history

1992-1997: Dr. Braun as managing director of „Müller-Weingarten Werkzeuge GmbH (MW-WZ)”: 350 employees, body shell tools & large die-casting molds.

1993: Establishment of a production company in CZ-Morkov: 50 employees, NC production of tool base frames and complete cutting tools.

Morkov and Verovice are located in one of the core regions of metal processing with a long tradition in the Czech Republic. It is 5 minutes to the Nuremberg-Warsaw motorway and 15 minutes to Ostrava airport. The TATRA factories are 10 km away: 15,000 employees manufactured trucks and cars at the time.

1997: Leaves MW and establishes Eurocomp Systems KG in Germany and APS sro in CZ-Morkov.

1998: Jan Porizka starts as managing director at APS.

First orders from Audi, Volkswagen and German machine and tool manufacturers.

Sparkasse Engen-Gottmadingen (S-Finanzgruppe) supports both companies and finances the development and expansion. This at a time when the Czech Republic was not yet a member of the EU!

1998-today: Reconstruction and expansion of the Morkov 127 & Morkov 109 locations.

1999: Audi sells portal milling machine “Waldrich Coburg” to APS.

1999-today: Construction of the first hall in Verovice and delivery of the first large parts, since then expansions.

2000: First deliveries to BMW and Honsel.

2001: Delivery of the first complete machines with hydraulics to VW.

2001: First deliveries to Daimler.

2002: Delivery of the first complete deburring tools for VW and GF.

2002-2005: Commissioning of the drilling mill „Schiess” and other drilling mills in Verovice.

1998-today: Audi, BMW, Daimler & Volkswagen sell a total of over 30 machine tools to APS.

2003: The number of employees exceeds 100 people, the number of machines increases to over 120 machines.

2004/2005: Start of production of series parts for Georg Fischer in Gottmadingen.

2005: Commissioning of 2 large MECOF NC milling machines in Verovice.

2006: Delivery of the first fully assembled machines directly to end customers (Honda in Italy, Suzuki in Hungary, Swedish Steel in Sweden, Alcan in Russia, among others), with technical pre-acceptance at APS by the APS customers & the End customers.

2007: Start of production of series parts for MAN Trucks in Gottmadingen.

2008: Start of production of series parts for Daimler Truck & Bus in Gottmadingen.

2008: The number of employees exceeds 150 people.

2008: Inauguration of the APS “wall-of-fame”: Honoring all employees who have worked on building up the APS company for over 10 years: foremen, milling operators, fitters, welders and many other professions.

2009: Commissioning of the Large lathe „Hercules” in Verovice.

2009: Honoring the first customers who have ordered tools and machines from APS for over 10 years.

2010: Start of production of series parts for VW/Audi in Kassel-Niedenstein.

2010: Start of production of series parts for Volvo trucks in Gottmadingen.

2010: "Daily CNC measurement of series parts with fully automatic program" on a Zeiss UMC 850 in Gottmadingen.

2011: Commissioning of the large milling machine "Ingersoll" in Verovice.

2011: Commissioning of the new "Hall for precision assembly" in Verovice. Assembly of 8-color printing stands

2011: Production and assembly of turnkey systems for „Bombardier-Aero” in Verovice.

2012: Dismantling of heavy „die-casting molds” and pressing out of the inserts in Kassel.

2012: Commissioning of „2 large NC drilling machines with NC rotary table” of the brands Union & Schiess-Moweg in Verovice.

2012: Production and assembly of "Banknote testing machines" in Morkov and Verovice.

2012: Start of the "powder coating system for 6-meter-long mechanical engineering parts" in Verovice.

2012: Series production with 2 heavy systems for "differential housings for BMW, VW and ZF" in Gottmadingen.