- 1937
Further development of the screw pump into an extruder and formation of the business unit Extrusion Technology
- 1960ies
The extruders were further developed as "twin screw presses" with accessories.
- 1970ies
ZSE extruders were complemented by the new LSM 30.34 lab extruder.
- 1976
Founding of the American Extrusion Technology subsidiary, American Leistritz Extruder Corp., in Somerville/NJ (USA)
- 1992 - 1998
Establishment of sales branches in France, Great Britain and Singapore
- 1998
Market launch of the new ZSE HP (High Performance) generation of extruders with screw speeds of up to 1,200 RPM
- 2001
Leistritz AG becomes a holding company: founding of Leistritz Extrusionstechnik GmbH
Establishment of the sales branch in Italy- 2004
Market launch of the ZSE MAXX extruder
- 2007
Market launch of maXXtorque, back then the highest specific torque density for co-rotating twin screw extruders in the world
- 2010
Founding of the Chinese subsidiary, Leistritz Machinery (Taicang) Co., Ltd.
Leistritz pushes forward with development into a system supplier
- 2013
Merging of the American subsidiaries of Leistritz AG into Leistritz Advanced Technology Corp. with extrusion, pumps, turbine blades and machine tools business units
- 2014
Milestone as a system supplier:
Leistritz plans and implements a complete extrusion line for the stabilization of raw polymer produced on a polymerization line in Kazakhstan