The name of esco is closely connected with modern concepts of electrical and mechanical drive system in Europe.
ESCO is the competence partner of the industry connecting producers and users of innovative drive solutions. We deliver technology, engineering and service for diverse drive applications to the optimum.
More than nearly 70 years of know-how and long-standing cooperation with renowned national and international suppliers guarantee for innovative and cost-effective drive system solutions.
esco is an expert partner to the industry, linking between manufacturers and end users. More than 200 employees based in locations in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Germany are ready to support our customers with services ranging from consulting and engineering to repairs, maintenance and user training.
Motion control of today and tomorrow
Expertise in transmissions and electrical and mechanical drives is the basis for our success
Expertise in transmissions and electrical and mechanical drives is the basis for our success – with over 70 years’ experience in these areas. They remain at the core of our strategy to continue a leading enterprise in driving technology.
The foundations of the enterprise’s success were laid in the Belgium capital of Brussels. In the late 40s, Eugen Schmidt, the founder of the enterprise, started with power shift transmissions and hydrodynamic torque converters. As a result of strong post war demand, the business activities quickly exceeded the national borders. Germany, in particular, developed into a very important market and in 1957 an autonomous esco company was founded in Cologne. Due to the dynamic growth, esco established in 1974 its base in Troisdorf, located between the densely populated areas Rhine-Main and Rhine-Ruhr, favourably situated relative to transport facilities, close to the Cologne-Bonn airport and directly at the Autobahn A 59 on an ideal 10,000 m² site. Pure trading was primary interest at the beginning.
However, soon esco became a distributor-engineering enterprise. As the links between manufacturer and user developed, esco provided innovative and economic driving solutions in response to the diversification of the requirements. Combinations of tried-and-tested technologies from leading manufactures together with our own engineering know-how are the basis for our optimal solutions.