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Hansgrohe is a German plumbing and appliance manufacturer. more...

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Founded in 1901 by Hans Grohe in Germany's Black Forest, Hansgrohe currently operates 9 manufacturing and design centers and 20 major offices worldwide to serve customers in over 70 countries. Today, they are the world's largest showerhead supplier.

Hansgrohe make high-end products for the shower, kitchen and bath.

History Of Hansgrohe

1901 - Hans Grohe and his partner split up. In Schiltach, Hans Grohe took over a wooden shed from Spittelsage, where the former Voight & Thieringer metal pressing plant had been housed. With a work force of two men, he used waterpower to manufacture metal spun products. The product line included parts for clocks, brass pans, anchor plates for stovepipes, lights for barn lanterns, lamp globes for kerosene lamps, galvanized roofing tips, and other articles based on patterns and designs. Before long, they also began manufacturing products for household plumbing applications. Hans Grohe used a bicycle to call on his customers - plumbers and pipe-layers - in the Black Forest. After only six months, it was already possible to hire a third worker, and after a year, a fourth metal worker was added.

1908 - Opening new markets - Hans Grohe travelled to Hamburg, Rhineland, and Switzerland, supplying wholesalers instead of individual plumbers and pipe-layers. The first company catalogue was published.

1910 - Hans Grohe travelled to Vienna, and contacts with Hungary were established. Twelve workers and one office clerk were now employed.

1928 - Hand held shower attachments with porcelain grips appear in the company catalogue for the first time.

1934 - The first automatic tub drainage and overflow fittings were introduced on the market. Excenter fittings for washstands appeared for the first time in the catalogue. Hans Grohe now employed more than 100 workers and had several representations abroad.

1945 - By this time, the work force had grown to more than 500 employees. Despite the economic collapse and the shortage of raw materials, the company managed to maintain production and even to launch new products.

1953 - Introduction of Unica™, the world's first fully adjustable wallbar, which is now a common element in bathrooms around the world.

1956 - Selecta™, the world's first adjustable hand shower was designed. An instant classic with more than 20 million sold around the world.

1958 - The existing line of bath wastes underwent further development, marketed as Excentra 53. For the first time an adjustable shower, as well as a jet-stream shower are offered. Hans Grohe products were put on display at the Brussels World Fair.

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