Buchtal USA
Ceramic tiles and panels from AGROB
BUCHTAL provide new scope for demanding design. Sophisticated concepts
cover the entire spectrum of the architectural use of this material.
Our range of products comprises:
"Modular systems" of colours and formats for wall and floor
Innovative water inflow and pool edge systems as well as
slip-resistant solutions for swimming pools
Robust ceramics for industry and trade with different slip
resistances and diverse profiles
Special tile systems for the elegant design of stairs, skirtings, edges etc.
Attractive design elements for public areas as well as
representative large formats
Special solutions such as e.g. guiding tiles for the blind, shower
tub systems, static
electricity conducting ceramics or laser-absorbing surfaces for
operating theatres
First-class products and competent advice belong together!
We support you with
- decades of experience and latest know-how
- extensive services for architects and planners
The roots of Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer &
Breuer AG go back to the company "Deutsche Steinzeug-Warenfabrik
Aktiengesellschaft", founded in Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld in 1890, and
Cremer & Breuer GmbH, founded in Frechen in 1906. Both companies were
initially exclusively dedicated to manufacturing sewer construction
goods made of clay. The production range was subsequently extended by
adding the production of acid-resistant goods and apparatus made of clay
for the chemicals industry. The companies quickly developed into the
leading manufacturers of coarse ceramic products.
By 1926, Cremer & Breuer had acquired a majority stakeholding in
Deutsche Steinzeug-Warenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft and prompted this
company to acquire a majority involvement in "Annawerk Schamotte- und
Tonwarenfabrik AG" in Oeslau at the beginning of the thirties; soon
thereafter, Annawerk AG founded Buchtal AG in Schwarzenfeld/Oberpfalz.
These participations led to a concern whose main field of operations was
in coarse ceramics and included the manufacture of clay pipes, tiles and
panels, as well as other products such as refractory materials, roof
tiles, etc.
The intense need for clay pipes during the reconstruction phase in
post-war Germany opened up great market opportunities for this product
area. That is why the first investments were focused here.
At the same time, Buchtal AG specialized in ceramic tiles and
panels and over the years became a specialist supplier in project
ceramics. In order to boost competitiveness and to become an
across-the-range ceramic supplier, Deutsche Steinzeug acquired the
tile-manufacturing companies of the AGROB Group in 1992. Stakeholdings
in the Czech company, Rakonické keramické závody akciová spolecnost a.s.,
Rakovnik, and LAUFEN-Fliesen GmbH were added in the following years. In
1997, the parent company, Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG once
again took over operative management by merging the ceramic covering
materials into the holding company.