| 1903 |
first machinery workshop established in Baťa company
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| 1905 |
first shoe machine manufactured
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| 1936 |
Baťa company founds filial joint stock company MAS,
production of machine tools launched
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| 1935 - 1937 |
construction of foundry
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| 1939 |
machine tool plant construction begun in Sezimovo Ústí
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| 1950 |
independent
company ZPS (Závody přesného strojírenství) – separated from Svit,
following Baťa company nationalization
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| 1964 |
first NC lathes and milling machines produced in ZPS
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| 1972 |
first NC machining center in produced in ZPS
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| 1980 |
first CNC machine tools produced
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| 1982 |
new grey cast iron foundry operation launched (construction begun in 1976)
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| 1992 |
privatization of state joint stock company,
first centres for USA
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| 1993 |
transitional process finalized,
new organizational structure - ZPS, a.s.
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| 1994 |
ZPS,a.s. - major exporter of machining centres to USA
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| 1995 |
ZPS,a.s. - predominant lathe manufacturer in Czech Republic,
organizational structure of ZPS GROUP finalized
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| 1996 |
marketing management ZPS GROUP consolidated
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| 1997 |
ZPS, a. s., ranked 34th
among the world’s machine tool manufacturers
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| 1998 |
restructuring process started
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| 1999 |
a.s. ZPS filed bankrupt in October
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| 2000 |
new owner - MTM Tajmac takeover in June,
first machining centre with linear drives
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| 2001 |
significant investment in the company,
first CNC multispindle automatic lathe
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| 2002 |
company restructuring,
development and manufacture of multifunctional machine TURNMILL
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| 2003 |
restoral traditional production - new CNC lathes TCH 500 DOUBLE and TCH 500 PRIME
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