LAUFEN THE COMPAN

LAUFEN stands

for swissness,

quality and design,

solutions around

the world.

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The personality of this highly tradition-

al Swiss brand reflects a symbiosis of

design, uality and functionality

LAUFEN is one of the world’s leading

manufacturers with a global distribu-

tion networ he company’s core com-

petence is its nowledge in the area of

sanitary ware manufacturing

What maes LAUFEN products uniue

at first glance is that their Swiss design

unites two major design trends emotional

Italian design from the south and the

northern tradition of design precision

and clarity For LAUFEN, uality has two

aspects manufacturing nowledge and

high degree of practical benefit that the

finished bathroom aords the customer

which is often not immediately apparent

LAUFEN, a Swiss company manufacturing

products that allow water, a precious re-

source, to be used sparingly, demon-

strates in this manner a commitment to

preserving natural resources and environ-

mentally-friendly production

THE CANTON OF BASELLAND

BETWEEN THE RIVERS DOUBS AND RHINE

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beginnings to

When LAUFEN was founded in Switzer-

land in 182, sanitation was still a far cry

from the standards and comforts oered

today standards, which were particularly

influenced by LAUFEN, the only sanitary

ceramics producer that manufactures

exclusively in Europe

FIRST MECHANICAL FACTORY FOR SANITARY

WARE ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT,

ZNOJMO

Some of the production facilities that be-

long to the company today can betraced

bac even further into history

For over 125 years, the LAUFEN brand

has been using the oldest malleable ma-

terial nown to man to mae innovative

sanitary products in state-of-the-art

plants with legendary Swiss precision

Knowledge of the bathroom as a whole

is developed from the competence of

LAUFEN in ceramics manufacturing,

and sophisticated design

DVELOPMENT OF THE WALL HUNG TOILET

BY LAUFEN ENGINEER XAVER JERMANN, 1964

ust as important at LAUFEN are the

constant developments in design

wall-mounted WCs and floor-standing

washbasins have enabled a new sense

of aesthetics In 2013 LAUFEN’s world-

wide material innovation SaphirKerami

succeeded in revolutionising the design

language of ceramic

The innovative and valuable patented

SaphirKerami formulation gives the

starting material unprecedented pos-

sibilities and scopes SaphirKerami is

used when a design includes thin walled

shapes and tight radii

THE NEW CLASSIC

DESIGNED BY MARCEL WANDERS

In 188 for example, the pioneer in

the mechanical manufacture of san-

itary ceramics was a production site

belonging to the Austrian monarchy

It is not just tradition, but also the

strong anchor which various European

manufacturing sites maintain intheir

domestic marets, Switerland, Aus-

tria and Cech Republic, that underpin

the uality of LAUFEN as a company

LAUFEN’s goal then was the same as

today’s to lead on technology, service

and design

Bac in the 180s, LAUFEN engineers

invented the most ecient high-

pressure casting technology for ceramic

production and therefore ensured a

sustainable breakthrough in industrial

production

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BATHROOM CULTURE FOR 125 YEARS