CHRONICLE

 

Our firm’s history

Kerateam GmbH & CoKG was founded in 1995, as a subsidiary of Steuler tiles GmbH and Norddeutsche Steingut AG (Grohn).

Key figures
25/07/1995

Establishment

Managing Director

Ingrid Vogel, Commercial Managing Director
Klaus-Martin Andreas, Technical Managing Director
Location

Leisnig in Saxony (6,900 inhabitants)
Kerastraße 1
Affiliations

- Member of German Tile and Slab Producers Association
- Member of Saxon Environmental Alliance

May 1997

Production start
Employees

130 (including 9 apprentices)
Capacity

6,700,000 square metres
Annual turnover 2006

32,000,000 €
Product line

- 20 x 25 earthenware wall tiles
- 25 x 33 earthenware wall tiles
- A great variety of decorations
- 25 x 25 cm floor tiles and 33 x 33 cm glazed fine stoneware

Distribution

- Germany
- Western and Eastern Europe
Distribution structure

Wholesale offices within the whole of Europe
2001

“Oskar” Award for medium-sized producers, in 2001
2000 – 2002

- Production extension by adding the third fast-fire kiln
- Extension of the glazing and storage hall
- Extension of raw material hall
2004

Extension of the administrative part
2005

- Extension by format 25 x 33 cm
- 10th anniversary