ABOUT US
Zapf GmbH & Co. KG is a medium-sized, for three generations family-owned and family-run business in Upper Franconian Hof / Saale with approx. 60 employees.
The extrusion process is used to produce cores that can be used as winding cores, packaging or for sports, leisure or decorative purposes. We produce textile cores, winding rings, disc coils and press cores by injection moulding. We also develop technical parts on customers´ request.
COMPANY GOALS
HISTORY
Jan 27th, 1937
registered in the commercial register as H.N. Zapf Kommandit-Gesellschaft Hof,
Sigmundsgraben
1966
Expansion in Köditzer Straße and relocation of administration
2019
Change of Name to Zapf GmbH & Co. KG
1936
Heinrich Nikolaus Zapf and Carl Durst establish H.N. Zapf KG Hof as a "company for the production of paper tubes for the textile and metal goods industry" Jan 27th, 1937
27. Jan 1937
registered in the commercial register as H.N. Zapf Kommandit-Gesellschaft Hof, Sigmundsgraben
1954
Construction of the company building in Carl-Benz-Straße
1965
Start of processing plastics, extruding plastics as coatings
1972
Karl A. Zapf builds a subsidiary plant in Köditzer Strasse to manufacture injection-moulded and extrusion products (covers and yarn spools)
1996
Expansion in Köditzer Straße and relocation of administration
1997
Ulrich C.P. Zapf becomes limited partner
2002
Ulrich C.P. Zapf joins the management
2012
The company employs approx. 50 employees on about 8,000 sqm operating area and over 35,000 sqm real estate Special pipes and injection moulded articles made of polymer materials
2016
Investments of this company are co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund and the Free State of Bavaria:
- Construction of a production/warehouse of approx. 76O m2
- Construction of an automatic long goods plant for the intermediate storage of semi-finished goods
- Expansion of the production capacities by additional production components
- Modernization of the production hall
2018
Karl A. Zapf retires from business and hands over the management of the company
2019
Change of Name to Zapf GmbH & Co. KG
SUSTAINABILITY
Recycling instead of waste: Thanks to the positive properties of plastic, products can often be used several times; waste can thus be considerably reduced or almost completely avoided. However, despite all efforts, waste can never be completely avoided; therefore residual waste is collected, processed and reused for special products according to the customers´ wishes.
In general, we pay attention to eco-friendly production processes, careful handling of resources and the exploitation of even the smallest material reserves. Our machinery is adapted to the current environmental standards and is continuously updated to the latest state of the art.
In cooperation with our partner, we offer rotary systems with foldable large plastic containers, so no waste is being generated from the outset during the production of cores or their packaging. In addition, containers and cores get cleaned, refurbished and returned to the pool system. Hereby strict regulations apply in the pharmaceutical, hygiene and food industries.
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Alternative system for the improvement of energy efficiency according to §3 SpaEfV
Energy – Environment – Sustainability: We strive to keep the impact on people and the environment in the planning, manufacture, storage, transport, distribution and use of our products and systems to an unavoidable minimum. We work with suppliers who pursue and support similar objectives. We generally strive for long-term cooperation.