Milestones

21.02.2018
Nomination LUDWIG, award for middle-sized businesses
25.01.2018
Issuing of the TÜV-certificate for the quality management system (QMS) according to ISO 9001:2015
31.12.2017
Investigation of customer satisfaction for the quality management system (QMS)
Category  AA  56%
Category    A  44%
20.07.2017
International Patent application ZBV-AC-Feeder®
for Europe, China, Japan, Canada, Mexico, U.S.A.
01.07.2016
Enlargement of the production field about 400 qm.
As a result exists a total production field about 4.000 qm
01.02.2016
Entry of the 150. full-time employed staff member in the company
17.09.2015
Release of new ZBV homepage with new service-portal
30.01.2015
Patent application 
Acoustic sorting system ZBV-AC-Feeder®
seit August 2014
Representative/ Cooperation/ Service partner in Whitmore Lake, MI - U.S.A.
(Operating Area: U.S.A. and Mexico)
seit Mai 2014
Representative/ Cooperation/ Service partner in Shanghai, China
12.12.2013
Foundation of our subsidiary company ZBV-AUTOMATION RO S.R.L. in Timisoara, Romania.
01.08.2013
Our company anniversary of 25 years of business.
01.03.2012
Extension of production and technical implementation area with each 200m². our entire production area is now 3,600m² 
01.01.2012
Joining of the 100th employee at the company.
02.11.2011
Our company receives the AEO certificate for "Customs simplification"
16.04.2009
Issuing of the TÜV-certificate for the quality management system (QMS) according to ISO 9001:2008
12.08.2009
European Patent
On growing processing module for our cell-concept ALPHAcell®
17.01.2008
German "Utility Model Protection"
On growing processing module for our cell-concept ALPHAcell®
15.01.2007
Development of flexible feeding/sorting systems VeroFlex®
14.02.2006
German "Utility Model Protection" and European Patent 
Modular and flexible assembly cell CORAcell®
01.07.2005
Graduate engineer Oliver Berse and graduate engineer, graduate economics engineer Michael Berse - are other associate-managing directors
15.11.2004
Development of WPC-linear cycle systems OmniFix ®
16.07.2003
Issuing of the TÜV-certificate for quality management system (QMS) according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000
29.01.2003
Erteilung des TÜV-Zertifikates für das Qualitätsmanagement-System nach
DIN EN ISO 9001:2000
16.01.2003
International patent application PCT
WPC Quick, Insertion-System PosiFix
02.05.2002
German "Utility Model Protection"
WPC Quick-Insertion-System MonoFix®
24.01.2002
German "Utility Model Protection"
WPC Quick-Insertion-System PosiFix
06.12.1999
Our company is one of the "Top 100 of innovative businesses to create new perspectives in North Rhine Westphalia."
01.02.1999
ZBV has now 50 full-time employees.
01.07.1998
Move to our own, new built production and desk office in Troisdorf, Spich. Since 2007 we have an own production area of 3,400m².
24.01.1997
our company receives the TÜV-certificate for the quality management system according to DIN EN ISO 9001
06.04.1994
Delivery of the first, new developed centrifugal feeder in small-batch production.
29.04.1991
Delivery of the first, self developed and constructed special machine.
01.06.1988
Starting business in long-term rented rooms in Troisdorf-Oberlar
Associate - managing director Norbert Berse, businessman
Associate - managing director Alfred Elsas, technical engineer
  • Trade of automation elements
  • Engineering of assembly and handling systems