1979

Foundation by Reiner Minz as an independent service laboratory for plastics and elastomers under the name of "Ing.-Büro Dipl.-Ing.Reiner Minz"

1986

2. Universal Testing Machine - UTS with Chamber and an Atari

1990

3. Universal Testing Machine - UTS up to 50 kN - Start of Plastic Testing

1991

Torsion Pendulum - Shear Modulus Determination Free Oscillation

1997

DMA 2980 TA Instruments

HDT / Vicat Test System 

1998

Ozone Cabinet

Relocation to the "old ball factory", built by Wilhelm Minz, the father of Reiner Minz, in 1952

Dipl.-Ing. Annabelle Minz joins the company

1999

First continuous temperature probe with quartz sensor for digital furnace monitoring

2003

Initial accreditation of the testing laboratory according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 by DACH

2004

Change of name, the engineering office becomes Minz Prüf + Test GmbH

2008

Appointment of Dipl.-Ing. Annabelle Minz-Schütt as Managing Director with sole power of representation, alongside Dipl.-Ing. Reiner Minz

2014

Cabinet Oven according to ISO 188 Method B

2016

Generation change at Minz Prüf + Test GmbH, with the handover of the laboratory from Reiner Minz to Annabelle Minz-Schütt

2017

Accreditation according to the "new 17025" as one of the first testing laboratories in Germany

2019

Company anniversary 40 years Minz

Stress Relaxation Test System

TR Low Temperature Tester

2021

Commissioning of our first photovoltaic system

Milli TO-3 with Shield Chamber - Ohmmeter for Measurement of Surface and Volume Resistances and Resistivities

Tracking Index Tester CTI 4 (CTI / PTI)

2022

Commissioning of our second photovoltaic system, we produce 35% of our annual electricity requirements ourselves and sustainably

2023

Stress Relaxation Tester - Tension

Gehmann and Brittleness Low Temperature Tester