1949 Company foundation by Mr. Ernst Krapf and Mr. Eduard Lex.
1951 Construction of the first free blasting plant for the German National Railways.
1953 Moving to the present company premises in Weiden. After the sudden death of Ernst Lex in October 1955, Eduard Lex gains 100 % of the company shares.
In the following years extension of the production range by ventilation grilles for railway vehicles and pressure tanks for sand blasting plants.
1963 Building of the production hall in Roding.
1972 Transfer of company leadership to son Dipl.-Ing. Ernst Lex
- Expansion of the production area in Weiden in the following years.
- 1991 Building of a modern administration building.
1993 Due to the increase in the field of ventilation grilles the division to Krapf & Lex Verkehrstechnik and Krapf & Lex Oberflächentechnik takes place.
1995 Krapf & Lex wins the announcement of the German Railways for a pressure protection system. Most of the ICE (German high-speed train) generations and also the Transrapid (German high-speed magnetic train) are equiped with pressure protection systems of Krapf & Lex.
2006 Mr. Lex arranges his succession at Krapf & Lex Verkehrstechnik, transition of the company to Silvia and Martin Schulz.
2010 Krapf & Lex Verkehrstechnik presents a variety of innovations at the InnoTrans fair 2010.
