Villeroy & Boch
| Villeroy & Boch AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | DE0007657231 |
| founding | 1748 |
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Mettlach , Germany
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| Number of employees | 7,835 (2019) |
| sales | 833.3 million euros (2019) |
| Branch | Ceramics |
| Website | www.villeroyboch-group.com |
The Villeroy & Boch AG ( German [ ˌvɪlərɔɪ.ʔʊntbɔx ], French [ vilʁwa.ebɔk ]), short V & B (also called " VB "), a German manufacturer of ceramic goods, whose origin lies in the year 1748th The company is named after its two founders François Boch and Nicolas Villeroy and, after more than 270 years, is still largely owned by the von Boch-Galhau (main shareholders) and Villeroy de Galhau families . The headquarters of Villeroy & Boch is located in the monastery buildings of Mettlach Abbey in Saarland , which were abandoned during the French Revolution , and there are also 14 production sites in Europe, Asia and America. The products are sold in around 125 countries.
history
Beginnings
In 1748, François Boch , whose actual profession was an iron caster , began with the help of his three sons in German-Oth ( Audun-le-Tiche ) in Lorraine with the production of ceramic goods, especially tableware. Thanks to the high demand for these goods, the company was able to expand in 1767 and began serial production of ceramics near the fortress of Luxembourg under the name Jean-François Boch et Frères . In 1770 the Brindille - décor with its godronized shape, which is still sold without interruption - was created since the 20th century under the name "Old Luxembourg" or "Old Luxembourg".
In 1791, when the Bochs' company had already extended beyond Lorraine a. a. was successful in the Saar region and in Luxembourg , Nicolas Villeroy founded an earthenware factory in Vaudrevange (now Wallerfangen) . Both entrepreneurs were initially competitors. Villeroy succeeded in printing copperplate engravings on the porcelain , which meant enormous progress in series production and ensured its competitiveness against the Boch company. The copperplate engravings were initially printed on tissue paper. The cut-out pieces were applied to the still unfired ceramic. The paper burned during the firing process, while the metal paint remained on the ceramic.
In 1801 Jean-François Boch bought the former Benedictine abbey in Mettlach on the Saar . A modern mechanized crockery factory was opened in it. With it, Boch realized some of his ideas of machines to manufacture his goods, which marked the beginning of mass production . The abbey is still used today as the corporate headquarters of Villeroy & Boch. The von Boch company began to gain national recognition.
His work was continued by his sons. In 1812, Pierre-Joseph Boch founded the Antonius Brotherhood in Siebenbrunnen (then the municipality of Rollingergrund), which offered the workers progressive social benefits that went beyond the social laws that Otto von Bismarck only created 70 years later . As a result of this measure, the reputation of the company increased in the eyes of the workers. Also in Boch (a workers' place named after François Boch) a white, very hard stoneware was developed and produced from 1829, which meant that ceramic goods could increasingly be sold on the national market.
Foundation and expansion
However, in order to survive on the market, Jean-François Boch and Nicolas Villeroy merged with their three plants in 1836 to form the company "Villeroy and Boch". This enabled them to advance further in the supra-regional and later Europe-wide market. In 1843 Villeroy and Boch opened their first joint plant in Wadgassen (Saarland), the Cristallerie . Large-scale production in Wadgassen was discontinued in 1986 and the production of the Treveris crystal glass series was completely ended in the early 1990s. Until 2010, crystal glass was still produced for demonstration purposes. A so-called Factory Outlet Center has been located on the company premises since October 2012 .
In 1846 years later, dry pressing for tile production was introduced in Siebenbrunnen . This procedure is still used today. Villeroy and Boch expanded their market and exported to France , Switzerland , Poland (then Prussian territory) and England .
As early as the early 1840s, Villeroy & Boch was one of the leading manufacturers of faience :
“Villeroy & Boch, which was already mentioned under the pottery, also appeared as exhibitors of faience goods with a wide range. Six table servizes, five dessert servizes, fruit baskets, compote bowls, plates, coffee and tea servizes. A large part of these works, some of which are of rather difficult forms, are imprinted with neat designs. We want these things to be the best for the sharpness and cleanliness of the print. Painted dishes are also on display, and we have every reason to praise them. The yellow dishes, on which the silver plating with glossy silver looks very nice, are extremely tasteful. The gilding, too, is as it can only be on Fayenze with the current standpoint of this trade; whether it will ever be possible to produce a durable, beautiful gilding on this material, we have to leave it open. Note the small beaker made of baked clay, on which white pearls were placed before the baked. Those in the know assure us that this work has been extremely laborious and not previously been produced in this way. Here, too, like almost all exhibitors of Fayenze makes, the public has given their applause by making a large purchase. "
In the 1850s, the company brought further innovations onto the market, such as high-quality porcelain, floor tiles with inlaid patterns ( Mettlacher plates ) and later the fire clay . This also made Villeroy & Boch more popular around the world: the products were sold all over Europe, and also exported to North America and some of them to South America . The production of the Mettlach plates , which got their name from the place of manufacture in Mettlach , was described in a contemporary lexicon as follows:
“Mettlacher Platten, clay tiles formed in a dry way, fired to sintering, colored in the mass with a monochrome or patterned surface. They consist of two layers of mass, of which the upper one receives the pattern in a finer preparation, while the lower one, made in a thicker layer, serves as a filling material. During production, the finely ground mass is poured by hand into molds that are pushed under press rams, which strongly compress the clay powder; hydraulic pressure is used to move the ram. For the production of patterned plates, stencils are used, which are burned with colored burning clays; the stencils are pulled out of the clay powder entered before the panels are pressed. "
The panels are particularly abrasion-resistant and therefore durable, temperature-resistant and easy to lay. They were used to a large extent in the Wilhelminian era with their building boom in the cities. The numerous patterns, colors and joined carpet-like shapes are created from a base plate each measuring 17 by 17 cm .
The Mettlacher Platten were so successful on the market that they were copied by the Wienerberger Ziegelfabriks- und Baugesellschaft . The Wienerberger clay tiles were first found in Austria in the new building of the k. k. Arts and crafts school use.
In the 1930s, the Mettlach slabs were replaced by cheaper cement floor slabs. Since replacements for the original tiles are increasingly needed in the 21st century for reasons of monument protection, the only German manufacturer Golem Baukeramik was founded in Sieversdorf in the state of Brandenburg in 2002 . He maintains a consulting and sales center in the Hackesche Höfe in Berlin-Mitte .
In 1879 another ceramic factory was opened in Merzig (also in Saarland). At that time, it developed into the world's largest factory for floor tiles. The terracotta building ceramics developed in the 20th century were also sold worldwide from there. When, towards the end of the 19th century, ceramic and porcelain products in the sanitary sector in particular continued to displace older sheet metal fittings , the company began large-scale production of sanitary ceramics, toilets , sinks and bathtubs in 1899 . As a result of the increased production, modern bathrooms have now become affordable for poorer sections of the population.
From 1883 until it was sold in 1912, the Schramberg majolica factory in Schramberg in the Black Forest was a subsidiary of Villeroy & Boch.
Early 20th century
Production was temporarily stopped during the First World War . Since it was difficult to supply the German Reich from the Saar area, which was separated off after the end of the war, and the procurement of raw materials (especially fuel and clays) was difficult, Villeroy & Boch acquired factories near Bonn and Breslau in 1920 , where it was located in the period between the two world wars Production resumed: While production in the Saar area was mainly for the French market, Mehlem near Bonn, where production was carried out for the German market, also took up the artistic ideas of the Bauhaus movement. Utility ceramics and decorative items were manufactured in the Bonn plant, and from 1926 onwards the facility was converted for sanitary ware.
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With the de facto annexation of Alsace-Lorraine after the French campaign in 1940, the Saargemünder faience factory was confiscated by Gauleiter Josef Bürckel as "enemy property" and Luitwin von Boch was placed under bankruptcy trustee in October 1940 . Boch, who had no choice of taking over the trusteeship, thanked Bürckel for this by producing a plate that celebrated the annexation of Lorraine and Alsace in a propaganda way. In addition, Boch was granted a right of first refusal for the Sarreguemines company. From January 1941, production could be resumed in Saargemünd after 2,350,000 Reichsmarks had to be invested in order to get production going. The products now bore the stamp "Villeroy & Boch, Steingutfabrik Saargemünd". In the longer term, von Boch planned to produce sanitary ceramics in Saargemünd. On July 6, 1942, Villeroy & Boch bought the Saargemünder plant for around two million Reichsmarks. Luitwin von Boch was released with the acquisition of the trusteeship and no longer forced to report to the Gauleitung. Only after the liberation of the city of Sarreguemines by the US Army in December 1944 was the former factory director Edouard Cazal, who fled to central France in 1940, able to take over the management of the company in Sarreguemines again. The city of Sarreguemines bought back the land and factory from Villeroy & Boch for the same price, the equivalent of around two million Reichsmarks.
During the Second World War , the company had to cope with serious problems again: Most of the German factories had been destroyed, and in France some dish mines were made from porcelain. In addition, the remaining production facilities near Breslau , Dresden and Torgau were expropriated after the war and the Saarland factories were incorporated into the joint Franco-Saarland economic area. The economic reconnection of the Saarland to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1959 finally enabled all branches of the company to be resumed. As early as 1959, the plant in Septfontaines / Luxembourg was able to increase sales again with further inventions, especially in the manufacture of porcelain. The company continued to grow in the following years, exporting to Japan from 1971 and commissioning well-known designers such as Luigi Colani with the designs of sanitary ware.
Since the end of the 20th century
The company was restructured in 1982 and development is now coordinated centrally. The products were sold in the tile , plumbing and tableware / crystal divisions . The last glass production in the Cristallerie Wadgassen took place in 1986. The company continued to expand in the 1980s; the product range expanded to include tubs and showers.
In 1990 Villeroy & Boch announced that it would go public . In the 1990s, the company bought some smaller manufacturers. At the anniversary celebration for the 250th anniversary of Villeroy & Boch in 1998 in Mettlach, leading politicians from Luxembourg, Germany and France spoke out in favor of the company and the “European from the very beginning”. The product range is constantly being expanded to this day. Villeroy & Boch sells its goods worldwide through retail outlets, in company-owned shops and via an online shop. In the bathroom and wellness area, the distribution channel has three levels. Private individuals can also buy discounted tableware of second choice in the company's own outlet shops in Mettlach, Luxembourg, Wadgassen, Zweibrücken, Selb, Dänischburg, Wustermark and Torgau as well as some other outlet locations abroad. H. Porcelain, glass, cutlery and decorative items with small blemishes .
The tile division of Villeroy & Boch was spun off on January 1, 2006 into an independent GmbH (V&B Fliesen GmbH). On July 1, 2007, Villeroy & Boch AG sold 51% of V&B Fliesen GmbH to the Turkish ceramic manufacturer VitrA ( Eczacıbaşı Holding ). In January 2011, the Eczacibasi Group's stake in V&B Fliesen GmbH was expanded to a total of 75%, and another expansion took place in January 2014. Villeroy & Boch AG currently only holds 2.29% as a financial investment.
Following a long tradition of collaboration with artists, an intensive collaboration developed with the painter Stefan Szczesny , who developed numerous large projects with the company.
In 2008, the year of its 260th anniversary, Villeroy & Boch took over the insolvent bathroom furniture manufacturer Sanipa , based in Treuchtlingen . In addition to bathroom furniture, Sanipa also offers mirrors, mirror cabinets and lighting elements.
For Villeroy & Boch - as for the entire ceramic industry (Wedgwood, Rosenthal, etc.) - 2009 was marked by the global financial and economic crisis . Worldwide, the group reduced the number of employees by 900, including around 400 in Germany. Products such as cutlery and glasses are covered by purchases.
Layoffs in Luxembourg met fierce opposition from the population and workforce. Because of the closure of the Rollingergrund plant, the Luxembourg Christian Union (LCGB) accused Villeroy & Boch of acting unsocially during times of crisis. In the course of the subsequent negotiations before the National Arbitration Office (Office national de conciliation), the company and the union were finally able to agree on a mutually satisfactory social plan.
For the crisis year 2009, the group recorded a loss of 96.5 million euros with sales of 715.3 million euros, about 14.9% below the previous year's level.
At EUR 714.2 million, sales in 2010 were on a par with the previous year, while the operating result, EBIT (before special expenses), improved significantly by EUR 25.3 million to EUR 23.6 million. With consolidated sales constant, Villeroy & Boch was able to increase sales above all abroad. Overall, the annual result was adversely affected by a provisionally paid EU antitrust fine of 73 million including legal costs.
Villeroy & Boch was able to increase sales to 743 million euros in 2011, which corresponds to an increase of 4%. The operating result (EBIT) increased by 17% to 28 million euros compared to the previous year.
In 2012, Villeroy & Boch recorded a decrease in the number of employees from 8,449 to 7,840 employees (around 32% of them in Germany), combined with the sale of one of a total of three production plants in Mexico (Saltillo). At 744 million euros, consolidated sales were at the level of 2011, of which 466 million euros were attributable to the Bathroom and Wellness division and 278 million euros to the Tableware division. The operating result (EBIT) was EUR 31 million, 11% above the previous year's level. For 2013, Villeroy & Boch was aiming for a 3 to 5% increase in consolidated sales.
In January 2014, the company took 242nd place in the ranking of the 500 largest family businesses in the Wirtschaftsblatt magazine .
The company was listed on the SDAX from November 20, 2009 to June 18, 2010 . A renewed inclusion in the stock index took place on November 27, 2013. On September 21, 2015 Villeroy & Boch had to leave the index again.
Group sales in 2014 were EUR 766 million, 2.8% above the previous year's level, of which EUR 469 million was attributable to the Bathroom and Wellness division and EUR 297 million to the Tableware division. The highest sales growth was again achieved in the German market. Villeroy & Boch suffered declines in sales in France and Italy, while sales growth outside of Europe was primarily achieved in China. The operating result (EBIT) of 43.2 million euros was on a par with the previous year, as was the group result at around 24 million euros.
In December 2014, Villeroy & Boch announced the appointment of Markus Warncke as Chief Financial Officer with effect from January 1, 2015.
Group sales in 2016 were EUR 820.1 million, an increase of 3.3% over the previous year. Of this, 524.4 million euros went to the Bathroom and Wellness division and 295.7 million euros to the Tableware division. The operating result (EBIT) was 47.6 million euros.
In March 2017, Yves Elsen was elected as the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board following the Annual General Meeting. He succeeded Wendelin von Boch , whose term of office as a member of the supervisory board ended regularly at the end of the general meeting. Wendelin von Boch was a member of the supervisory board from 2007 and chairman of the supervisory board from 2009.
Group sales in 2017 were 836.5 million euros, an increase of 2% over the previous year. Of this, 558.1 million euros went to the Bathroom and Wellness division and 278.4 million euros to the Tableware division. The operating result (EBIT) was 49.8 million euros.
In 2018, group sales increased by 2% to € 853.1 million. The Bathroom and Wellness Division increased its sales by 4.7% to € 584.3 million, while the Tableware Division had to accept a 4.4% decline with a sales volume of € 266.2 million.
On January 31, 2019, the table culture director Nicolas Luc Villeroy left the company. The Supervisory Board appointed Gabi Schupp as his successor. With a degree in business administration, the last representative of the founding family to date left the board of the ceramics company founded in 1748.
In 2019, consolidated sales were € 833.3 million and the operating result (EBIT) was € 51.0 million. The sale of a property in Luxembourg (former factory premises) generated special income of € 87.7 million. In January 2020, Dr. Alexander von Boch-Galhau elected as the new chairman of the supervisory board. According to media reports from January 2020, Villeroy & Boch is examining the takeover of the Belgian sanitary ware manufacturer Ideal Standard . In August 2020, Georg Lörz was appointed to succeed Andreas Pfeiffer as member of the Management Board for the Bathroom and Wellness division.
Bathroom cartel
In 2010 the EU Commission discovered a cartel with 17 companies that had to pay a total fine of 622 million euros. In 2017 the European Court of Justice upheld the judgment. Villeroy & Boch had to pay a fine of 71.5 million euros in 2010.
Timetable
| year | event |
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| 1748 | François Boch founds his pottery in Audun-le-Tiche (Lorraine; closed in 1870) |
| 1767 | Foundation of Faiencerie Siebenbrunnen (Luxembourg) |
| 1791 | Nicolas Villeroy founds his Faiencerie in Vaudrevange ( Wallerfangen / Saar; closed 1931) |
| 1809 | Foundation of the Faiencerie in Mettlach / Saar |
| 1836 | Merger of the two companies von Boch and Villeroy |
| 1843 | Founding of the Cristallerie in Wadgassen / Saar |
| 1856 | Foundation of the stoneware factory in Dresden on Neudorfer Flur ( Leipzig suburb ) (expropriation 1945) |
| 1869 | Foundation of the mosaic factory in Mettlach |
| 1870/71 | Beginning of the production of the first sanitary objects |
| 1879 | Takeover of the von Fellenbergschen "Thonwaaren-Fabrik" Merzig / Saar |
| 1883 | Takeover of the majolica factory Schramberg (Black Forest; sold 1912) |
| 1899 | Start of large-scale production of sanitary ware at the Merzig plant |
| 1906 | Establishment of the plant in Lübeck-Dänischburg |
| 1920 | Takeover of the Lissa plants (near Breslau; expropriation in 1945) and Mehlem (near Bonn; closed in 1931) |
| 1925 | Takeover of the tableware factory in Torgau (expropriation 1945) |
| 1955 | Villeroy & Boch produces the first of five papal dishes |
| 1958 | Production of the first Vitroporzellans in Siebenbrunnen (1969 complete conversion) |
| 1971 | Introduction of the Avantgarde collection with the IF product design award, Die Kugel |
| 1975 | The beginning of a new era for Villeroy & Boch: the Colani sanitary ware collection |
| 1976 | Takeover of the Heinrich porcelain factory in Selb (Bavaria) |
| 1990 | Villeroy & Boch goes public |
| 1995 | Collaboration with Paloma Picasso |
| 1996 | Introduction of the concept "The House of Villeroy & Boch": paradigm shift from ceramic manufacturer to lifestyle supplier |
| 2000 | Acquisition of the Swedish plumbing and fittings manufacturer AB Gustavsberg |
| 2001 | Takeover of the Austrian bathroom furniture manufacturer db. the bathroom . |
| 2004 | Innovation award of the German economy for NewWave Caffè |
| 2005 | Merger of bathroom and wellness into one corporate division, outsourcing of the tile division to V&B Fliesen GmbH |
| 2006 | Acquisition of three sanitary facilities in Mexico |
| 2008 | 260-year company anniversary, takeover of the bathroom furniture manufacturer Sanipa (Treuchtlingen) |
| 2009 | Closure of the plant in Lübeck-Dänischburg (155 jobs) |
| 2012 | Sale of the sanitary facility in Saltillo (Mexico) |
Product examples
Vase decor à la feuille de trèfle , late 18th century
Commemorative plate on the occasion of the golden wedding of Eugen von Boch and Oktavie geb. Villeroy in 1892
Bone china tea cup, Faiencerie Wallerfangen, approx. 1860–80
Jug with a lid made of incised stoneware, designed by Heinrich Schlitt
Phanolite vase (early 20th century), designed and manufactured by Johann Baptist Stahl (1869–1932)
So- called jardinière made of phanolite (early 20th century), designed and manufactured by Johann Baptist Stahl
Wall plate made of phanolite with relief surfaces made of porcelain (early 20th century), designed and manufactured by Johann Baptist Stahl
Spice jars made of hand-painted stoneware (around the end of the 19th century)
Lid of a vase with a fully plastic lion, made by a worker for his son in 1910 (it was common at that time for workers to make such items for their children)
Wash set model "Drina", consisting of wash bowl, wash jug and soap dish (approx. Early 20th century)
Adria vase with running glaze, approx. 1935–40
Cake plate decor Goslar , 1935–65
Milk jug decor Doris , approx. 1950s
Company stamp on a vase, approx. 1935–40
Römer in overlay technology, Cristallerie Wadgassen, early 20th century.
Trademarks on a coffee cup
Coaster decor Old Strasbourg , early 1920s
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- Buildings related to the company
Corporate headquarters (in the former Mettlach Abbey )
Saareck Castle Guesthouse in Saareck's Ländchen
Saareck Castle Guesthouse (general view)
Stud on Saareck's Ländchen , built by Eugen von Boch in 1856
Extension to the guest house
St. Joseph Chapel (originally located in Wallerfangen; Eugen von Boch had it demolished there in 1879 and rebuilt in Mettlach in 1882 above the von Boch family crypt)
Chapel of St. Joseph (frontal view)
Septfontaines Castle or Siebenbrunnen (Luxembourg)
former workshop building at the company's headquarters
Adventure world
The adventure world in the company headquarters includes a. a ceramic museum showing examples and manufacturing processes since the company was founded.
The associated museum café, the so-called “historic milk shop”, is adorned with 15,000 hand-decorated tiles.
literature
- chronological -
- Villeroy & Boch - Work carried out with products from the Mettlach, Merzig, Dresden, Dänischburg, Breslau Deutsch-Lissa and Bonn plants (= folder no. 5893). Dresden 1929. Internet Archive
- Villeroy & Boch - tradition, quality, progress . Draeger Frères, Paris 1960.
- Thérèse Thomas: The roles of the two families Boch and Villeroy in the 18th and 19th centuries. The creation of the Villeroy & Boch company . Dissertation . Saarbrücker Druckerei & Verlag, Saarbrücken 1974.
- Werner Jacobs, Hans Krajewski : Living with ceramics . R. Müller, Cologne 1976, 123 pp., Fig., ISBN 3-481-14201-3 .
- Villeroy & Boch - ceramics from the Baroque to the New Objectivity . Modifications made by Thérèse Thomas. [Catalog for the exhibition at the Saarland State Representation in Bonn 1976]. Self-published, Bonn 1976.
- Thérèse Thomas: Villeroy & Boch 1748–1930. Ceramics from the production of two centuries. [Catalog of an exhibition in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , published by V & B 1977 o. O.]
- Karl-Heinz Gorges: The Christian-run industrial company in the 19th century and the Villeroy & Boch model . [Dissertation]. Steiner, Stuttgart 1989. (Journal for Company History; Supplement 60).
- HJ Reiter: The trading company Villeroy & Boch. From the foundation in 1836 to 1878 . Frankfurt: Lang, 1992. 372 pp. (Legal history series; 96)
- Villeroy & Boch Dresden - On the history of the stoneware factory from 1856 to 1945 . [Catalog of the joint exhibition of the Dresden City Museum, Mettlach Ceramic Museum, Staatl. Kunstsammlung Dresden, Kunstgewerbemuseum 1992] Edited by Jörg Knorr and Ester Schneider. Merziger Druckerei & Verlag, Merzig 1992.
- Andrea Buddensieg: artist design and company product. On the history of utility ceramics from Villeroy & Boch in Mettlach and Dresden between 1900 and 1940 . [Dissertation from the University of Bonn ]. VDG, Weimar 1995, ISBN 3-929742-39-X .
- The House of Villeroy & Boch. A philosophy and its ambience . Self-published by Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach 1996.
- Rainer Desens: Villeroy & Boch. A quarter of a millennium of European industrial history 1748–1998 . Concept and text: Rainer Desens. Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach 1998.
- Gary Kirsner: The Mettlach Book - the Mettlach book. Illustrated Catalog . Glentiques, Coral Springs 2005, ISBN 978-1-889591-01-8 .
Movie
- German Dynasties - The Villeroys & Bochs. Documentary, Germany, 2015, 43:47 min., Script and director: Caroline Haertel, production: neue artfilm, WDR , Saarländischer Rundfunk , series: Deutsche Dynastien , first broadcast: May 11, 2015 on Das Erste , summary of Das Erste.
See also
Web links
- Official website
- Château de Septfontaines - Origin of Villeroy & Boch Luxembourg (French)
- Ceramic Museum by Villeroy & Boch
- Literature on Villeroy & Boch Mettlach in the Saarland Bibliography
- Early documents and newspaper articles on Villeroy & Boch in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
- The Mettlach Book
Individual evidence
- ↑ Villeroy & Boch: Georg Lörz new board member Bathroom and Wellness and board member of Markus Warncke extended. FAMILY BUSINESS in FOCUS (FiFo) , August 25, 2020, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
- ^ Villeroy & Boch: Villeroy & Boch - Management and Supervisory Board of the V&B Group. Retrieved January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Villeroy & Boch Annual Report 2019
- ↑ a b Villeroy & Boch AG: Annual Report 2014. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved April 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Villeroy & Boch: From then until now the V&B Group. Retrieved January 16, 2020 .
- ^ Peter Schmidt: Even Goethe raved about. ( Memento from February 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Forum. The weekly magazine , October 16, 2015, accessed on February 12, 2016.
- ↑ Wolfgang Willems: Zerbrechliche Kostbarkeiten. ( Memento of February 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Forum , January 30, 2013, accessed on February 12, 2016.
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^ History of the Wadgassen Abbey. ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Wadgassen community , accessed on February 29, 2016.
Outlet shop Wadgassen. In: villeroyboch-group.com , accessed on February 29, 2016. - ↑ Amand. Ferd. Neukrantz (Ed.): Detailed report on the large, general German trade exhibition in Berlin in 1844 . M. Simion, Berlin 1845, p. 393 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 3, 2018]).
- ↑ Mettlach Plates. In: Zeno.org
- ↑ The seventh exhibition of the Styrian Association for the Promotion of the Art Industry . In: Grazer Zeitung . December 18, 1877, p. 3 ( ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online [accessed May 5, 2020]).
- ^ The applied arts in the Paris World Exhibition . In: The press . July 27, 1878, p. 2 ( ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online [accessed May 5, 2020]).
- ^ The arts and crafts school of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Museum in Vienna . In: Allgemeine Bauzeitung . October 3, 1881, p. 56 ( ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online [accessed May 5, 2020]).
- ↑ Jörg Niendorf: Blossoming antiquity in the hallway . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 17, 2020, p. 6.
- ↑ Homepage of Golem Baukeramik , accessed on January 17, 2020.
- ^ Thomas: Villeroy & Boch 1748–1930. Ceramics from the production of two centuries. 1977, p. 5.
- ↑ Arthur Fontaine: Merziger Terracotta. World career and rediscovery of a historic industrial product . Merzig 2006.
- ^ Exhibition of the Saargemünd Ceramics Museum on the company history of the Saargemünder Keramikfabrik, www.sarreguemines-museum.eu.
- ^ Thérèse Thomas: The role of the two families Boch & Villeroy in the 18th and 19th centuries . Saarbrücken 1974.
- ^ Karl Presser: Glass industry. In: www.saar-nostalgie.de. May 28, 2016, accessed January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Villeroy & Boch takes over bathroom furniture manufacturer Sanipa. ( Memento from July 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: villeroy-boch.com , May 2008.
- ↑ Annual Report 2010 ( Memento from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.8 MB).
- ↑ Annual Report 2011 ( Memento from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.7 MB).
- ↑ Annual Report 2012 ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.3 MB).
- ↑ Top 500 - The largest family businesses in Germany. In: Wirtschaftsblatt , 2014, No. 1, p. 47, ( Flashplayer ).
- ^ Villeroy & Boch in the SDAX. In: finanzen.net , November 27, 2013.
- ↑ dpa / Reuters : Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Vonovia replaces Lanxess in the Dax. In: Handelsblatt , September 3, 2015.
- ↑ Press release: Dr. Markus Warncke becomes the new CFO of Villeroy & Boch AG. In: dgap.de , December 16, 2014.
- ↑ Villeroy & Boch in the 2016 financial year. In: villeroyboch-group.com, accessed on March 22, 2017.
- ↑ Press release: Changes in the Supervisory Board: Yves Elsen succeeds Wendelin von Boch as Chairman In: mynewsdesk.com , March 29, 2017.
- ↑ Villeroy & Boch increases operating profit by 8.5% to EUR 49.5 million. In: villeroyboch-group.com , accessed on April 18, 2018.
- ↑ 2018 financial year: Villeroy & Boch increases earnings by 7.6%. In: villeroyboch-group.com , accessed April 19, 2019.
- ↑ Villeroy & Boch: Gabi Schupp becomes Board Member for Tableware In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , 7 January 2019.
- ↑ Nicolas Luc Villeroy: The last member of the founding family to leave the Villeroy & Boch Management Board. In: www.handelsblatt.com. January 8, 2019, accessed January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ V & B wants to examine the takeover of Ideal Standard In: sr.de , January 28, 2020.
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