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HANSGROHE SE CELEBRATES ITS
115TH ANNIVERSARY
"We have our sights firmly set on the one-
billion euro sales mark"
Back in June 1901, when Hans Grohe founded a metal
spinning workshop in the small town of Schiltach in
Germany's Black Forest, he could hardly have imagined
that the three-man business would become one of the
world's leading manufacturers of bathroom fixtures and
showerheads. In fact today, 115 years later, Hansgrohe SE
(www.hansgrohe.com) with more than 3,800 employees,
34 subsidiaries and 21 sales offices, is considered one of
the most successful companies in the international
sanitation industry. "115 years of pioneering spirit, dedicated
employees and highly innovative products have made
Hansgrohe – The Original – strong," Thorsten Klapproth,
chairman of the executive board, explained on the occasion
of the 115th anniversary of the founding of the company. He
went on to say, "We now want to continue to grow from a
position of economic strength and work together to reach
new heights." The figures for the early months of the current
year confirm that this trend is set to continue in 2016. In
fact, order intake from both domestic German and
international markets is even greater than the all-time high
reported the previous year. The company, whose turnover in
2015 rose by 10 percent to EUR 964 million, is therefore
poised to achieve new record sales and earnings. "We have
our sights firmly set on the one-billion Euro sales mark,"
Thorsten Klapproth emphasized.
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