Our roots can be traced back to Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe, (1877-1958), pioneer English pilot and founder in 1910 of the AVRO Aviation company which went on to produce the Lancaster & Vulcan Bombers.
For 50 years the name VERO has been synonymous throughout Europe and beyond with high quality electronics packaging. Verotec continue to provide the quality and service for which VERO was famous for.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1961 | VERO is established by Geoffrey Verdon Roe in England – the son of Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe founder of the AVRO aviation company and the first Englishman (claimed) to make a powered flight in June 1908. One of the very first VERO products was the “VERO Board”, with which many past students of electronic engineering will still be familiar today, a matrix board for assembling test circuits and test setups. |
| 1964 | VERO Electronics GmbH is established in Bremen. |
| 1966 | VERO launches the first, simple mounting racks on the market – known by the name “KM4”. |
| 1979 | BICC in the UK acquires the VERO Group. For BICC, a major English cable-manufacturing group, purchasing the VERO Group meant the acquisition of new technology sectors. |
| 1986 | BICC VERO acquires Imhoff Group in England. The “IMRAK” 19inch cabinet business was built up. |
| 1994 | MBO, separation from BICC. The VERO Group management acquired the group in an MBO, with backing from investors. |
| 1995 | Flotation of the VERO Group as a plc on the London Stock Exchange. |
| 1998 | The American Group APW acquires the VERO Group. There was a shift towards focusing on the telecommunications sector. |
| 2007 | APW goes into administration and ceases trading – all assets and IP are sold. |
| 2007 | Verotec is formed and acquires the IPR to many of the “VERO” products from APW’s administrators. |
| 2009 | Verotec opens US facility in New Hampshire. |
| 2024 | Verotec opens second UK facility in Bishops Waltham and acquires the former Vero Electronics business in Bremen, Germany. |
| 2024 | Verotec becomes part of the POLYRACK Tech Group, a global, manufacturing technology company servicing the electronics market. |