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As an international manufacturer of bathroom furnishings, Duravit AG with head office in Hornberg, has made its mark in the sanitary sector with innovative developments and exciting forms created by international designers like Philippe Starck, Sieger Design, EOOS, Jochen Schmiddem, Phoenix Design and Frank Huster. Today the company is no longer just the producer of elegant designer products but increasingly a supplier of bathrooms that offer an all-round experience of wellbeing. With its sanitary ceramics, bathroom furniture and the Bathtub + Wellness business area, Duravit today covers the whole spectrum of bathroom interiors, launching one or two new projects every year.[1]
[edit] HistoryThe history of DURAVIT in Hornberg in the Black Forest began in 1817, when Georg Friedrich Horn founded a small factory that until 1842 exclusively produced earthenware crockery. This was followed at the beginning of the 20th century with the production of sanitaryware. Since 1960, the DURAVIT brand name has stood for quality made in the Black Forest. The product range of the the Hornberg bathroom specialists was extended in 1980 to include accessories. In 1984, DURAVIT acquired a majority shareholidng (60%) in the Alsace-based company Céramique de Bischwiller. In 1988 the private limited company (GmbH) became a public limited company - DURAVIT AG. In 1991, Céramique de Bischwiller became a fully-owned DURAVIT subsidiary. One year later, with the startup of the Schenkenzell production site, DURAVIT added a new focus: the strategic decision to manufacture bathroom furniture, intended to provide the company with a second mainstay of production, would prove to be a winner. In Meissen, world famous for its tradition-rich porcelain manufacture, DURAVIT established one of the most modern plants for the production of sanitary ceramics. DURAVIT Sanitärporzellan Meißen GmbH went into production in 1994. In 1999, DURAVIT acquired the majority shareholding in the Egyptian company MISR TECH, in the meantime DURAVIT Egypt. Within the scope of a joint venture project, DURAVIT started in 2003 to expand its activities in China under the name DURAVIT Chongqing Sanitaryware Co. Ltd. Only two years later, the newly constructed production and administration building based in Youxi-Town (Jiangjin) near Chongqing in Central China was officially inaugurated. Today, the former joint venture company is a fully-owned subsidiary operating under the name Duravit Sanitaryware Co. Ltd. In 2008 Duravit took over a 51 per cent share in the Tunisian ceramics manufacturer Manufacture Tunisienne de Céramiques (MTC). [edit] Factory sites[edit] Germany
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