In the year 1972, two ambitious engineers Mr D Fonseca and Mr R J Oswal decided to quit their comfortable jobs and took a plunge into the Industrial World by establishing a partnership company to manufacture Bottling Plants, for Soft Drinks, Breweries, Distilleries, Pharmaceuticals and other products using Bottle as a Packing material, and thus HILDEN & CO., Engineers - a partnership company was born.

The two Engineers, specialized in Production Engineering & Mechanical Design. They combined their resources and experience, totaling more than forty years, along with a lot of courage and innovative ideas to commence operations in a small works shop of 1000 sq. ft. Their only finance was their personal savings. Their goal was to manufacture machines of the finest quality and latest technology. 

In 1978 and 1980 HILDEN exported fruit juice bottling plants to Sharjah and Mogadiscio, both plants having a capacity of producing 1,20,000 bottles per shift. In the recent past we have supplied a complete Carbonated and Fruit Juice Line to Kenya and similar lines to Bhutan, Nepal and Male.

The recognition of achievements came in 1982. HILDEN was selected to receive a CITATION PLAQUE and CERTIFICATE of Award as a successful Small Scale Industry. The Award was presented by the VICE-PRESIDENT of INDIA to D. Fonseca, who accepted the award on behalf of the Company.