1971

1986

2013

The progressive development of the com-

pany necessitates new headquarters. The

appointed architect is Giuseppe Gerster,

a grandson of Joseph Gerster, who once

founded the company.

1973

Issue of 140 000 share certificates at CF

650 each.

1990

LAUFEN focuses increasingly on design.

orsche Design is the first internationally

renowned name to be consulted.

1997

From 1992 to 1997, the company went

into debt through acquisitions and

embarked on the restructuring of the

group which had been due for years.

1999

With the innovation of „SaphirKeramik“

LAUFEN presents a groundbreaking world

novelty and sets a new standard for bath-

room design.

2017

„On Saturday 3rd August shortly before

300 pm a fire had broen out in the floor

tile factory belonging to the Tonwarenfabrik

LAUFEN AG.

Keramik LAUFEN celebrates its 125th

anniversary.

2019

LAUFEN developed a pioneering urine-

separating WC with the design studio EOOS

and the Swiss research institute Eawag.

2023

LAUFEN has installed the world’s first electric

tunnel kiln, with zero carbon emissions, at its

Austrian site in Gmunden.

TODA

LAUFEN manufactures high-quality sanitary

ceramics and fittings and sells furniture,

bathroom accessories and bathtubs. The

products are created in collaboration with

renowned partners such as design com-

panies Kartell and Alessi and internationally

renowned designers and architects such as

Marcel Wanders, Patricia Urquiola, Konstantin

Grcic, Stefano Giovannoni, Toan Nguyen,

latinum Design, hoenix Design and etica

Design

It emanated from the oil burner at kiln I.

Despite the uic reaction with fire extin-

guishers, the fire was able to spread out,

thus destroying the plant to a great extent

Extract from the media

1982

Ceramic pressure casting, developed

by Keramik LAUFEN over years, is

unveiled to the public for the first time

in October 1982. A process which sets

new standards for the sanitary industry,

it enabled LAUFEN first to significantly boost

its capacities, its eciency as well as its

range.

2009

The LAUFEN Forum opens its doors. In

addition, the Similor headquarters and

production facilities are relocated to

LAUFEN. This was the last step in the

creation of the Swiss competence centre

for bathroom culture in LAUFEN.

LAUFEN becomes part of the ROCA group,

and thus belongs to one of the largest

and most influential enterprises in the

bathroom and sanitary ware industry.

2002

In 2002 LAUFEN launched ‘Tam Tam’, the

world’s first standing washbasin, cast in

one piece.

The washbasin belongs to the design line

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