{"id":4905,"date":"2018-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoeppritz.com\/en\/background-story\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T09:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:56:54","slug":"background-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zoeppritz.com\/en\/background-story","title":{"rendered":"Background-Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1828&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4915&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"1828\"><\/a>1828<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Jacob and Georg Zoeppritz, the founders of \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In April 1828 the brothers Jacob and Georg Zoeppritz founded the company &#8220;Gebr. Zoeppritz&#8221; to produce woolen blankets and flannels in Mergelstetten near Heidenheim (Baden-Wurttemberg).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1844-1872&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"1844-1872\"><\/a>1844-1872<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Silver and gold medals dating from the 19th century \u2013 awards for \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">During the years 1844 to 1872, \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 received numerous awards, amongst others at world exhibitions in Paris, London and Moscow. Besides receiving medals, the company received a diploma with historical value of the World Exhibition or the &#8216;Exposition universelle de 1855&#8217; signed by Napoleon III. Wool and camel hair blankets cement the reputation of \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4920&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1851&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4724&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"1851\"><\/a>1851<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong> \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 in the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition in London<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The event of the year in 1851 was The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations which took place from May until October in London. Only 23 years after its inception \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 presented itself and its products to a broad public and initiated new trade relations. The Crystal Palace was the spectacular exhibition building constructed solely to house the World Fair exhibition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1890&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"1890\"><\/a>ca. 1890<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Weavers from the \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 production line<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 showed social responsibility for its employees: flats as well as a corporate kindergarten were built for factory workers and employees and a sports and festival hall was donated. Low-interest building loans were granted and a heated factory canteen was put in place. A spring water pipeline was built by &#8216;zoeppritz since 1828&#8217; including a reservoir which provided the founding location with water free of cost for several decades.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11593&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1898&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4922&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"1898\"><\/a>1898<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Merchandising display from \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 for international boutiques<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Around 1900, \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 was exporting to department stores, shops and boutiques worldwide: roughly 300.000 blankets and nearly 1 million metres of fabric left the factories each year to countries such as Australia, Haiti, Honduras, Kongo, Nicaragua, Sumatra and Uruguay. There was a large focus on the design of the sales material for the retail partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;jahrhundertende&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"jahrhundertwende\"><\/a>End of the 19th century<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong> \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019s very own rowing club<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Already in its founding century, \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 supported the health and leisure time of its employees: the company provided modern bathing huts, mineral baths and a trousseau foundation, among other things. An extensive company library for private reading was brought into being as well as a rowing club for workers and employees. This, all in accordance with the basic idea that &#8220;Only the spirit which inspires the individual, can lead as a whole to success.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4919&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1903&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4936&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"1903\"><\/a>1903<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>&#8220;Kapuzenm\u00e4nnle\u201c \u2013 kindergarten children with tiny hooded coats made by \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The brothers Jacob and Georg Zoeppritz started a foundation which allowed the establishment of the municipal kindergarten in the company&#8217;s home town, Heidenheim, in the middle of the 19th century. Every year in autumn, \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 gave the young children hooded coats. In spring, the children had to return the coats after which they would be cleaned and redistributed to other children the following autumn. This photo was taken in 1903.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Jahrhundertanfang&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"jahrhundertanfang\"><\/a>Beginning of the 20th century<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>In the era of the airships, \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 was the exclusive outfitter for the zeppelins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From the 19th up until the 20th century, Zeppelin airships were renowned for their technical mastery and impressive engineering which represented the dawn of a new age. Only companies with exceptionally high quality products were chosen to be the exclusive outfitters of the airships. One such chosen product was the the camel hair blanket &#8216;HERO&#8217; by \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4933&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1928&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4911&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"1928\"><\/a>1928<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>The comic strip from LaLaVox Illustration illustrates the mighty rescue of the Graf Zeppelin by \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On October 17th 1928, the Graf Zeppelin (LZ 127) took its first intercontinental flight. Midway through its journey the airship met harsh winds which severely damaged the front bow. Eight Zeppelin blankets made by \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 were sewn together and used to cover the damaged area thereby preventing an imminent crash and saving the lives of many passengers. The blankets were aptly named LZ 127.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1953&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"1953\"><\/a>ca. 1953<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>The front gate at the \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019s Bolheim production site<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Starting in the 1920s, \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 significantly expanded its production. Besides a factory in Belgium, one of Europe&#8217;s most modern spinning plants was established in Bolheim, only few kilometres away from the founding location. Renowned architects were commissioned with the design of the front gate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4926&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1964&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4927&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"1964\"><\/a>1964<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong> \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019: Packaging for baby blankets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since the company&#8217;s establishment, \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 has stood for creative and eye-catching design &#8211; at a product level as well as at an advertising, catalogue and packaging level.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1969&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"1969\"><\/a>1969<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Award-winning catalogue cover by \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Campaigns by \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 attract attention. In the 1960&#8217;s they received various awards by being ahead of the time using minimalist and groundbreaking art direction for the design of the catalogue, as for example in the year 1969.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4928&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1972&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4929&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"1972\"><\/a>1972<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong> \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 sponsored the Summer Olympics in Munich<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 1972 the Games of the XX Olympiad took place in Munich &#8211; the city which would be the new headquarters of &#8216;zoeppritz since 1828&#8217; 44 years later. Part of the sponsorship of this major sporting occasion was the official blanket designed by \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;2001&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"2001\"><\/a>2001 &amp; 2003<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jan Alt \u00fcbernimmt als Creative Director die stylistische Leitung des Traditionshauses und positioniert das Unternehmen erfolgreich neu am Markt. \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 bringt neben einer zweij\u00e4hrigen <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/historical.zoeppritz.com\/collections\/collection-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Basiskollektion<\/a> zus\u00e4tzlich zweimal im Jahr eine Trendkollektion heraus und stellt mittlerweile auf Messen in Frankfurt, Paris, Mailand und New York aus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;30079&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;2002&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"2002\"><\/a>2002<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>JAG, the signet of\u00a0 \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019, in 925 sterling silver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the start of the new millennium, \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 gave its signet JAG a new form of appearance: as an exquisite medallion and chain pendant in 925 sterling silver, but also as a carabiner on zippers. JAG comes from the acronym of the two founders &#8220;Jacob And Georg&#8221; Zoeppritz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4934&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;2012&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4935&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"2012\"><\/a>2012<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong> \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019\u00a0x severafrahm x Aesthetics Habitat \u2013 a collaboration with artistic ambition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2012 three brands realized a common project: select blankets by \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 were combined with the photography and art direction of severafrahm, and the creative conceptualisation of Aesthetics Habitat. The result was an extraordinary art project and pictures revealing their secret only at a second glance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;2015&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;30450&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"2015\"><\/a>2015<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Im August \u00fcbernehmen Jan Alt und Simone Jelli alle Anteile der Zoeppritz GmbH von der Dr. Zwissler Holding AG. Jan Alt wird &#8211; zus\u00e4tzlich zu seinem Posten des Creative Directors &#8211; auch Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer des Unternehmens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;2016&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"2016\"><\/a>2016<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Munich: the new headquarters of \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After 188 years on the Swabian Alb \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 relocated its headquarters to heart of Munich in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4913&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;2017&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4938&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"2017\"><\/a>2017<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>JAG, the signet of \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019, reinterpreted by Ulrich Schr\u00f6der, Art Director at Disney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Disney meets \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 in the year 2017- an extraordinary collaboration between two brands steeped in tradition. \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 received access to exclusively authorised sketches of the original Mickey Mouse drawings from the Disney artwork archive from the 1920s. The limited product collection combines these old sketches with the own historical brand DNA of \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019. During a live act, Ulrich Schr\u00f6der, one of only three official Disney illustrators and educated in the Disney Studios in Los Angeles, combined Donald Duck with JAG, the signet of \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;2020&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"2016\"><\/a>2020<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Jan Alt for \u2019ZOEPPRITZ 1828\u2019 x Rosenthal <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Doing good for a cause close to the heart was central to this collaboration between two German institutions. When added together, the two companies have 331 years of history, which is being commemorated in this collection aptly named #331. The preservation of our environment is central to this collaboration. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A key partner to this project is the global organisation Plant-for-the-Planet, whose ambitious goal it is to fight the climate crisis by planting trees around the world. 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