German stoneware Cremer & Breuer

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft

logo
legal form Corporation
founding 1890
Seat Alfter - Witterschlick , Germany
GermanyGermany 
management
  • Board of Directors: Dieter Schäfer ( Chairman )
  • Supervisory board: Wilfried Delker (chairman)
Number of employees 1205 (2016)
sales 167 million euros (2016)
Branch Manufacture of ceramic products
Website www.deutsche-steinzeug.de

The German Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft shortly German stoneware , occasionally DSCB , is a German industrial company headquartered in Alfter - Witterschlick in Bonn , the ceramic coating materials and tile making. It appears in the market for ceramic tiles and ceramic facade systems with the brand Agrob Buchtal (spelling: AGROB BUCHTAL), in the market for mosaics with the brand Jasba .

history

Origins and development in the German Empire

The history of the company goes back to the German Empire . In 1890 the Badische Thonröhren- und Steinzeugwarenfabrik AG (formerly J [ulius] .F [riedrich]. Espenschied) was founded in Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld . In 1895 the name was changed to Deutsche Steinzeugwarenfabrik for Canalisation and the Chemical Industry , or Deutsche Steinzeug for short . The company Cremer & Breuer GmbH was founded in Frechen in 1906 . Both companies initially manufactured stoneware products for sewer construction in order to offer acid-resistant devices and articles for customers in the chemical industry over the years . The company has received several awards at major exhibitions and trade fairs , including world exhibitions . Before the outbreak of the First World War , it employed around 800 people and had an international clientele.

Expansion until the end of the Second World War

In 1926 Cremer & Breuer took over the majority of Deutsche Steinzeugwarenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft . At the beginning of the 1930s, Deutsche Steinzeugwarenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft acquired the majority stake in Annawerk Schamotte- und Tonwarenfabrik AG in Oeslau . At the same time, the company suffered from sales problems due to the global economic crisis and reduced its workforce, which at the end of the 1920s had more than 900 employees, to fewer than 250 people.

In June 1937, the Annawerk acquired the United Schmidgaden-Schwarzenfeld Union in the Upper Palatinate . Part of the acquisition was a clay site near Schwarzenfeld called Buchtal . Gottfried Cremer began planning a factory in which high-quality clay waste would be processed and which would act as a supplier to the Annawerk . She was already under construction, representing the realm works AG for ore mining and ironworks "Hermann Goering" anmeldeten another interest: refractory should use the new facilities refractory bricks are made to them in iron and steel works to bring used that time almost exclusively to military production were . At the same time, the Reichswerke proposed a 52 percent stake in mine ownership and production facilities. Although the entrepreneurs of the Annawerk were not immediately convinced of the necessity of the fireclay brick production and although they feared strong authoritarian internal conditions, an agreement was finally reached, the Buchtal AG in Schwarzenfeld was established.

The thus formed group operated mainly in the production of heavy clay; its product range comprised stoneware pipes, tiles and slabs as well as other items such as refractory materials or roof tiles . The company benefited from company aryanizations and employed foreign and forced laborers during the Second World War . The Mannheim production facilities in particular were badly damaged by Allied bombing attacks . In the immediate post-war period, the company's production came to an almost complete standstill due to Allied restrictions.

Years of reconstruction

Because there was a great need for clay pipes in the years of reconstruction in the Federal Republic , the industrial group set its first investment focus in this product area . The Buchtal AG focused during this period on ceramic tiles and won by little the profile of a specialist provider of architectural ceramics.

From the mid-1950s onwards, under the leadership of Gottfried Cremer, the company repeatedly ensured technical innovations and improvements in manufacturing processes. At the same time, it expanded its radius of action to include the manufacture of plastics , where it concentrated in particular on the combination of plastics and ceramics. In 1961 it then changed its name to Deutsche Steinzeug- und Kunststoffwarenfabrik for sewerage and chemical industry .

Growth from the 1960s to German reunification

In the 1960s, Deutsche Steinzeug also entered the market for wastewater treatment systems and for this purpose founded Friedrichsfelder Abwasser- und Verfahrenstechnik GmbH in 1962 for wastewater and industrial water management . Since 1964, the company has been developing new technologies for oxide ceramics , from which it developed its own brand in the following years ( Frialit ). In 1969 the Wesselinger Gußwerk-Rheinguß GmbH was incorporated .

In 1974 the Cremer Group restructured its business and established Friedrichsfeld GmbH Steinzeug und Kunststoffwerke for its stoneware and other industrial activities . Expansion continued in the 1970s and 1980s. In the process, new product lines were also developed, including ceramic dental implants . Deutsche Steinzeug also grew through further acquisitions. These included the acquisition of Degussit in 1977 (seller: Degussa ), in 1979 the purchase of Rhein-Plastik-Rohr-GmbH ( Neckarau ), in 1988 the incorporation of Rheinhütte Wiesbaden and finally in 1989 the integration of Th. Jansen GmbH ( St. Ingbert ).

The development of the horizontal directional drilling process , which has been driven forward since the 1960s and which, under the brand name CreaDig, made microtunnelling projects possible without extensive earthworks from 1982 onwards, proved to be a significant innovation .

In 1985 the company moved its headquarters from Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld to Frechen.

Development in the 1990s

In order to improve its competitive position in the market and to develop into a full-range ceramic supplier , Deutsche Steinzeug acquired the tile-producing companies of the Agrob Group in 1992. In the year before this merger, the Cremer Group had a turnover of 1.1 billion DM , while the turnover of Agrob AG in 1991 was over 210 million DM. In 1993 the group acquired the majority in Rako , the largest Czech manufacturer of earthenware and stone tiles. This share was increased from 50.4 to 92.5 percent in 1998, which Deutsche Steinzeug saw as an important step towards European market leadership in the stoneware market.

In 1994 the group changed its organizational structure: The management decided to rename the Cremer Group to Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft , which acted as the parent company . Eight companies took over the operative business: Vereinigte Steinzeugwerke GmbH , Hürner GmbH , Annawerk GmbH , Buchtal GmbH , Agrob Buchtal Keramik GmbH , Agrob Wessel Servais AG , Agrob Fliesen GmbH and Friatec AG . At that time, the company was active in four industries: building products , mechanical and plant engineering and medical technology . With over 7,000 employees, Deutsche Steinzeug achieved a turnover of 1.4 billion DM in 1996.

After the IPO, the Friatec AG 1995 German stoneware, 75 percent remained involved, the majority of shares in this company went 1996 FlowTex . In 1997 the parent company Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG took over operational management again by merging the ceramic covering materials with the holding company . While Annawerk GmbH was sold to the Saint-Gobain Group in November 1998 , Deutsche Steinzeug acquired the Wienerberger Group's stoneware activities in the same year . In 1998, Deutsche Steinzeug also took over all of the shares in Ostara Laufen Keramik GmbH ( Meerbusch ), thereby strengthening its expertise in the contract sector and in home ceramics. In order to get closer to the goal of becoming Germany's largest ceramic producer, Deutsche Steinzeug acquired Jasba GmbH ( Ötzingen ) and Meissen Keramik GmbH ( Meißen ) in 1999 . These two companies vouched for competence in mosaics and for a high level of awareness among end users. In 1999, the German stoneware also sought a specific access into the market of DIY , they took over the company Schlenkhoff The DIY range GmbH ( Herne ). At the end of the 1990s, the company concentrated on the core business areas of ceramic covering materials (wall and floor tiles) and stoneware pipes.

Consolidation after 2000

In the years after 2000, the company reacted to the demand crises that emerged in the course of the general recessions with restructuring . Initially, 2001 plans to merge with Lasselsberger failed . In the same year, the Meerbusch site was closed, originally planned for 2004. In 2002 the company sold Rako to the Lasselsberger Group. In the following year, management buyouts were followed by the sale of the stoneware pipe division and the withdrawal from mechanical engineering through the sale of Hürner-Funken GmbH , Monsun GmbH and Jasba Ofenkachel GmbH . The sales crises and the sale of parts of the group reduced the workforce and sales: In 2004, Deutsche Steinzeug achieved an annual turnover of 235.8 million euros with 1720 employees .

In 2006, the company's liabilities were restructured to reduce liabilities by converting them to equity : the financial investors Deutsche Bank , Goldman Sachs and Lone Star bought Deutsche Steinzeug. As a result of this involvement, the shares held by the family shareholders, who had dominated the company for a long time, fell to around 20 percent, while the financial investors held around 60 to 70 percent of the shares, around 10 percent belonged to the Gruppo Concorde , which had been involved since 2002. In April 2014, the Gruppo Concorde increased its stake to 30 percent; at that time, 55 percent was held by financial investors, and around 14 percent were held by independent shareholders.

In order to strengthen the competencies in the core business, Deutsche Steinzeug invested simultaneously in plants and locations. In 1999 the company put one of the world's most modern production facilities for traditional split tiles and molded parts into operation at the Schwarzenfeld production site. In the same year, the first porcelain stoneware production facility in Germany was commissioned at the Sinzig production site. In the following year, the construction of what was then the most modern production facility in Europe for glazed stoneware mosaics at the Jasba site in Ötzingen ensured the use of manufacturing processes that made a wide variety of colors and shapes possible for the products. In 2000, Deutsche Steinzeug also invested considerable funds in a production facility for high-quality wall tiles at the Meißen site. In 2007 another roller furnace was added in Sinzig.

In mid-2013, the company's headquarters were relocated from Frechen to Alfter-Witterschlick.

According to its own information, the company achieves three quarters of its total sales in Germany and Austria . In addition, the products are exported to around 80 countries worldwide.

share

Share over DM 50 in Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG from September 1994

The company was first listed on the stock exchange in 1896.

In April 1999, Deutsche Steinzeug was one of the founding members of SMax , a stock market segment for small caps . As with many other stock corporations in this index, the associated expectations were not fulfilled, so that Deutsche Steinzeug withdrew from this segment at the end of 2001.

The shareholders participated in the restructuring costs three times through capital cuts: In May 2006, an extraordinary general meeting resolved a capital cut in the ratio 6: 1 and a cash capital increase in the ratio 1: 2. In 2012 and 2013, two more cuts of this type followed in a ratio of 3: 2 and 2: 1 respectively.

The share was on the regulated market in Frankfurt ( General Standard ) and Berlin . The shares were traded over the counter in Hamburg , Düsseldorf and Stuttgart .

On June 11, 2014, the company announced that it wanted to carry out a delisting . Since the end of October 2014, the share has not been traded on the stock exchanges.

Current business structure

Brands and products

The most important segments in the core competence area of ​​ceramic covering materials are wall and floor tiles, products for swimming pools , ceramic covering materials for facades, architectural ceramics and ceramic mosaics. Since 2001, the company offers wall and floor tiles, caused by the burning of tiny titanium dioxide - crystallites in the glaze surfaces antibacterial and achieve pollution-depleting effects and by a hydrophilic particularly easy to clean surface and in contact with rainwater self-cleaning are.

Agrob Buchtal

Logo Agrob Buchtal

The Agrob Buchtal brand covers three product areas: ceramic facade systems, residential ceramics and architectural ceramics. Architectural ceramics include molded ceramic parts and tiles for businesses and swimming pools . In the area of ​​swimming pool ceramics , Agrob Buchtal is a leading German supplier.

Legal Status

Agrob Buchtal is legally organized as a GmbH ( Agrob Buchtal GmbH ). It serves as a sales company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG . It is based in Alfter-Witterschlick.

Company and brand history

At the beginning of 2012, Agrob Buchtal GmbH was renamed, the previous company was Deutsche Steinzeug Keramik GmbH , also a 100 percent subsidiary of Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG . The aim of this renaming was to give the brand and sales company the same name. The brand communication should be facilitated in this way.

The origins of the company go back to 1992. At that time, ABK Agrob-Buchtal-Keramik GmbH , based in Witterschlick, was created from the merger of AWS AG , Agrob Fliesen GmbH , Buchtal GmbH and the building ceramics area of ​​the Annawerk . At the beginning of 1993 the ABK had 2,400 employees, in 1992 the turnover was 380 million DM. Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG has been selling its ceramic and tile products under the brand name Agrob Buchtal since the 1990s .

The predecessor companies of this merger were primarily established in the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. These included, for example, the Actien-Ziegelei Munich (founded in 1859), the Mosaik-Platten- und Thonwaaren-Fabrik ( Sinzig , 1869) or the "Thonwaarenfabrik" Lamberty Servais & Cie , ( Ehrang near Trier , 1877). The oldest root is the porcelain and stoneware factory Ludwig Wessel, built in 1755 .

Agrob Buchtal was registered as a trademark in the trademark register at the German Patent and Trademark Office on October 15, 1998 . The components of the word mark were already registered: Agrob since November 1958, Buchtal since June 1961. Agrob was the abbreviation for Agrob Aktiengesellschaft für Grob- und Feinkeramik , a company established in 1943 with headquarters in Munich ; Buchtal refers to a district of the Upper Palatinate Schwarzenfeld , where a factory of Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer is located.

Products and awards

While residential ceramics from Agrob Buchtal are mostly installed in private areas, architectural ceramics products are often found in public spaces . Ceramic tiles from Agrob Buchtal were used, for example, in the renovation of the Berlin Lichtenberg underground station . During the general renovation of the Kiel Shipping Museum , Agrob Buchtal supplied the tiles for the new floor covering. The Hungarian architect Imre Makovecz used tiles, pool head systems and molded parts from Agrob Buchtal for the construction of the Hagymaticum , a thermal bath in the Hungarian city of Makó . Ceramic tiles for the shell of the thermal power station in Viborg are an example of use from the field of facade systems. In 2010 the roof of the Basel Museum of Cultures was clad with three-dimensional ceramic elements supplied by Agrob Buchtal . The British artist and filmmaker Sarah Morris used the brand's Agrob Buchtal products in 2010 to make Hornet , one of her origami series. The resulting tiled wall is part of the extension of the North Rhine-Westphalia art collection . For the 2006 FIFA World Cup , an additional pedestrian tunnel is Station Munich Marienplatz been opened, is lined with the ceramic plates of Agrob Buchtal .

  • Applications of Agrob Buchtal in public spaces

  • Lichtenberg underground station, Berlin

  • Shipping Museum Kiel

  • Hagymatic, Makó

  • Thermal power plant, Viborg

  • Museum of Cultures Basel

  • Art collection of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf

  • Munich Marienplatz train station

With its Agrob Buchtal brand , Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer won the Architects' Darling in 2011, 2013 and 2015 , the Materialica Design & Technology Award in 2011 , the Red Dot Design Award from 2008 to 2011, the design award of the Federal Republic of Germany in the 2010 to 2012, the iF product design award from 2010 to 2013, the universal design award 2011 and the Design Plus Award 2009. The magazine Fliesen & Platten named Agrob Buchtal tile series “Product of the Year” 2014, “Product of the year "2016 and" Product of the year "2017.

Jasba

Logo Jasba

Deutsche Steinzeug enters the market for ceramic mosaics with Jasba .

history

The Jasba brand was legally organized as a GmbH until the end of 2017 and was also a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG.

The company was founded in 1926. Initially, the focus was on decorative and vascular ceramics. The manufacture of glazed mosaics began in the late 1950s. In 1964 the company relocated from Baumbach to Ötzingen . At the same time, Jasba Mosaik GmbH became an independent company. In 1980, it was taken over by the sister company that manufactured stove tiles and tiled fireplaces at the founding location . In 1999 it was taken over by Deutsche Steinzeug . In 2004 the production site in Baumbach was sold.

End of 2017, the German stoneware led the sales organizations of Jasba and Agrob Buchtal together. In addition, with effect from January 1, 2018, operations were transferred from Jasba Mosaik GmbH to Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG.

Usage and Awards

Many of the mosaic products are intended for indoor use. However, they can also be found in public spaces. Jasba tiles can be found in the new counter hall at London's King's Cross station . Jasba products are also installed on the facade of the Brooklyn Children's Museum in New York .

  • Applications of Jasba in public spaces

  • King's Cross Railway Station, London

  • Brooklyn Children's Museum

Expert juries awarded Jasba products several times, for example in 2009 with iF Industrie Forum Design . The Jasba GmbH company received an award for employing people with disabilities.

Locations

Factory in Schwarzenfeld
Sinzig, Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG, aerial photo (2016)

In Germany, Deutsche Steinzeug can be found at four locations: in Alfter-Witterschlick, Schwarzenfeld, Sinzig and Ötzingen. In France , the company is located in Les Cassés ( Arrondissement Carcassonne ), in Switzerland in Stans , in the United States in Alpharetta ( Georgia ) and in Anaheim ( California ).

Around 1,300 people work at the four German locations, including around 500 in Schwarzenfeld and 350 in Alfter-Witterschlick. 255 employees work at the Sinzig site and around 200 at the Ötzingen site.

Governing bodies

Dieter Schäfer has been running the company alone since the beginning of 2018. The chairman of the supervisory board is Wilfried Delker.

literature

  • ML Cohen: Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft , in: International Directory of Company Histories , Vol. 91, St. James Press, Detroit, New York [u. a.] 2008, pp. 144-148.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Imprint of the Deutsche Steinzeug website (accessed April 9, 2018).
  2. ↑ a b Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft: Consolidated financial statements as of December 31 , 2016 , published in the Federal Gazette , April 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ Stoneware shows profit . In: Kölnische Rundschau , July 14, 2017. Stoneware in the black numbers . In: Bonner General-Anzeiger , July 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ The information on the history up to 1990 comes - unless otherwise stated - from the corresponding subpage of the company website (accessed on November 26, 2015). For the history of the company up to 1895 see ML Cohen: Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft , in: International Directory of Company Histories , p. 144 f.
  5. ↑ Friatec - Future for 150 years (anniversary brochure of Friatec AG), p. 5 f (accessed on January 15, 2016); ML Cohen: Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft , in: International Directory of Company Histories , p. 144 f.
  6. ^ A b M. L. Cohen: Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft , in: International Directory of Company Histories , p. 145.
  7. ↑ Julia Weigl: From the "United Trade Union" to the market giant "Buchtal" , in: this: IndustrieKulturGeschichte im Landkreis Schwandorf , Mittelbayerische Druck- und Verlags-Gesellschaft, Regensburg 1994, ISBN 3-927529-85-0 , p. 61– 70, here p. 65.
  8. ↑ These concerned the banking house Gebrüder Arnhold and Vereinigte Wildstein-Neudorfer Tonwerke AG, Eger . See Gottfried Cremer: Buchtal-Chronik Volume I. Prehistory and the time of the establishment until the end of 1955 , without location, 1982, p. 12 and p. 272. Furthermore, the restitution claim still open in 2008 by the heirs of Hugo Sachs , who was the main shareholder at the time United Wildstein-Neudorfer Tonwerke AG, Eger (accessed on January 18, 2016). For information on the acquisition of this company in Eger, see Gottfried Cremer: Buchtal-Chronik Volume I. Prehistory and the time of the establishment until the end of 1955 , no location, 1982, p. 148.
  9. ↑ Note on forced labor at Buchtal AG in: Schwarzenfeld. Information brochure , p. 7 (accessed on January 18, 2016). References to forced and foreign workers also from Gottfried Cremer: Buchtal-Chronik Volume I. Prehistory and the time of the foundation up to the end of 1955 , without place, 1982, p. 150, p. 189, p. 190 and ö.
  10. ^ A b c d M. L. Cohen: Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft , in: International Directory of Company Histories , p. 146.
  11. ^ ML Cohen: Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft , in: International Directory of Company Histories , p. 146 f.
  12. ^ Short message in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from June 11, 1985; Entry Deutsche Steinzeug- und Kunststoffwarenfabrik Verwaltungs-Aktiengesellschaft im Hoppenstedt - Handbook of German Stock Companies , Delivery 8, year 1990/91, pp. 1047-1049, here p. 1047.
  13. ↑ Concerning this group: Medium companies of Europe 1991–92. Volume 1. Medium Companies of the Continental European Community . Managing editor: RM Whiteside. Editors: A. Wilson [et al.]. Graham & Trotman, London 1993, p. 295 , ISBN 1-85333-599-1 .
  14. ↑ Agrob AG. Future as a holding and real estate company. Cremer Group takes over the ceramics sector , Handelsblatt dated April 14, 1992.
  15. ↑ Agrob. Ceramic association presents regrouping. New mainstay in the Czech Republic , Handelsblatt dated January 21, 1993.
  16. ^ A b Karlheinz Voss: Takeover of Wienerberger pipe activities , Handelsblatt from 25./26. April 1998.
  17. ↑ A “hot” thing: 140 years of ceramic tiles from Sinzig , press release from Agrob Buchtal from June 21, 2011 (accessed on December 4, 2015).
  18. ↑ Today the Hürner-Funken Group .
  19. ↑ German stoneware. Conditions created for reorganization of the Cremer Group. Issue of bonus shares and capital increase not excluded , Handelsblatt dated May 6, 1994; German stoneware. Conversion. Wirtz takes over the management , Handelsblatt dated August 30, 1994.
  20. ↑ German stoneware. Restructuring completed , Handelsblatt dated August 16, 1995.
  21. ^ Handelsblatt dated October 1, 1996, short message in the names section .
  22. ↑ ABK charges Deutsche Steinzeug. Forced to downsize - AGM approves capital adjustments , Börsen-Zeitung of July 28, 1995.
  23. ↑ German stoneware. Silverware sold. Friatec will be integrated in the Flowtex group in the future , Handelsblatt dated October 29, 1996.
  24. ↑ Information on the company's history on the company's website (accessed November 26, 2015).
  25. ↑ German stoneware progressed. Result sixfold - Ao. Income from Annawerk sale , Börsen-Zeitung of February 13, 1999.
  26. ^ Deutsche Steinzeug buys Laufen tiles , Handelsblatt dated January 2, 1999.
  27. ↑ German stoneware acquires Mosaic manufacturer , Boersen-Zeitung on 19 May 1999; Deutsche Steinzeug buys Meissen ceramics , Handelsblatt dated May 5, 1999.
  28. ↑ Deutsche Steinzeug buys Schlenkhoff , message on www.baustoffmarkt-online.de from July 19, 1999 ( accessed on December 1, 2015).
  29. ↑ Found a solid base again in the difficult ceramic market. Deutsche Steinzeug takes a big step forward , Handelsblatt from 13./14. February 1999.
  30. ↑ Economic downturn after the bursting of the new economy bubble and subprime crisis .
  31. ↑ For this plan, see new majority at Deutsche Steinzeug. Contribution in kind by the Austrian Lasselsberger Group , Börsen-Zeitung from November 11, 2000; Deutsche Steinzeug AG: ceramics against shares , Kölner Stadtanzeiger of November 11, 2000; Sasselsberger sic! takes over Steinzeug majority , Handelsblatt of November 13, 2000; Major shareholder for Deutsche Steinzeug , Börsen-Zeitung of July 13, 2001; Founding families get out. Deutsche Steinzeug goes to Österreicher , Handelsblatt dated July 16, 2001. For information on failure, see the merger of Steinzeug and Lasselsberger failed. Schäfer: "2002 also without a partner in plus" , Börsen-Zeitung of September 13, 2001.
  32. ↑ Stoneware sells Czech Rako , Börsen-Zeitung from January 17, 2002.
  33. ↑ Deutsche Steinzeug hopes for 2004 , Kölnische Rundschau of May 7, 2004.
  34. ^ Website of Monsun GmbH .
  35. ↑ For these sales see Deutsche Steinzeug: Annual Report 2004 , p. 13 (accessed on December 2, 2015).
  36. ↑ Deutsche Steinzeug: Annual Report 2004 , p. 3 (count from PDF file, accessed on December 2, 2015).
  37. ↑ Their share was around 90 percent at the beginning of 1998, for example, in May 2005 it was 52 percent, see Karlheinz Voss: Takeover of Wienerberger pipe activities , Handelsblatt dated 25/26. April 1998 and Steinzeug AG suffers from construction slack , Bonner General-Anzeiger from May 3, 2005.
  38. ^ Website ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) of the Italian ceramic manufacturer (retrieved in the Internet Archive on July 18, 2016).
  39. ↑ For the commitment of financial investors see Deutsche Bank joins Deutsche Steinzeug. Restructuring teams also convert debts , Börsen-Zeitung from April 1, 2006.
  40. ↑ On the participation of the Gruppo Concorde see Italians join Deutscher Steinzeug Alfter , Bonner General-Anzeiger of March 26, 2002.
  41. ↑ Steinzeug with major shareholder. Concorde increases stake to 30 percent , Bonner General-Anzeiger from April 15, 2014.
  42. ^ New work for records , Handelsblatt from March 29, 1999.
  43. ↑ Listing prospectus of July 18, 2007 , p. 76 (accessed on January 18, 2016).
  44. ↑ New roller kiln secures 250 jobs. Deutsche Steinzeug invests nine million euros in Sinzig - the district has granted approval ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Message dated May 11, 2007 on the Ahrweiler district website (accessed on December 3, 2015). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kreis-ahrweiler.de
  45. ↑ See the invitation and draft resolution of the Annual General Meeting on June 13, 2013 (accessed on March 2, 2016).
  46. ↑ Change in the Jasba sales structure in mid-2015 , company press release of June 29, 2015 (accessed on January 20, 2016); Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG Technical innovations from “the factory” , Bonner General-Anzeiger from October 3, 2013 (accessed on December 6, 2015).
  47. ↑ Information from the company's website (accessed December 6, 2015).
  48. ^ Deutsche Steinzeug leaves SMax , Handelsblatt of November 7, 2001.
  49. ↑ Listing prospectus of July 18, 2007 , p. F 110 (accessed on January 18, 2016).
  50. ^ Ad hoc announcement by Deutsche Steinzeug of July 12, 2012 (accessed on January 20, 2016); Steinzeug amalgamates shares , Kölnische Rundschau from April 25, 2013
  51. ↑ See, for example, the ad hoc announcement by Deutsche Steinzeug of November 11, 2010 (accessed on December 4, 2015).
  52. ^ Gerhard Meyenburg: Easy farewell for board members , Bonner General-Anzeiger dated December 16, 2014 (accessed on December 4, 2015).
  53. ↑ See the information on the product portfolio at www.wer-zu-wem.de ( accessed on December 5, 2015).
  54. ↑ See ceramic tiles clean themselves , Handelsblatt from July 18, 2001; Information on the product portfolio at www.wer-zu-wem.de ( accessed on December 5, 2015); see also From HYDROTECT® * to HT , company press release of October 1, 2010 (accessed on January 12, 2016).
  55. ^ Luxury pavement for Abu Dhabi , Kölner Stadtanzeiger , May 3, 2005 (accessed on February 4, 2016); ALLERWELLE sports and leisure pool in Gifhorn ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Entry on ArcGuide.de , edition 2011 ( accessed on February 4, 2016); Cersaie 2011: German tile industry shows convincing innovations and looks confidently into 2012 , press release from October 14, 2011 from the Ceramic Tiles + Panels Association for the Cersaie 2011 trade fair ( accessed on February 4, 2016). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arcguide.de
  56. ↑ Commercial register announcement of January 2, 2012 in the Federal Gazette .
  57. ↑ “Agrob Buchtal GmbH” instead of “Deutsche Steinzeug Keramik GmbH” , report on www.baulinks.de ( accessed on January 25, 2016).
  58. ↑ Ceramic association presents regrouping. New mainstay in the Czech Republic , Handelsblatt dated January 21, 1993.
  59. ^ ML Cohen: Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft , in: International Directory of Company Histories , Vol. 91, St. James Press, Detroit, New York [u. a.] 2008, pp. 144–148, here p. 147.
  60. ↑ This refers to companies that emerged as start-ups and mergers.
  61. ↑ Information on the history of this company on the website www.nordostkultur-muenchen.de (accessed on January 25, 2016).
  62. ↑ See the information on the company's history on the website www.industrie.lu/de ( accessed on 25 January 2016).
  63. ↑ Register number 39843220 ( accessed on January 25, 2016).
  64. ↑ Query of the character string Agrob Buchtal in the WIPO Global Brand Database on January 25, 2016.
  65. ↑ See the entry in the catalog of the German National Library (accessed on January 25, 2015).
  66. ↑ Information according to the company's references (accessed on January 25, 2016).
  67. ↑ See the information on this renovation project on the Agrob Buchtal website (accessed on January 25, 2015).
  68. ↑ On the Hagymatic see the company magazine about: ceramic tiles 2014 , p. 16 f; on the thermal power plant in Viborg see about: ceramic tiles 2014 , p. 35 (accessed on January 25, 2016).
  69. ↑ Martin Bechthold, Anthony Kane, Jonathan King: Ceramic building systems in architecture, construction and interior design , Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2015, p. 72 , ISBN 978-3-0356-0279-1 .
  70. ↑ Information on the Hornet work on the website www.welt-der-form.net (accessed on January 20, 2016). See also the mural Hornet at the K20 in Düsseldorf . Article on the website www.baunetzwissen.de (accessed on January 20, 2016). See also the information about Hornet on the website of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (accessed on January 20, 2016).
  71. ↑ Transport & Public. Architectural ceramics for prestigious appearances ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Brochure from Agrob Buchtal (accessed on January 20, 2016), p. 5. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.agrob-buchtal.de
  72. ↑ Overview of awards on the Agrob Buchtal website , (accessed on December 6, 2015); The Architects' Darlings 2015 have been chosen , message dated November 4, 2015 on the website www.baulinks.de ( accessed on January 12, 2016).
  73. ↑ Tile & Slab Forum: These are the "Products of the Year 2014"! , Report on www.fliesenundplatten.de ( accessed on January 12, 2016).
  74. ↑ Agrob Buchtal wins gold again. In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung . February 25, 2017, accessed January 16, 2018 .
  75. ↑ Triple victory for "German tiles" . In: Nordbayerischer Kurier , March 29, 2017.
  76. ↑ Thomas Dobler: Agrob Buchtal wins with the tile series Savona. Product of the year. In: Onetz . March 5, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 .
  77. ↑ For the history of Jasba see Ransbach-Baumbach company has a long tradition , Rhein-Zeitung dated August 4, 2011. Furthermore, the information on the Jasba website on the company's history (accessed on July 18, 2016). Also: Deutsche Steinzeug acquires mosaic manufacturer , Börsen-Zeitung of May 19, 1999.
  78. ↑ Andreas Wilkens: Deutsche Steinzeug merges sales of its brands. In: www.baustoffmarkt-online.de. October 2, 2017, accessed January 16, 2018 .
  79. ↑ Jasba mosaic in the award-winning King's Cross train station , London, press release by Deutsche Steinzeug from November 2, 2012 (accessed on January 20, 2016).
  80. ^ Website of the Children's Museum , accessed June 7, 2016.
  81. ↑ Information on references from the Jasba website , accessed on June 7, 2016.
  82. ↑ Information on the company and brand history at www.jasba.de ( accessed on December 6, 2015).
  83. ↑ Christina Nover: The disabled are an integral part of the workforce. Jasba Mosaik leads by example , Westerwälder Zeitung of December 3, 2013; Honored for sustainable integration. Jasba-Mosaik receives prize money for exemplary employment of severely disabled people and donates amount to Caritas , Westerwälder Zeitung of January 11, 2014.
  84. ↑ Imprint of Deutsche Steinzeug France SARL (accessed on January 12, 2016).
  85. ↑ Sales company in Switzerland , information on the Agrob Buchtal website (accessed on January 12, 2016).
  86. ↑ Locations according to the company's website (accessed December 4, 2015).
  87. ↑ Eleven new trainees at Buchtal , Mittelbayerische Zeitung from September 1, 2015 (accessed on December 5, 2015).
  88. ↑ New to the “Buchtalern” , Oberpfalznetz.de from September 6, 2014 ( accessed on December 5, 2015).
  89. ↑ Stoneware with many loads , Bonner General-Anzeiger , June 13, 2015.
  90. ^ Minister of Economic Affairs visits Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG. Lemke: Sinziger traditional company at home on the world market , press release of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry for Economic Affairs, Climate Protection, Energy and State Planning on www.bundeswirtschaftsportal.de from January 16, 2015 (accessed on December 5, 2015); Stoneware with loads of loads , Bonner General-Anzeiger , June 13, 2015.
  91. ↑ Ton macht die Musik , report on the website of IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie from August 29, 2014 (accessed December 5, 2015); District administrator Achim Schwickert visited the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges , notification on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges from March 25, 2014 (accessed on December 5, 2015).
  92. ↑ Michael Wester leaves Deutsche Steinzeug. In: fenster-tueren-technik.de. September 19, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .
  93. ↑ Information on the person on the Bloomberg website . Accessed April 9, 2018.