| 1973 |
Willi and Magda Kopf
found a galvanizing shop in Göppingen and start the production with two
employees. |
| 1979 |
Relocation of the hot
dip galvanizing plant to the newly built facilities in Schlierbach near
Kirchheim/Teck. |
| 1986 |
Willi Kopf
acquires Brunner Verzinkerei Brüder Bablik in Brunn am Gebirge,
Austria. |
| 1988 |
Bergheimer Verzinkerei
near Salzburg, Austria, is acquired. |
| 1989 |
Takeover Kärntner
Verzinkerei in Klagenfurt KOPF group's market position is rounded
out. |
| 1991 |
Kopf Group acquires a
galvanizing plant in Radebeul near Dresden, which commences operation
under the new name Verzinkerei Radebeul GmbH. |
| 1992 |
BBB Moson Cink in
Hungary becomes the first firm outside the German-speaking
countries. |
| 1994 |
Erection of Zinkovna
Roudnice, Czech Republic. |
| 1996 |
A third Eastern
European country is entered as Zinkovna Malacky is built in
Slovakia. |
| 1998 |
The market position in
the Czech Republic is further strengthened as a galvanizing plant in Decin
is acquired. |
| 1998 |
Zinkovna Ostrava starts
operation. With it KOPF group's leading position on the Czech Republic
market is underpinned. |
| 1999 |
The first galvanizing
shop of KOPF group outside Europe starts production in Jakarta,
Indonesia. |
| 2000 |
In the greater area of
Vienna OTW Oberflächentechnik Wiener Neustadt is acquired. |
| 2000 |
The galvanizing shop
Krieger near Düsseldorf becomes a member of the KOPF group. |
| 2000 |
The largest deal in
KOPF group's history is closed. Thirteen galvanizing plants and one zinc
die cast producer are acquired from Metaleurop Weiterverarbeitung GmbH.
These companies with locations in Neumünster, Hamburg, Rostock, Lübeck,
Berlin, Calbe, Braunschweig, Alheim, Meckenheim, Lahr, Dogern,
Fürsten-feldbruck and Velbert fit the geographical distribution of KOPF
group ideally. |
| 2002 |
Takeover of two
galvanizing plants FNO and FNW of Roßberg-Group. Operation under the name
Feuerverzinkung Remels and Feuerverzinkung Schopsdorf. |
| 2003 |
Start of production of
Verzinkerei Schönberg |
| 2003 |
Acquisition of
Steirische Verzinkerei, Gratkorn. |
| 2003 |
Takeover of Verzinkerei
Bernau |
| 2005 |
Takeover of galvanizing
plant Stagrid Stapelmann. Operation under the name Verzinkerei
Hückelhoven |
| 2005 |
Takeover of
Porta-Eko-Cynk, Stettin |
| 2006 |
Das Druckgusswerk Ortmann übernimmt
die Produktion von Alu- und Zinkdruckguss der Firma Cleff Metallguss,
Wuppertal. |
| 2007 |
Start of production of ZinkPower Monterrey in
Mexico |
| 2007 |
Takeover of aluminium die casting company
VDT-Vobra Druckgusstechnik, Enger/Westfalen |
| 2007 |
Start of production of zinc die casting
company Ortmann Mexico in
Monterrey |
