31.10. Founding of the company by Heinrich Albert as Thonindustrie AG Klingenberg

approx. 72,000 m2 annual production (with approx. 110 employees) production program: mosaic slabs, plasters, glazed wall panels as well as red-tone refractory and acid-resistant products

Vital Daelen takes over the management of the company and leads it to a heyday in the following years until 1928

First tunnel kiln for floor tiles is ignited

Installation of a lignite gas production plant

Annual production approx. 400,000m2 (with approx. 380 employees)

Commissioning of a second tunnel kiln

Construction of the third tunnel kiln

Introduction of dry treatment

Gradual conversion of the production of mosaic and wall tiles to floor tiles

Installation of a wet treatment with spray tower

Start of production of furnace tiles

Sale of the family business to the Pegulan Group

New company name: Klingenberg Dekoramik GmbH

Acquisition by the Swedish group Tarkett/Stora

Association of all ceramic works of the group (Klingenberg Decoramik, Ricchetti/Italy, Höganäs/Sweden, Pukkila/Finland) in the “United Tiles Group”

Commissioning of a new roller kiln

Ricchetti’s acquisition of United Tiles Group and IPO

New production plant in Klingenberg with capacity increase to 1.5 millionm2 (with approx. 130 employees)

The Ricchetti Group acquires CINCA in Portugal

Merger of the Ricchetti Group with Cisa-Cerdisa/Italy

Start of production of large-format stoneware tiles (30 x 60 and 45 x 45 cm) with aesthetically sophisticated surface design

Setting the laboratory tile production

Commissioning of 2 modern inkjet systems

Certification according to ISO 50001 Energy Management

ROY Ceramics SE acquires Klingenberg Dekoramik GmbH