History

ZPAs history goes back to the 1950s, when the ZPA Trutnov national enterprise was founded. The private ZPA CZ s.r.o. company was created through privatisation in 1994.

Initially, production focused on ripple control receivers, and ZPA remains one of the leading producers of these systems today. In the late 1990s, production was expanded to include electronic electrometers, initially under a Swiss license; today, ZPA develops and produces these systems independently. In addition, the company has developed products in the ﬁeldof automation and control of technological processes, as well as designed and created systems for data acquisition and remote data transfer.

The company now focuses primarily on products and services in the area of metering and regulation of electricity. These services include the production and supply of electronic electrometers (including complementary modules), systems for remote reading and acquisition of data and other gauges, ripple control receivers, systems for electricity consumption regulation and a variety of other systems, such as for example for the efﬁcientcontrolofpublic lighting. The company guarantees the quality of its activities and products through certiﬁcation pursuant to the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards.

In 2006, ZPA Smart Energy began a new phase of its development, through the investment in the company by Kilcullen Kapital Partners; our new shareholder will bring opportunities to conquer the global market and strengthen the corporate team. The change includes the introduction of a new corporate name and brand ZPA Smart Energy, which expresses our company strategy of becoming a global provider of metering and regulation systems.

History in dates

1958	Beginning of research into ripple control systems
1959	Production of the ﬁrst electromechanical receivers – FMX 10–30
1967	First export – receivers to Yugoslavia
1968	Beginning of production of the ﬁrst transistor receiver – FMX 10
1978	Beginning of production of electronic receivers FMX 15 - 35
1983	Beginning of production of receivers FMX 100 - 300 (custom integrated circuits)
1990	Beginning of production of microprocessor receivers of series FMX 400
1996	Attained the ISO 9002 certiﬁcate
	Establishment of the facility for receiver assembly in Poland
1997	Attained the ISO 9001 certiﬁcate
	Establishment of the facility for receiver assembly in Slovakia
	Expansion of the export of receivers into Austria and the Netherlands
1998	Production of receivers with optical interface and replaceable relays
	Contract of cooperation of ZPA with the Swiss EMU Elektronik (electrometers)
1999	Beginning of licensed production of electrometers
2000	Beginning of close cooperation with the energy supplier of the capital city of Prague – the PRE Company
2001	Production of electrometers combined with the ripple control receiver
	Establishment of the facility for assembly of FMX 500 in Croatia
2004	Commencement of serial production of new electrometers of our own development of series ZE 110, ZE 310
	Foundation of the subsidiary in Bulgaria ZPA BG
2005	First introduction of the AMR system in pilot projects abroad
2006	Entry of a new strategic shareholder – Kilcullen Kapital Partners