The Heco Story

All stories have a beginning. Ours starts here.

HECO was launched in 1959 by Terrell Hatfield. His vision was for HECO to be a customer-focused, problem-solving organization that would earn a reputation for expert repair, sales, and equipment management.

To get the business going, he knew he had to prove he was better than the other guys. So, when he went into the papermills that dotted the landscape around Kalamazoo, Michigan looking for motor repair work, he threw down a challenge.

Times change. The story doesn’t.

Still today, HECO is proving itself by taking on the toughest tasks: by asking for the motor that, no matter how many times you send it out, keeps causing problems. And still today, before we offer answers, we ask questions to find out why the problem occurred in the first place.

Here’s another thing that hasn’t changed. When a motor comes in for repair, we just want to see it once. We don’t want to see it again. We have a reputation to live up to: when HECO fixes it, it’s fixed.

It’s who we were, are, and always will be.

Warwood Armature Repair Company

Established in 1927 in Wheeling, WV, by Raymond V. Thalman and Lawrence J. Schmitt, Warwood Armature began by rewinding armatures for local coal mines and industries. Over the years, the company expanded its facilities, adding more than 100,000 square feet of warehouse space for motor management, storage, and exchange services. Incorporating Warwwod’s specialized focus on coal, shale, and industrial customers in the Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia tri-state area into the HECO brand provides added depth of expertise to both entities’ existing customers and increases overall service area.

Kentucky Service Company

Kentucky Service Company was founded in 1968 by Charles Moore and Ronald Riggs and had established itself as a leader in the sales and service of electric motors, pumps, and other rotating equipment since the early 1970s. Its geographical location and ability to provide in-shop repair, predictive maintenance, onsite repair, and system design or upgrades has helped HECO expand to serve clients in southern Ohio, Southern Indiana, and Kentucky.