» A more than 120-year success story
1899
31.10. Founding of the company by Heinrich Albert as Thonindustrie AG Klingenberg
1900
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
1923
Vital Daelen takes over the management of the company and leads it to a heyday in the following years until 1928
1939
First tunnel kiln for floor tiles is ignited
1945
Installation of a lignite gas production plant
1949
Annual production approx. 400,000m2 (with approx. 380 employees)
1953
Commissioning of a second tunnel kiln
1959
Construction of the third tunnel kiln
1961
Introduction of dry treatment
1967
Gradual conversion of the production of mosaic and wall tiles to floor tiles
1975
Installation of a wet treatment with spray tower
1979
Start of production of furnace tiles
1981
Sale of the family business to the Pegulan Group
1982
New company name: Klingenberg Dekoramik GmbH
1986
Acquisition by the Swedish group Tarkett/Stora
1991
Association of all ceramic works of the group (Klingenberg Decoramik, Ricchetti/Italy, Höganäs/Sweden, Pukkila/Finland) in the “United Tiles Group”
1993
Commissioning of a new roller kiln
1995
Ricchetti’s acquisition of United Tiles Group and IPO
1998
New production plant in Klingenberg with capacity increase to 1.5 millionm2 (with approx. 130 employees)
1998
The Ricchetti Group acquires CINCA in Portugal
1999
Merger of the Ricchetti Group with Cisa-Cerdisa/Italy
2006
Start of production of large-format stoneware tiles (30 x 60 and 45 x 45 cm) with aesthetically sophisticated surface design
2012
Setting the laboratory tile production
2013
Commissioning of 2 modern inkjet systems
2014
Certification according to ISO 50001 Energy Management
2019
ROY Ceramics SE acquires Klingenberg Dekoramik GmbH