KANCA began its production of hand tools in the early 1960s with a workforce of 20 and as a family owned company. Shortly, as the quality of the products were well accepted by the market, the range expanded to cover a very extensive spectrum of hand tools. A new plant of 20.000 m2 (215.200 sq. feet). was constructed and began operation in 1974 where the expanded and modernized forging line made it also possible to supply high quality forged parts to the industry.

Since the beginning of the 1980s, the demand from the automotive industry has lead the way to further increase the capacity in the forged parts production and supply higher quality parts to local OEMs and licensed manufacturers as Fiat, Mercedes, Iveco, Ford and Renault. During the 1990s, KANCA became a reliable partner and indispensable source of supply to dozens of customers in the car, commercial and agricultural vehicle, defense and construction industries.

Nowadays, even customers like VW and the ZF group have come to rely upon the renowned quality of Kanca. KANCA continued its production of hand tools in 2004, finishing the construction of a brand new 55.000 m2 forging plant of that 30.000 m2 closed.