Taprite began in the mid 1940s in New Jersey as Tap-Rite, a supplier of beer dispensing equipment. Among our main products were keg taps (to "tap a barrel of beer right"), CO2 regulators and other dispensing equipment. Our company expanded, grew into supplying regulators for the soft drink dispensing markets, and remained family owned and operated until 1986.

Instrument Systems Corporation (known today as the Griffon Corporation) bought Tap-Rite in 1986 and merged it with another of its holdings, Standard-Keil, a manufacturer of foodservice hardware components. Under the name Standard-Keil/Tap-Rite we grew to become the beverage dispensing industry's largest supplier of CO2 regulators.

In 1997 a group of key executives from Standard-Keil/Tap-Rite and Fassco Manufacturing, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas bought Standard-Keil/Tap-Rite, and made it an independent company once again.

The Standard-Keil portion of the business was immediately sold while the Tap-Rite segment was merged with Fassco, a manufacturer of BIB racks, ice chests, portable bars and other beverage dispensing equipment. The new Taprite-Fassco Mfg. Inc. soon relocated all of its facilities to San Antonio, Texas.

In Spring of 1999, Taprite-Fassco Mfg. Inc. was acquired by Aalberts Industries N.V. of the Netherlands. Aalberts Industries owns a number of manufacturing plants in Europe and the U.S., including three European beverage equipment manufacturers whose products are primarily related to the beer industry.

With the acquisition of Taprite-Fassco Mfg. Inc., Aalberts Industries N.V. is now the world's largest manufacturer/supplier of gas regulators. Aalberts Industries also owns North American Dispense Systems (NADS), which supplies accessory items to the beer dispensing industry.

Today Taprite-Fassco's world class beverage dispensing products are used by many of the biggest names in the foodservice industry. Companies including Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Wendys, Pizza Hut and other well known brands choose Taprite-Fassco for their carbonated beverage dispensing equipment.