<strong>1939</strong><br/><b><br></b>The SEPPI M. company is founded by Max Seppi in Appiano, province of Bolzano, Italy. Just a few years earlier Max, a simple yet talented boy from a moutain village had moved down to Appiano to learn the profession of a blacksmith. With his own little enterprise he achieved his dream of independent work. He was solving all sorts of mechanical, hydraulic and electrical questions - always putting forth new ideas.