US OUR FOURTH CENTURY Zapp has always been at the top for more than 300 years thanks to technical and intellectual movement. Centuries of experience, new products, technical progress and renewal, the latest technology and the highest quality standards set us apart. Follow us on a 300-year journey through time! ZAPP TODAY ZAPP IN THE 20TH CENTURY ZAPP IN THE 19TH CENTURY YEARS TRADITION. 2020 Establishment of a new service centre for special materials and high-performance materials in Unna. New shipping hall at the Schwerte location and expansion of the service center in Taicang. 2019 Opening of a new sales location in Pune, India. Expansion of the Sandviken location with additional facilities. 2018 Zapp Group takes over the Sandvik Wire division in Sandviken, Sweden on September 1st. New construction of the conference center in Schwerte. 2017 New 5800 m² hall for the relocation of the Specialty Materials Service Center from Ratingen to Schwerte. 2016 The competence from technological knowledge, production system and quality assurance are transferred from the Schwerte location to the new bar steel production in the USA at the Summerville, South Carolina, location. 2013 Uniform appearance of all companies in Germany under Zapp Precision Metals GmbH and Zapp Materials Engineering GmbH. 2012 New construction of the burned-down hall and complete renovation of the adjacent halls. New production center for highly demanding medical applications. 2011 The entire strip production from the Schwerte location is complemented through high investments in a new rolling mill at the Unna location. 2009 The Summerville, South Carolina, location in the United States is expanded by the foundation of Zapp Tooling Alloys, Inc. Opening of the new service center in Taicang, China. 2008 The product range is expanded through the purchase of Ferd. Wagner GmbH in Pforzheim and Hong Kong. Profile and flat wires as well as the of components product group are added. 2007 The East Coast USA Service Center is founded in Stratford, Connecticut. The focus is on the processing of strip products. 2005 Expansion of the Ergste location to become a center of excellence for wires, bars and profiles, especially for applications in the automotive and medical technology. 2000 Establishment of the second production facility in the USA. The new location in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, focuses on strip production under Zapp Precision Strip, Inc. 1998 All companies in the Zapp Group are united under Zapp AG. 1996 Establishment of the first production facility in the USA. Zapp Precision Wire, Inc. and Zapp Tooling Alloys, Inc. are founded at the Summerville location in South Carolina. 1995 Start of the strategically oriented internationalization of the Zapp Group with new foreign production and service center locations for strips, wires, bars and profiles in the USA, UK and China. Development of a worldwide sales organization. 1991 The Westig steelworks in Unna is taken over. The product ranges at the Schwerte and Unna locations complement each other and internationalization is initiated. 1982 Robert Zapp Werkstofftechnik receives the distribution rights for the powder metallurgical high-performance material series CPM®. 1955 Introduction of high-tech-, nickel- and cobalt-based materials into the material portfolio. 1926 Takeover of shares in the steelworks Ergste by Robert Zapp at the Schwerte location. 1887 Robert Zapp receives exclusive distribution rights for Krupp tooling steel. 1701 Hermann Zapp buys a hammer mill and starts a business. 15 LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE CONTACT DOWNLOADS CERTIFICATES CAREER SAP-LOGIN CALCULATORS NEWS PRODUCT FORMS MATERIALS INDUSTRIES ABOUT US © 2021 ZAPP AG GTC PRIVACY POLICY IMPRINT USE OF COOKIES By using our website, necessary cookies are set. You can find further information in our privacy policy and in our imprint. ACCEPT