H. Cegielski – Poznań S.A. is a Polish manufacturing company from the city of Poznań. The company is locally known as Ceglorz, and since 1923 has also used the HCP symbol. After the fall of communism, Cegielski became a joint stock company. Currently it has several international certificates (ISO 9001, ISO 14001). In 1994 it received a Golden Medal during the Poznań International Fair.
HCP is part of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA.[1]
History
The company was founded by Hipolit Cegielski in 1846 in Poznań. It grew from a small workshop in the Hotel Bazar to a large factory, first fixing and later building agricultural mechanical tools and vehicles, steam tractors, steam locomotives and railroad cars, trams and military equipment. In 1869 the company was already producing its own steam engines and had over 300 workers.
In 1880 Hipolit's son, Stefan Cegielski, renamed the company to "Factory of Agricultural Machines and Equipment H. Cegielski in Poznań" (Fabryka Machin i Urządzeń Rolniczych H. Cegielski w Poznaniu). In 1889 it was transformed from a family business into a