Katarzyna Kowalska the new Managing Director at SECO/WARWICK Services

05 June 2019
2019

Sławomir Woźniak - The new President of SECO/WARWICK Group.

01 February 2020
2020

Katarzyna Sawka the first female Vice President responsible for marketing

26 January 2021
2021

Opening of Retech Systems LLC sales and customer service office, in Buffalo, USA

26 January 2023
2023

Binoy Koshy the new Managing Director at SECO/WARWICK India

31 May 2023
2023

Opening of SECO/WARWICK USA. sales and customer service office, in Meadville, USA

31 May 2023
2023

Opening of SECO/WARWICK, sales and customer service office, in Zielona Góra, Poland

27 March 2024
2024

SECO/WARWICK to establish an office in Monterrey, Mexico, to serve regional heat treatment Partners better

17 April 2024
2024

SECO/WARWICK increases manufacturing capacity in India

17 April 2025
2024

Retech, a division of SECO/WARWICK Group, has acquired ReMelt Scientific

05 June 2025
2025

SECO/WARWICK Consolidates Operational Structure in the USA

From the very beginning, the company philosophy was based on the product and technology development to meet high expectations of our customers, i.e. top tier organizations from automotive, aerospace and energy industries. Thanks to our technological solutions that are constantly being developed and improved, our customers are able to apply state-of-the-art materials by the virtue of which they gain a competitive edge.

Sławomir Woźniak, CEO SECO/WARWICK

EXECUTIVE BOARD MANAGEMENT TEAM

Our position and direction

Mission

Thanks to the experience and expertise of our employees, and in cooperation with our business partners, we create innovative products that provide our customers with reliable, safe and environmentally friendly solutions for heat treatment and metallurgy, and ensure the economic efficiency of their businesses.

Vision

We strive to be the first-choice supplier of solutions for heat treatment and metallurgy.
Innovation and reliability are demonstrated through our thinking and our solutions all over the world.

Our values

The SECO/WARWICK values are similar to human DNA. They are inherent to the company and their roots come from the vision and values of its founders. They create a DNA chain with our and our partners’ DEVELOPMENT as the primary genotype.

Our innovations are not limited to creating modern furnaces or production lines with advanced technologies. INNOVATION means to take actions leading to the development of new or better products, processes, technologies or organizations. We know that innovation is omnipresent, therefore we want it to be visible in our thinking, approach and performance, anywhere in the world, at any workplace and in any operation. In the relationships with our customers, suppliers and employees, we put the interest of the other party first.

PARTNERSHIP means that for us, a mutual obligation of the parties is founded on respect and responsibility, and feedback is part of our development because it enables us to design SAFETY AND STABILITY in all reliable products that we deliver. What is more, the creation chain involves people whom we wish to provide with stable jobs and continuous development. And for our partners, we want to be a sure and business-sound option because you shall not disappoint your partner. Therefore, another one of our values is RELIABILITY so that we do not disappoint you as people, partners, and technology providers. This makes us CREDIBLE, one of the global business community’s critical challenges. Such a broad perspective, also considering the impact on the environment, people’s needs and social responsibility, allows us to achieve long-term SUSTAINABILITY in our economic and organizational growth.

Corporate social responsibility
in SECO/WARWICK’s DNA

According to us, being socially responsible is not limited to meeting formal and legal requirements. For years, we have been creating a coherent model of responsible business and focusing on supporting the local community, the environment and building generations. We treat broadly understood issues relating to CSR activities as an investment and a source of development for the company and its stakeholders.

“We are an organization that focuses on CSR activities that have not only a financial dimension, but also a social one that engages us, the employees. We consciously involve our employees, partners and customers in helping. This is the key to understanding responsible business, and thanks to this we support the idea of partnership and a sense of community” – underlines Katarzyna Sawka Vice President of Group Marketing.

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT

Distinguished
innovation leader

We have received many renowned and recognized (by the industry and by business) awards and distinctions for our broad research and development activities (INNOVATION LEADER and MERIT FOR INVENTIVENESS); confirming our financial transparency and particular achievements for the economy (BUSINESS GAZELLES); for the reliability of our

services and untarnished opinion among customers and business partners (TRUSTWORTHY COMPANY). HSBC listed SECO/WARWICK among a few companies developing their activities worldwide and has awarded the title of Hidden Champion, whereas the EXPORT BRAND distinction recognizes the company’s development activities on global markets.