Eczacıbaşı

The Eczacıbaşı Holding A.Ş. is an internationally known Turkish producer of pharmaceuticals, building ceramics and cosmetics. Which was established by Nejat Ferit Eczacıbaşı in 1942 the company is Istanbul.

The annual turnover of the holding company in 2005 amounted to 2.5 billion U.S. dollars and rising, as it accounts for a third of the lines building materials and ceramics. In about 40 companies belonging to the group about 9,700 employees.

Brands and production facilities

In Germany, the company is, inter alia, the brands VitrA and Engers ceramics. Even before the acquisition of Engers 2006 served Eczacıbaşı 13 percent of the German tile market, now there are almost 20 percent.

The Villeroy & Boch Tiles GmbH has also been adopted from 1 July 2007 with a share of 51 percent. Thus Eczacibasi is one of the largest tile manufacturers in Germany. In the field of sanitary ware is the company with 6.2 million units of the sixth largest manufacturer in the world.

Production facilities are maintained in Turkey (eg Bozüyük ) and several European countries. In addition, there are collaborations with other companies.

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