ZIP INDUSTRIES

Profile

Perfecting the technology that puts us ahead.



DEVELOPMENT

Innovation is the key to Zip leadership in instant boiling water. Our innovating technology is subject to patents effective in more than thirty countries, with new patents covering various refinements being lodged almost continuously over a period of more than twenty years.



ENGINEERING

Zip is constantly on the search for better ways to engineer instant boiling water heaters, and our innovation in product engineering was recognized in 1991 by Standards Australia, which granted a Design Award for engineering design to both Zip Hydroboil and Zip HydroTap.



MANUFACTURING

Zip has invested substantially to lift quality control and boost manufacturing capacity through the installation of new factory automation including a robotically controlled welding plant employing radical technology.



TRAINING

Formal training of specifiers, installers, and service technicians in the intricacies of instant boiling water heaters is now taking place on a regular basis, with training seminars being conducted for suitably qualified people wherever Zip instant boiling water heaters are sold.



SERVICING

With millions of people now reliant on Zip heaters to make their daily tea and coffee, Zip has established teams of highly trained service technicians in all major centers, to provide prompt and reliable after sales service. Service contracts are offered to simplify ongoing maintenance.





HISTORY



In 1975 Zip introduced the world to the very first instant boiling water heaters as we know them today. Until Zip developed, patented and marketed its instant boiling water heaters, you always had to wait for water to boil. Making tea or coffee, at home or at work, began with the time-wasting, energy-wasting ritual of filling a kettle or urn with cold water, and bringing it to the boil.



Zip instant boiling water technology soon changed all that. Now you could have boiling water, instantly, at the touch of a tap. No more waiting for water to boil. Touch the tap and out it poured -- boiling water, a cupful or a pot full at a time.



Launched during the 1980s, Zip instant boiling water became an instant success. It rapidly replaced power-hungry kettles and urns anywhere that people made tea and coffee ˜ in offices, factories, canteens and restaurants. Zip then marketed its energy-efficient boiling technology globally, appointing regional distributors in one country after another.



Millions of people world-wide now use a Zip daily for tea, coffee and cooking. Hospitals in Singapore, naval bases in the United Kingdom, universities in China, the Sydney Opera House and Number Ten Downing Street now have one thing in common ˜ all enjoy the convenience of Zip instant boiling water in their kitchens.