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About Backer Calesco
Backer Calesco is a business unit within Backer BHV
, a subsidiary of NIBE Industries specializing in applications of flexible foil elements providing heat for a wide variety of industries. Calesco offers the widest product range of all flexible foil heater manufacturers in the world.
Our mission is to find an optimal, cost efficient solution for every customer with a need for heating elements. With over 40 years of experience from a diversity of market segments and applications have given us the competence not only to supply a heating element, but to provide a total heating solution.
With production in Sweden, Poland and China and sales office/warehouse in the US, Backer Calesco combines excellent quality with global sourcing for cost competitiveness and efficient logistic solutions.
Backer Calesco is fully registered as a supplier in the Achilles Power & Tech Supply chain management community.
Backer Calesco Quality
ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
The knowledge and competence that many years of experience has given ensures high quality of our products. We offer optimal technical solutions with the best possible quality at competitive prices. Highly advanced technical lab facilities, rigorous quality and certification work as well as excellent customer service makes us the natural choice.
Certificates
History
1967
Kanthal buys a licence from USA.
1970
Start of Foil division.
1975
First Commercial product: Piglet heater.
1981
First break through into Automotive Industry, rear view mirror heater delivered to Britax Wingard UK to Ford.
1984
Start of Waterbed production.
1992
Split of Kanthal and CALESCO.
1994
First delivery of RVM heaters into US Market.
1995
Opening of Norells US Office in Chicago.
1998
NIBE buys CALESCO.
2000
CALESCO starts a Production unit in Poland.
2001
CALESCO takes over Norells.
2004
CALESCO starts a production unit in China.
2006
CALESCO reaches 20 million heaters per year.
