ERKO | Think Future

“Like an Italian family, we love each other, we argue, but we are always ready to support each other and to stand up for each other.” These words of Piotr Pętlak, President of the Management Board, inaugurated the celebration of the 40th anniversary of ERKO. The company was founded by one man out of passion, courage, and diligence and today it employs three hundred employees in two manufacturing plants located in Czeluśnica and Jonkowo. The company underwent a reorganisation in 1986 with the start of production of cable terminals for the shipbuilding industry. As a result of dynamic development, the brothers (Roman, Jan, and Józef ) decided to open a branch in their home village of Czeluśnica. Through intensive efforts, technological advancements, innovative products, the company has achieved high manufacturing standards. This was officially recognised when ERKO became the first Polish company to receive the PN-ISO 9001 certificate awarded in Poland by the Polish Register of Shipping. 40 LAT MINĘŁO JAK JEDEN DZIEŃ The 40th anniversary celebration reflected on a difficult period of succession when Piotr Pętlak took the helm of the company overnight in 2001. His brother, Michał, joined him a year later. However, it all began in 1938 when Piotr Pętlak, the father of the founder of ERKO and the grandfather of the company’s current owners, opened a forge. One of his sons, Roman, followed in his footsteps and started his own business in 1981. He established a craft workshop in Jonkowo near Olsztyn, specialising in the production of agricultural tools. Założyciele: Roman, Józef, Jan Pętlak Zarząd: Michał, Piotr, Marcin Pętlak