About NECO

NECO is a premier supplier of couplings and industrial equipment accessories. With our focus on crafting and shipping only quality products, we have maintained a reputation for quality first for over 100 years.

Robert Collier / NECO

NECO Leadership

Robert Collier
PRESIDENT

Rebekah
Accounts Payable SPC.

LISA
OPERATIONS Mgr.

James
Warehouse Mgr.

Gary
Production Mgr.

SETH
Web developer | Analyst

Our History

1914

NECO was founded in 1914 as the Garrott Brass & Machine Company in Houston, Texas. The company initially focused on custom manufacturing for other manufacturers but expanded into designing and manufacturing its own products over the years.

1974

Thomas Collier becomes the third generation from his family to own the company by taking over Garrott Brass & Machine and restored the company with the name National Equipment Corporation, abbreviated as NECO. During this time Tom began to research into products that were in short supply and then expanded NECO’s manufacturing into those areas, one of which was the media-blast coupling product line.

1992

In 1992 Tom moved the company to its current location of Brenham, Texas, making us the neighbors to Blue Bell Creameries. After the company move, Tom’s son Robert Collier joined his father in learning the company operations as well as introducing ball valves for its new line of products.

2017

Upon completion of military service in the Army’s 3RD Ranger BN, and earning his B.A. from Texas A&M, Robert followed in this fathers footsteps by becoming the new president of NECO.

NECO Advantage

Distributor Relationship

At NECO we believe that every distributor relationship we have matters. It is our duty to cultivate our distributor relationships in order to set the standard for our industry as a whole.

Quality First

The driving force for every product that we ship is our commitment to quality. We strive for setting the industry standard by inspecting every product twice over.

Competitive Pricing

Here at NECO we believe that in order for us to be successful our distributors and customers must be successful. To assist in this we continually monitor our competition to ensure that buying from NECO gives you the most value per dollar.

Innovative Change

NECO understands that technology & industries are ever-changing. Therefore we continually analyze the different industries we serve to ensure that we meet industry demand and that all NECO products have a positive impact in those industries.

Flexible Manufacturing

NECO has developed a flexible manufacturing sourcing model which provides us the ability to move manufacturing and tooling as economics of markets shift without any degradation of product quality.

Logistics

NECO is located approximately 80 miles from the Port of Houston. This location provides the infrastructure and shipping routes to best optimize operational channels with overseas manufacturing, assembly, and distribution.