ZIPPE is an owner-run family company already in its 4th generation and we are a partner to the international glass industry
2020 - ZIPPE Industrieanlagen GmbH celebrates its 100th birthday
2018 - Acquisition of glass business of Lahti Precision Oy ans establishment of Lahti Glass Technology Oy
2016 - Building of the 600th batch system
2016 - Top-level management assumed by Dr. Philipp Zippe (Dr. Bernd-Holger Zippe now chairman)
2014 - Installation of the 20th "Plant-Wide Automation" system
2011 - Construction of the 60th float glass batch system
2010 - ZIPPE Industrieanlagen GmbH celebrates its 90th birthday
2009 - Official opening of the new ZIPPE technology centre
2007 - Start of operations at the new ZIPPE logistics centre
2003 - Delivery of the 1000th batch charger
1995 - Official opening of the new ZIPPE electronics centre
1991 - Dr. Bernd-Holger Zippe assumes management of the ZIPPE company
1986 - Construction of the first batch/cullet preheater for the glass industry
1984 - Construction of the first batch system for float glass
1965 - Construction of the first factory cullet processing plant for hot and cold glass waste
1960 - Construction of the first batch system for container glass
1953 - Development of the first batch charger for the glass industry
1951 - Founding anew of the company in Wertheim. It is managed by founder Alfred Zippe Sr. and his son Alfred Zippe Jr., with wife Edith.
1920 - Founding of the company by Alfred Zippe Sr. in Haida, North Bohemia