Zipp Air Tool company started as an idea between two friends and business partners; Mr. George Chu and Mr. Ted C. Klaassen in 1989. Both men had their own successful niche companies in industrial and construction air tools respectively and decided to come together to form the Zipp brand of air tools.  Mr. Klaassen, a Dutch national and Mr. Chu, a native of Taiwan decided to create a platform for the development and distribution of new and innovative air tool designs.