1976: Oskar Lapp founded Olflex Wire and Cable.  Its diverse product line of flexible, oil-resistant and continuous-flex cables, connectors and accessories is used by a variety of companies serving the automotive, machine tool, semiconductor, electronic assembly, pharmaceutical, robotics and automation industries.

1979: Oskar Lapp founded Contact Electronics offering a broad range of products, which include: EPIC® (Environmentally Protected Industrial Connectors) Multi-pin connectors, strain-relief, circular connectors, and remote access ports. Our connectors are used throughout the world in automotive plants, machine tools, instrumentation, medical electronics, telecommunications, robotics, industrial automation, transportation (trains, railway cars, elevators, and escalators), general industrial controls systems, as well as many other applications.

By combining both Olflex and Contact Oskar Lapp opened the first foreign branch office with Olflex Inc. USA. Many were skeptical as to whether the ambitious entrepreneur from Stuttgart would overextend himself with this step if he tried to do business successfully in far-off America, but Oskar Lapp proved all those doubters wrong. The US activities were a success from the outset. He took care of foreign business himself with great commitment. He succeeded thanks to the openness he showed the new world. Oskar Lapp loved the foreign market and also had an open ear for the requests of his customers. Once again, strict customer orientation and committed customer service paid off for the entrepreneur. That was the basis for the successful strategy that was to reliably accompany Oskar Lapp and his firm around the world in future.

Today the Lapp Group, with more than 45 companies, is one of the leading suppliers worldwide for wire and cable, cable accessories, industrial connectors and communication technology.

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