Private company
Knauf
Logo: Knauf-marketing, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4
Building materials company
Knauf Group is a multinational, family-owned company based in Iphofen, Germany, well known for drywall gypsum boards, founded in 1932. The company is a producer of building materials and construction systems comprising construction materials for drywall construction, plasterboard, cement boards, mineral fibre acoustic boards, dry mortars with gypsum for internal plaster and cement-based external plaster and insulating materials; glass wool, stone wool and other insulation materials under the company Knauf Insulation.2 It employed about 23,000 people in 2007.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersIphofen1
- Founded inIphofen1
- Websitewww.knauf.com
- Legal formKommanditgesellschaft1
- LEI529900ILB4WQZFL0XO223
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered addressAm Bahnhof 7, 97346 Iphofen, Germany3
- Registered withLocal Court Würzburg, HRB 15653
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Knauf Group is a multinational, family-owned company based in Iphofen, Germany, well known for drywall gypsum boards, founded in 1932. The company is a producer of building materials and construction systems comprising construction materials for drywall construction, plasterboard, cement boards, mineral fibre acoustic boards, dry mortars with gypsum for internal plaster and cement-based external plaster and insulating materials; glass wool, stone wool and other insulation materials under the company Knauf Insulation.2
Corporate structure
Knauf is part of a group headed by Gebr. Knauf KG. 21 entities, 7 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Gebr. Knauf KG Iphofen, Germany
- Knauf Iphofen, Germany
- Belgips Subsidiary · Hatava, Belarus
- USG Corporation Subsidiary · Chicago, Illinois, United States
- CGC INC. Subsidiary · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- USG FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, LTD. Subsidiary · Chicago, Illinois, United States
- USG Corporation Retirement Plan Trust Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States
- knauf.il Subsidiary · Israel
- Knauf Insulation Visé, Belgium
- C & G Verwaltungs GmbH Subsidiary · Iphofen, Germany
- KNAUF (UK) GmbH Subsidiary · Iphofen, Germany
- Knauf Aquapanel GmbH & Co. KG Subsidiary · Iserlohn, Germany
- Knauf Ceiling Solutions GmbH & Co. KG Subsidiary · Grafenau, Germany
- KNAUF DI KNAUF S.R.L. S.A.S. Subsidiary · Castellina Marittima, Italy
- Knauf Insulation Holding GmbH Subsidiary · Iphofen, Germany
- KNAUF INTERNATIONAL GmbH Subsidiary · Iphofen, Germany
- Knauf Performance Materials GmbH Subsidiary · Dortmund, Germany
- Knauf PFT GmbH & Co. KG Subsidiary · Iphofen, Germany
- Knauf Sverige GmbH Subsidiary · Iphofen, Germany
- PT. Knauf Gypsum Indonesia Subsidiary · Iphofen, Germany
- Knauf Iphofen, Germany
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Leadership
Who has led Knauf, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Board members and other officers (1)
- Managing directorNikolaus Knauf 1968 to 20081
Products and brands
- building material
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
- Belgips
- Knauf
- knauf.il
- USG Corporation since Apr 24, 2019
Parent company (GLEIF)
From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.
Acquisitions
- Apr 24, 2019USG Corporation became a subsidiary1
Employees over time
- 200723,0001
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.knauf.com1
- WikipediaKnauf
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ495793
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataKnauf on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKnauf on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4Wikimedia CommonsKnauf logo by Knauf-marketing, CC BY-SA 4.0