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