Duravit

The Duravit AG with headquarters in Hornberg, Baden- Württemberg, produces sanitary ceramics, bathroom furniture and kitchen sinks.

History

1817 Georg Friedrich Horn founded a small factory in Hornberg, exclusively produced earthenware until 1842. The current logo of Duravit AG is a stylized grouse, which was derived from the original logo of the earthenware factory. Since the beginning of the 20th century sanitary Spülwaren be produced since 1960 under the brand name DURAVIT. Since 1982 also includes accessories for Manufacturing Program. In 1984, the majority of shares (60 %) of the Alsatian company Ceramique de Bischwiller about Duravit, 1988, from the GmbH a corporation. 1991 Ceramique de Bischwiller was a 100 per cent subsidiary.

In 1992, Duravit Give the location of cell in operation and has since also produced furniture. In 1994, the Duravit sanitary porcelain Meissen GmbH in Saxony, Meissen production on. Duravit 1999 acquired the majority stake in the Egyptian company Misr Tech, meanwhile Duravit Egypt. Since 1 January 2001, the Duravit Turkey is officially registered as a company in Istanbul.

The acquisition of a majority stake in the Egyptian acrylic bathtubs manufacturers Saniacrylic created 2002, the prerequisite for the development of the new business area "tub Wellness ", whose products are designed and assembled in Germany and France.

With a joint venture agreement Duravit launched in 2003 the expansion of activities in China, and since then has been there as Chongqing Duravit Sanitaryware Co. Ltd.. Two years later the official inauguration of the newly built production and administration building in Youxi Town ( Jiangjin ) near Chongqing. Today, the former joint venture Company is a 100 per cent subsidiary and trades as Duravit Sanitaryware Co. Ltd.. 2008 Duravit took over 51 % of Tunisian ceramics manufacturer Manufacture Tunisienne the Céramiques (MTC ). Established in 2010, the Duravit a new production facility in Tarapur, India. The launch of the Duravit Sanitaryware Technology Co. Ltd., a new engineering and assembly plant in Shanghai, fell in 2011.

Locations

The company has operations in Germany ( Hornberg, Meissen, Schenkenzell, Achern ), France ( Bischwiller ), Egypt (Cairo ), Turkey (Istanbul ), China ( Chongqing, Shanghai), Tunisia ( Bizerte ) and India ( Tarapur ).

Products

The company produces washbasins, toilets and shower toilets, shower-toilet seats, bidets, urinals, sinks, showers, bathroom furniture, bathroom, sauna and pool accessories and kitchen sinks. The company collaborates with designers such as Philippe Starck, Michael Graves, Lord Norman Foster, Herbert Schultes, Matteo Thun and Sergei Tchoban.

Sponsors activity

The Duravit involved as sponsors in the amateur and professional sport. The biggest commitment is here to promote the football club Grasshopper Club Zurich. In addition, in Mannheim SAP Arena, the two home teams Adler Mannheim (DEL) and Rhein- Neckar Löwen handball league are supported. Another activity is to support the Mannheimer HC in the Field Hockey ( Bundesliga Women / Men Second Bundesliga ). In addition, the company supports the Tennis Club " Green-White Mannheim ". In 2008 the company sponsored the jerseys of Czech indoor hockey national team at the World Championships in Vienna.