Titan defines itself as one of the leading companies in the strapping market worldwide. The company from Schwelm
discovers the reasons for this in the company's origins and in the fact, that Titan maintains an innovative culture
until today.
The history of the family-business Peter W. Lenzen, which took over Titan in 1998, can be interlaced in the same
breath.
1842
Peter W. Lenzen established a cooperage in Hohenlimburg
1908
Paul Lenzen founded a cold rolling mill in Stenglingsen
1920
Intense extension of the cold rolling mill
1928
Foundation of Titan Eisenwarenfabrik GmbH in Schwelm by the Timmerbeil brothers
1930s
Introduction of the completely new seal-less closure in steel strapping
1940s
Start of the production of hand tools for strapping
since 1954/1955
Introduction of the new ball straps for cotton strapping in combination with the seal-less fastener
1960
construction of a new cold rolling mill in Stenglingsen
1970
Start of production of steel strap for packaging
1969
Acquisition of Titan by the Hoesch corporate group
Entry of Titan into hot and cold strapping
1980s
Entry into plastic strapping
1986
Start of production of steel packaging strap in Baoshan, China
1998
P.W. Lenzen from Iserlohn acquires Titan and restructures it as a system supplier in the following years
2000
Addition of the first foreign subsidiary in the United States
2007
Start of PET strap band production in Goch
2014
Introduction of the service division Titan Care
Sources:
- www.titan-schwelm.de
- Titan youtube-Channel
- P. W. Lenzen