The story
The enterprise was founded in a filling station in Rossano Veneto near Venice in 1971 by Silvano Oselladore and Pietro Zen from whose initials the company takes its name. OZ S.p.A. was officially established as a company in 1978 following an investment by Carto Isnardo SpA. 1989 saw the company's first affiliate set up as OZ Japan began business. In 1992 the company moved to a new factory in its current headquarters location of San Martino di Lupari.
In 1999 OZ branched out into motorcycle wheel production in collaboration with Aprilia.
Today the company produces alloy wheels for motorsports, aftermarket and OEM applications in addition to motorcycle wheels and custom items for specialist tuners and designers including Bertone, Pininfarina, AMG and Hartge. OZ also produces wheels for Sparco in partnership with their compatriots. Their main competitor is BBS.
From Wikipedia’s article on OZ Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4