History of Merco Machines

Merco Machines N.V. was founded in the late 70’s as a design office for special machinery by Mr. Ir. Marc Mertens.
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Very soon however a machining, a machine assembly and an electrical department were added. This was indispensable to assure flexibility, rapidity and reliability for the customers when making prototype machinery. When acting as a line-integrating partner for projects with a total automation, these resources have proven to be an enormous added value for Merco Machines N.V. and for the customers.

Today Merco Machines N.V. is a medium size company with engineers graduated from higher technical institutes and universities. Since 1987 Merco Machines N.V. is based in Merelbeke, where the company is located in 3 buildings. It includes an engineering office, a sales and administrative staff, a machining shop for making parts, a machine assembly hall and an electrical and automation team for electrical control panels. Together with a strong customer support, these departments are completely at your service.

HMI Siemens Touch Panel

Due to the variety of countries of destination and of different customer preferences, the control panels are custom built according to different standards. By building the controls ourselves and by machining most parts in house, Merco Machines N.V. can maintain a high quality standard. Installation and commissioning in the customer's plant can be done with the help of personnel from Merco Machines N.V. The final training of the machine operators and the fine-tuning and optimization of the machines in the customer's plant is also part of our after sales customer service.

Today the company is controled by a new generation of qualified and experienced managers.

Satisfied customers of Merco Machines N.V. can be found all over the world , from Asia to Oceania, to Africa, to North and South America, the Middle East and of course all over Europe. Please see our reference page to see an overview.

  1. 1978
  2. 1988
  3. 1990
  4. 1997
  5. 1999
  6. 2003
  7. 2004
  8. 2018
  9. 2019
  10. 2020
  1. 1978
    Foundation of Merco Machines

    Foundation of Merco Machines by Mr. & Mrs. Marc & Jeanine Mertens - Cassiman

    Mrs. and Mr. Mertens
  2. 1988
    The first two halls were built

    The first two halls of our assembly department are built

    Merco Machines Facilities
  3. 1990
    Halls 3 and 4 were built

    Halls 3 and 4 of our assembly department are built

    Merco Machines Facilities
  4. 1997
    New office building is completed

    The construction of our new office building in front of the assembly department is completed

    Merco Machines Facilities
  5. 1999
    Acquisition

    Acquisition of our machining department

    Merco Machines Facilities
  6. 2003
    Acquisition of GMI

    Acquisition of GMI

    GMI
  7. 2004
    Directors J. Rabaeys and J. Menu

    Mr. Johan Rabaeys and Mr. Johan Menu join the Merco Board of Directors

    Board of Merco machine
  8. 2018
    40 Years Merco Machines

    Celebration of 40 Years Merco Machines

    40 Years Merco Machines
  9. 2019
    New hall for machining department

    Building of new hall in two phases for machining department with extra offices and more space

    Building Merco Machines
  10. 2020
    A new Merco Board of Directors is at your disposal

    Johan Rabaeys (Managing Director)
    Michiel Rabaeys (Financial Director)
    Daniel Van Acker & Patriek Van Parys (Sales Directors)
    Donaat Wambacq (Director Engineering)
    Ludwig Borgonjon (Director Production)

    Board of Merco machines