The story
Predecessors and foundation
In 1948, the cooperation started between Luuchtefabrik (renamed CERAMETAL in to 1949) and the company then known as Plansee GmbH.
In 1979, CERAMETAL launched production operations in the USA and the first ceramic parts were manufactured in 1988.
In 1996, Instrument AG in Bulgaria was incorporated in Plansee Tizit while, at the same time, collaboration got underway with Siel to form Siel Tizit Ltd. in the Indian city of Kolkata.
CERATIZIT S.A. was created in 2002 as the result of a merger between CERAMETAL (founded in 1931) and Plansee Tizit (founded in 1985). CERAMETAL was founded in Walferdange, Luxembourg, by Nicolas Lanners.
Growth
Following the start-up of the company in 2002, it opened sales offices in Brazil, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
In 2007, new administrative premises were unveiled in Mamer and Reutte, while sales and marketing offices were opened in China, Mexico and Spain. In 2007, Ceratizit acquired Newcomer Products, Inc., a private company based in Latrobe/Pennsylvania.
In 2010, Ceratizit and CB Carbide combined their Asian activities within the joint venture company CB-CERATIZIT in which both Ceratizit and the members of CB Carbide possess a 50% holding.
In 2011, Ceratizit moved its United States regional headquarters from Latrobe, PA to Warren, Michigan.
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As of 2022, it had 7,000 employees and more than 25 production sites in Europe, North America and Asia, and a sales network of over 70 branch offices.
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