Chronicle · since 1970
Our history
From the sandblasting gun to the robot: more than five decades of blasting and coating technology from Nördlingen, Germany.
- Founded
- 1970
- Years of experience
- 55+
- Company site
- 10,000 m²
- Patents & applications
- 30+
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1970 – 1989
Foundation & first patents
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1970
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Company
Klaus Fertl founds the company
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Company
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1979
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Company
Move into company premises in Nördlingen, extended by a 3,200 m² production hall
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Company
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1984
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Company
New sandblasting hall with fettling shop built
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Company
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1989
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Innovation
Patent for a “device in sandblasting lines”
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Innovation
Development and patent of the SANASA wet suction turbine, funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs
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Innovation
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1990 – 1999
Growth in Nördlingen
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1992
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Product
Product range extended to paint spraying and drying systems
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Innovation
Patent application: “Process for cleaning used abrasives”
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Product
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1993
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Product
First combined paint spraying and drying booth built
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Product
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1994
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Company
Relocation to the Nördlingen industrial estate
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Company
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1995
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Innovation
Research programme on abrasive recycling launched with the German Environment Agency (Berlin) and the Federal Ministry of Research (Bonn)
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Innovation
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1996
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Company
New site in the Nördlingen-Möttingen industrial estate: 10,000 m² plot, 4,400 m² of buildings
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Company
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1998
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Company
Move into the new company headquarters in Möttingen
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Company
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1999
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Product
Three large blast rooms (16 × 6 × 6 m) with abrasive recovery and a paint shop completed
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Product
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2000 – 2019
Product innovations
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2000
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Product
Launch of the DINO-Junior pressure blasting units with vacuum recovery
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Product
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2004
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Innovation
SAPI VARIO vortex blasting and flat-jet nozzles – developed for the gentle cleaning of listed monuments
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Innovation
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2005
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Product
Next generation: DINO-MASTER pressure blasting unit with vacuum recovery
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Product
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2009
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Product
T-REX 100 combined pressure/injector blast cabinet
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Product
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2010
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Product
MM 2010 pressure blast cabinet with bucket elevator and flat conveyor system
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Product
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2011
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Product
T-REX 140 combined pressure/injector blast cabinet
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Product
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2013
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Product
PREMIUM low-pressure fine-blasting units – premiered at the denkmal trade fair in Leipzig
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Product
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2014
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Innovation
Development of explosion-proof (EX) aerial work platforms
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Innovation
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2016
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Product
New generation of blasting containers introduced
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Product
SAPI JUMBO blasting container introduced
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Product
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2017
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Product
Fully equipped SAPI mobile painting container
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Product
Launch of ECO blast room technology
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Product
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2018
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Product
PREMIUM 200 L with integrated abrasive recovery
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Product
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2019
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Company
Launch of the SAPI online shop sandstrahlen.biz
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Company
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2020 – today
Containers, robotics & international
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2020
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Company
50 years of SAPI
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International
SAPI branch opened in Turkey
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Company
Abrasive storage capacity expanded
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Product
SAPI JUMBO blast cabin introduced
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Company
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2023
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Innovation
First robotic sandblasting container built – SAPI ROBOBlast™
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Product
Launch of the BASIC ONE blasting container line
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Innovation
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2024
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Product
Container line extended with BASIC TWO
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Product
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2025
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Company
55 years of SAPI
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Product
BASIC ONE PLUS joins the container line
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International
Online shop expands to the Netherlands, Italy and Spain
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International
Market entry in Kazakhstan
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Company
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2026
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Innovation
Robotic sandblasting cabins built
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International
Online shop expands to France and Portugal
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Innovation
Today
The story continues
What Klaus Fertl started in 1970, Marcel Fertl carries forward today in the second generation. The family business from Bavaria has grown into a group, with its own production in Möttingen, SAPI Hungary (Orkan Kft.) and SAPI Türkiye.
Our systems are at work all over Europe and as far as the Americas, and every year we handle more than 9,000 orders.
Let’s write the next chapter together
Planning a blast room, a blasting container or a robotic solution? Our team is happy to advise you.
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