Past and present

Past

High speed of increasing numbers of automobiles on Czechoslovakian and later Czech market during nineties confirmed company right specialization on ISO towbars for cars and trucks. Company reaction on this increasing numbers were implemented in two independent lines, each targeting different segment of clients.

• In first line was import of used cars from west Europe, with specific part old very cheap automobiles from former East Germany.
• In second line was sale of new cars in Czech republic. In beginning was market dominated by old socialistic companies but they have been soon driven out by car dealers from western Europe.

Until second half of the year 1995 company Brázdil used individual high skill manufacturing of single towbars and in this method it accomplished perfection. After new law banned individual production with new national homologation, company was forced to seek new solutions. Company started with seeking manufacturing programs of other goods and begins licensed production but finally concentrated full efforts to development and manufacturing own patterns of towbars and towballs. Licensed production was reduced only for few types of towbars for older cars not profitable for new design. They new development started with most common types of towbars for cars with highest investment return, usually older because their owners and dealers were not restricted by importers of new automobiles. During next years, company more and more directed towards towbars for newer cars company has accepted ISO 9001:2000 quality management system and 1.7.2003 it has been awarded by quality certificate. This certificate is even acknowledged by German bureau of transportation KBA and it makes possible exports and homologation in all member countries of EU. Quality management system makes possible cope with repetitive production with guarantee of hundred percent identification and classification of products and concurrently modernized and replenished production base. With new progressive technology, quality of production grown steadily. Present day situation affirms that the path taken in year 1995 was right.

In the year 2003 company was influenced by various bad effects and get in stagnation. Company management made complex analysis of economics situation with concentration on all negative events and currents. At the end of the year 2003 was executed plan for year 2004, attempted to make hundred percent grow of productivity of labor and improve company position on European market.

Present

2001

Company HOOK CZ s.r.o has been founded for retail sale of towbars brand products. Towbars HOOK were exclusively distributed by trade company Corpim a.s.

2004

Rights for exclusive distribution for Corpim a.s were canceled. Czech goods, manufactured by Brázdil s.r.o were combined with products of Belgian company GDW n.w. Trademark Brázdil was abandoned. Trade company Corpim a.s. become main trade partner for company HOOK and distribution network was replenished by regular buyers of Brázdil company.

2007

Companies Brázdil tažná zařízení s.r.o. and HOOK CZ s.r.o. was merged. Since 31. 7.2007 the only successor company is HOOK CZ s.r.o. This company continues with the same staff as the defunct companies and takes over all their claims and commitments.

HOOK CZ s.r.o now offers more than thousand patterns of towbars and towballs ISO 50 for cars and trucks. Most of them has international homologation ES 94/20 or EHK 55, minority, mostly for older cars has homologation by ordinance MDCR number 102/95.