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55 years of SAPI: from family business to plant manufacturer
Klaus Fertl founded SAPI in 1970. 55 years later, the family company from Möttingen builds sandblasting halls, sandblasting containers and painting plants for customers throughout Europe and beyond.
In 2025, SAPI celebrates 55 years. In 1970, Klaus Fertl founded the company with a clear goal: blasting technology that is robust, efficient and durable. Today Marcel Fertl runs SAPI in the second generation, and SAPI is still entirely family-owned.
Milestones from 55 years
- 1970: Klaus Fertl founds the company
- 1979: move into the company buildings in Nördlingen with a 3,200 m² production hall
- 1989: patent for a “device in sandblasting lines” and development of the SANASA wet suction turbine
- 1998: move into the new company building in Möttingen, 10,000 m² site and 4,400 m² built-up area
- 2019: launch of the SAPI online shop
- 2020: 50 years of SAPI and opening of the branch in Turkey
- 2023: the first robot-assisted sandblasting container, SAPI ROBOBlast™, and the launch of the BASIC ONE line
- 2024: BASIC TWO extends the container line. In the same year, we said goodbye to our company founder.
- 2025: BASIC ONE PLUS and market entry in Kazakhstan
A group of companies from Bavaria
The family business in Bavaria has grown into a group of companies: with its own production in Möttingen, SAPI Hungary (Orkan Kft.) in Hungary and SAPI Türkiye. You can find the full story with pictures from the company archive in our company history.
