Master Clothier Hans Grohe Is An Innovator,In 1899 He Moves From Luckenwalde Near Berlin To The Little Black Forest City Of Schiltach,Two Years Later He Turns His Back On Weaving And Establishes A Metal Pressing Workshop.

Master clothier Hans Grohe is an innovator. In 1899 he moves from Luckenwalde near Berlin to the tiny Black Forest town of Schiltach. Two years after he turns his back on weaving and creates a metal pressing workshop. Hans Grohe has a keenness for the component water, and so from 1901 onwards he bravely hedges his gambles on the sanitary sector, still in its early stages of development. Of course bathrooms in private houses were only just becoming fashionable at that point. He has expertise in tin showers, thus laying the base for infinite success. In the course of the 20th century, Hans Grohe's tiny
Three-man operation in the Kinzigtal valley turns into a global company. today it is one of the international invention and market leaders for mixers and showers.
When showering became well-liked or : A German success story

By the mid-20th century in Germany, for broad segments of the population it was still sheer luxury to have their own lavatory. Hans Grohe considers the shower a reasonable alternative option to the bath. It is a part of the range of products in his metal pressing plant from the start. And in the decades to come he devotes himself zealously and carefully to developing his showers further. In doing so he proves that he's got a good nose for business and characterizes shower culture far beyond the borders of the Black Forest.

From 1928, Hans Grohe's hand shower becomes a convenient alternative choice to the then normal overhead shower. Hans Grohe becomes a shower consultant and trailblazer for the German sanitary industry. For many decades his artfulness and design set the trends. Even as an 82-year-old, this idealist invents something trend-setting : the wall bar, to which the hand shower can be attached at the required height. Today it is not uncommon in bathrooms all over the world in 1953 it is a stroke of loo genius.

Do you want to discover more on the Schiltach think-tank inventions? Here you will find Hansgrohe's innovation history milestones in expertise.
Like pa, like son or : A cutting edge family

Throughout all its generations, the company has had a real enthusiasm for water, the elixir of life. The founder's youngest boy, Klaus Grohe (1937), has played an active role in his father's company from 1968 up to the modern day. As a "Green mind" (financial Times Deutschland), Klaus Grohe is becoming coach of the sanitary industry on issues of environmental protection and sustainability. He gets behind water-saving, energy-saving products just as vehemently as he promotes environmental protection and resource conservation in producing. Klaus Grohe has managed the now globally-operating company for 33 years. Since 2008 he has presided over the Hansgrohe AG supervisory board.

Please don't confuse Hansgrohe AG from the Black Forest with Grohe AG from Hemer in Westphalia. Even though both companies are active in the same sector, they have small in common. The competitor has not had any Grohe on board for years .

The situation is very different at Hansgrohe : More than a century after the company was founded, descendants of the South German shower pathfinder are still actively contributing to the company's success. Today, three of Klaus Grohe's boys are continuing the family custom : Since 2008, Richard Grohe (1965) has been Deputy Chairman of the Board and has overseen the Hansgrohe brand. His bro Philippe Grohe (1967) manages the Axor brand. Pierre Nicolas Grohe (1975) is Trans-national Key Account Manager.

Today, in addition to the direct descendants and family members of founding father Hans Grohe, the following folk rule the destiny of the company : our supervisory board and executive board.

Today, this loo and sanitary consultant employs around 3,200 employees, on every continent. A good two-thirds of these work in Germany. In the tiny Black Forest town of Schiltach, loo history is still being written : Hansgrohe in facts,writes tagza.com.
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