History of Hitex AB


1982 Company established by Jerk Jepson & Lars Runeman
1985

First prestige carpet order for Swedish goverment. The carpet is placed at the Swedish embassy in Riyad

1985 The first robot was built
1986 First prestige carpet order for cruise ship
1987 Cooperation with Kinnasand
1989 The company was sold to Kinnasand
1991 The prototype for todays robot was made
1993 Mr. Jepson and Mr. Runeman bought the company back from Kinnasand
1993 Industrial buildings accuired
1997 Major upgrade of the robot
2001 First participation in Domotex, Hanover. Exhibitor every year since
2002 The first robot was sold to Turkey, delivered in Januari 2003
2003 First participation in ITMA, Birmingham
2003 Started cooperation with sales representative in Turkey, England/Ireland, Holland/Belgium
2004 Hitex AB founds the subsidiary Hitex Robot Handtuft AB
2005 First participation in Domotex ASIA, Shanghai. Exhibitor every year since
2005 First participation in ITMA asia, Singapore
2005 Started cooperation with sales representatives in China
2006 Jerk Jepson sells his part of the company to Lars Runeman
2007 A prototype for a new robot is built
2007 Started cooperation with sales representatives in USA
2007 First participation in FloorTek, Dalton GA
2008 Started cooperation with sales representative in Iran
2008 Release of HPR 3x2 and the HPR 4x3
2009 Release of the revolutionary function for production of 3d carpets.

Hitex Robot Handtuft AB
Nissavägen 5
SE-376 36 Svängsta

Sweden
Tel: +46 454 337 30
Fax +46 454 322 850
hitex@hitex.se
www.hitex.se/robot