The origin of the was a little shop where Franz Martz repaired and modified shoe-lasts.
	1948		In 1948 his sons joined him in his business and the company of Franz Martz & Sons was born. In the beginning made shoelasts out of beech wood. The major part of the production went into the German casual shoe industry.
	1970		In the early seventies changed the raw material for its lasts to plastic. This was the introduction of plastic technology to and the starting point of the plastic component production. The first plastic components made were heelcounters followed by outsoles, insoleboards and lace systems.
	1988		Due to the migration of the sport-shoe industry to Asia established its first subsidiary, the Korea Co. Ltd. in Korea in 1988. The step into Asia also opened the way to new customers and markets. Today is developing and producing components for the world leading brands like adidas Nike Puma Reebok  and many others.
	1994		In 1994 the P. T. Plastic Technology, Indonesia was founded. In 1994 the Korea R & D center in Pusan was opened supporting all Asien operations.
	1998		In 1998 the production facility in China, China Co. Ltd. at Dongguan City, and its administration office, Hong Kong Co. Ltd. had been established.
	2001		In September 2001 Vietnam Ltd. started its operation supporting the extending business.
	2002		In 2002 opened its second production facility in China, Fuzhou Ltd., and started its production providing complete service to the local customers with in house moldshop.
	2004		In 2004 Headquarter opens its new and renovated production facility in Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Germany.
	2004		In November we celebrated the opening of our new R&D Center in Pusan supporting our costomers with extended service through newest mold-shop technology.
	. . .		Today group is a global leading supplier for plastic components for the industry with over 2500 employees and running more than 400 injection molding machines in five countries.

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