The history of Kopf Group

Year Investment
1973 Establishment of a galvanizing shop in Göppingen by Magda and Willi Kopf
1979 Relocation of the plant to the newly built facilities in Schlierbach near Kirchheim/Teck
1986 Takeover of Brunner Verzinkerei Brüder Bablik, Austria – today´s ZINKPOWER Brunn
1988 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Bergheim, Austria
1989 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Klagenfurt, Austria
1991 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Radebeul, Germany
1992 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Moson, Hungary - the first firm outside the German-speaking countries
1994 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Roudnice, Czech Republic
1996 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Malacky, Slovakia
1998 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Ostrava, Czech Republic
1998 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Promptus, Czech Republic
1999 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Austrindo, Indonesia - the first firm outside Europe
2000 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Coating, Austria
2000 Takeover of 13 German galvanizing plants and one die-cast producer, from Metaleurop Weiterverarbeitung GmbH - the largest deal in the ZINKPOWER Group's history
2000 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Krieger, Germany
2000 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Wiener Neustadt, Austria
2001 Start of production at POWER-CAST Ortmann s.r.o., Czech Republic - producer of zinc die-cast parts
2002 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Remels and ZINKPOWER Schopsdorf, Germany
2003 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Schönberg, Germany
2003 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Bernau, Germany
2003 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Gratkorn, Austria
2005 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Stettin, Poland
2005 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Hückelhoven, Germany
2007 Start of production at POWER-CAST Monterrey, Mexico - producer of aluminium and zinc die-cast parts
2007 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Monterrey, Mexico
2007 Takeover of POWER-CAST Vobra, Germany - producer of aluminium die-cast parts
2008 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Batam Indo, Indonesia
2008 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Middle East, United Arab Emirates
2008 Takeover of POWER-CAST Zitzmann, Deutschland - producer of magnesium die-cast parts
2010 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Martin, Slovakia
2010 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Wielkopolska, Poland
2010 Takeover of POWER-CAST Light Metal Solutions, Germany - producer of light metal systems
2011 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Buk, Poland
2013 Grand opening of POWER-CAST Liaoning, China
2015 Start of production at ZINKPOWER São Paulo, Brazil
2015 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Vorchdorf, Austria
2016 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Coating Schopsdorf, Germany
2016 Takeover of POWER-CAST Drumeta, Germany
2018 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Sinabelkirchen, Austria
2018 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Wschod, Poland
2019 Start of production 2nd galvanizing line at ZINKPOWER Austrindo, Indonesia
2019 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Izmir, Turkey
2019 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Neumarkt, Austria
2019 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Portland, Oregon/USA
2020 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Hidalgo, Mexiko
2020 Takeover of ZINKPOWER Odense und ZINKPOWER Holstebro, Denmark
2021 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Waco, USA
2022 Start of production at ZINKPOWER Stoughton, USA
2023 Takeover ZINKPOWER Perleberg