https://newsletter.mw.creamermedia.com
Cable|Industrial|Innovation|Power|Technology|Solutions|Cables
Cable|Industrial|Innovation|Power|Technology|Solutions|Cables
cable|industrial|innovation|power|technology|solutions|cables

100 years of Oskar Lapp – pioneer for the future

19th March 2021

By: Creamer Media Reporter

     

Font size: - +

He was a brilliant inventor and a passionate businessman – Oskar Lapp (1921-1987), founder of the LAPP Group, would have been 100 years old on 20th March 2021. Together with his wife Ursula Ida Lapp, he founded a world-renowned company and is still making an impact on connection technology worldwide to this day.

Oskar Lapp developed the first rectangular connector for industry and the world’s first industrially manufactured and flexible power and control cable under the name ÖLFLEX®. The company was founded in 1959 on the basis of this innovation. Oskar Lapp was the first entrepreneur to give an industrial product a brand name. Today, the ÖLFLEX® brand stands worldwide for particularly oil-resistant and flexible control cables. Later, the LAPP brands UNITRONIC®, HITRONIC®, SKINTOP®, SILVYN®, EPIC®, ETHERLINE® and FLEXIMARK® were added.

Over a million customers trust the LAPP brands today. We owe Oskar Lapp a big debt of gratitude for this formula for success. He had recognised early on that the quality and reliability of brands, the focus on innovation and the principle of “everything from a single source” would convince and inspire customers in the long term.

Today, as a leading supplier of connection solutions, LAPP employs 4,575 people worldwide.

Without Oskar Lapp, we wouldn’t exist today. We continue his life’s work with our deepest gratitude.

In honorable memory

LAPP Group

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

Article Enquiry

Email Article

Save Article

Feedback

To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Showroom

SafeQuip
SafeQuip

SafeQuip is a leading distributor and manufacturer of fire safety solutions, offering a comprehensive range of products designed to meet all...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Trotech
Trotech

Design, Construction and Maintenance of Site Erected, Welded Bulk Storage Tanks for the Petrochemical, LNG, Ammonia and Sustainable fuel Sectors.

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Magazine round up | 10 December 2025
Magazine round up | 12 December 2025
12th December 2025

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.187 0.26s - 130pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now