The acquired companies and the knowledge thus acquired and experience not only steadily continued to grow the company, but at the same time strengthen its core competencies. The cleaning operation became one of the leading providers for infrastructure building services in Europe with a unique regional coverage. HECTAS expanded its offering on the segments of building services and security services, thereby also specializing in the field of hygiene. The strong growth required a concentration of the Group of companies under the umbrella of HECTAS. “the new company name was introduced in 1997 with H’ and S ‘ in HECTAS for the company hygienic service and it represents the tradition of the company.

The English Imperial hectares points to the many thousand hectares of building, which daily manages the company. Today, more than 12,000 people for HECTAS work. The total turnover of the HECTAS group was 2008 for the first time over EUR 200 million. About HECTAS: HECTAS facility services Stiftung & co. KG with its headquarters in Wuppertal is one of the leading quality providers for infrastructure building in Europe. The company employs 12,000 employees in nine European countries in the segments building-cleaning services, building services and security services. HECTAS was founded in 1974 as a subsidiary of the Vorwerk group. HECTAS offers its sophisticated, developed individually for each customer solutions, inter alia in the fields of industry, management, food processing, health and care, trade and logistics. HECTAS is a member of the quality network building services is for all branches according to ISO 9001 and 14001 certified. Your personal contact: Jens Koenen, head of marketing and business development Tel.: + 49 (0) 202-564 43 60 fax: + 49 (0) 202-564 43 50 E-Mail: