A vision to become a global playerThe history of LAPPThose who wish to shape the future should know their own past. For us at LAPP, our roots and the values of our company founders Oskar and Ursula Ida Lapp are inspiration for our actions both today and in the future. Throughout our history, our values have determined who we are: customer-oriented, success-oriented, family-oriented and innovative. These are the values for which the Lapp family stands. These are the values that allowed LAPP to develop from nothing to a global market leader for integrated connection systems.LAPP - A German family business that continues to growGermany has over three million family-owned businesses. LAPP generated a turnover of over 1,93 billion euros in 2025, making it one of the most successful family companies in Germany. A success story that began with a simple question from Oskar Lapp: “How can the time-consuming, manual insertion of cable cores and wires into hoses be optimised"? The engineer answered his question with an innovation. In 1957, he developed the first industrially manufactured, flexible and oil-resistant control cable with colour coding.His wife Ursula Ida Lapp believed strongly in her husband’s invention, which later became known under the brand name ÖLFLEX®. In 1959, she registered U.I. Lapp KG with the Stuttgart District Court. The couple had worked on this name over the kitchen table together. With it, they wanted to emphasise that theirs was a family business. They took out a loan of 50,000 marks to finance their new enterprise. This investment quickly paid off. LAPP saw massive demand for its pre-assembled cables, and the company grew quickly.With their ambition, vision, courage and dedication, Oskar and Ursula Ida Lapp became an example, including to their own sons Andreas and Siegbert. After Oskar Lapp died of a heart attack in 1987, they and their mother continued to lead the company as their father would have wanted.Since 2017, the third generation of the Lapp family has also been responsible for the company and its employees: grandchildren Matthias and Alexander Lapp joined the family company. For founder Ursula Ida Lapp, who was born in 1930 and passed away in April 2021, the early and strategically planned arrival of the third generation of Lapp secured the growth and thus the future of the globally active family company.In 2022, the family will take the next major step: the second generation, Andreas Lapp and Siegbert Lapp, will retire from the operational business of the LAPP Group and put managerial responsibility completely into the hands of the third generation. Matthias Lapp, the eldest grandson of the company founder and son of Siegbert E. Lapp, is now Chairman of the Board at LAPP Holding AG. Andreas Lapp’s daughter Katharina Lapp has been appointed to the Supervisory Board. This means that in future, there will always be one member of the family on the Board of Directors and on the Supervisory Board: LAPP will remain a family company.The brandsBranding policies are still rare in the technical field; however, LAPP has encouraged them right from the very start. When Oskar Lapp invented the first cable with colour-coded wires in 1957, he named this innovative product ÖLFLEX® and in so doing also created a catchy brand name which has accompanied the product during its great success. Since then, LAPP has carried out a consistent branding policy for each of our product lines.However, this is driven by more than just mere desire to establish an easily recognisable product name. Strong branding gives our customers the peace of mind that each individual component allowed to carry the brand name fulfils the same high expectations.Today, the LAPP brands are some of the best-known in the cable technology field and have earned an outstanding reputation as a premium brand. All over the world, they stand for the values which we and our customers consider paramount: Quality, precision and reliability.Reliably connecting the world – this is a promise. For this reason, LAPP has an international presence. We act globally and think locally.LAPP manufactures at 27 international locations and is active in over 80 countries - this means we have a local presence worldwide and are always close to the individual challenges and needs of our customers.Customer-orientedWe serve our customers with the intention of improving their success in their respective markets. We enjoy a reliable and trusting relationship with our partners. We take every customer, both existing and potential, seriously and maintain a relationship based on respect.We provide our customers with a supply guarantee the world over thanks to international production sites and on-site storage of LAPP brand productsOur expert employees are on hand to help customers all over the worldWe find quick, flexible and straightforward solutions for our customersWe offer our customers competitive value for moneyWe enjoy long-term relationships with our partners and continue to evolve togetherOur skills are complemented by strong partnersWe strengthen our global growth with an international network of partnersSuccess-orientedAiming for success is important to us for ensuring our independence and profitable growth.Our performance-oriented organisation impresses both customers and partnersOur organisation is versatile and adapts to changing requirementsOur organisation boasts transparent structures that are adapted to our processesWe promote team-based decision-makingOur awareness of the risks supports our growth strategyWe are conscious of costs and resultsWe work towards and communicate jointly agreed goalsWe make sustainable, long-term decisionsFamily-orientatedLong-term strategies, a warm approach and close proximity combat any distance or anonymity.Our corporate culture is shaped by relationships based on respect and considerationWe encourage independent thinking and personal responsibilityWe communicate openly and transparentlyWe work together towards our goals in a spirit of trustWe constructively reflect on our actions and wordsWe secure our future through the education and training of our employeesWe respect the human rights, values and standards in all cultures.We address social and collective challengesShareholders identify with the company the shareholders can identify with itInnovativeFor us, innovation means developing forward-looking solutions for our customers.We continuously develop our products, system solutions and servicesWith our branded products, we set standards in terms of safety, quality and functionalityWe are constantly striving for improvements in our methods, processes and technologiesWe produce our innovative branded products in our own flexible plantsWe are committed to ensuring the safety of our employees, to protecting the environment and to responsible use of resources in the production of our products.
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