Knauf website Contact Us LOG IN CONTACT US FIND A STOCKIST Main Content HOME ABOUT US THE KNAUF GROUP The Knauf Group With over 150 production facilities in more than 60 countries, and more than 26,000 employees globally, the Knauf Group is one of the biggest producers of building materials in the world. History of the Knauf Group Brothers Karl and Alfons Knauf founded the company in 1932 after securing the right to mine gypsum deposits in the Schengen community in Germany. A year later, Knauf built its first gypsum factory in Perl, southwest Germany. Today the Knauf Group is led by former Bosch Rexroth President Manfred Grundke in the position of Managing Partner, alongside Alexander Knauf who is also Managing Partner. From its beginnings in gypsum processing along the Saar and Main rivers, Knauf has expanded and diversified to become a corporation with worldwide activities, delivering products and services in the following fields: • Building materials and systems based on gypsum and gypsum-related products • Thermal insulating and sound insulation materials • Limestone and lime products • Chalk and cement related products • Plant engineering READ MORE KNAUF IN THE UK The UK and Ireland Business The UK business began in 1988 when the Knauf Group built a plasterboard factory in Sittingbourne, Kent. Two years later, we opened a second plasterboard plant in North East Lincolnshire. In 2013 we opened a striking modernist-inspired building known as The Cube - an innovative training, visitor and administrative centre. And, most recently, in 2018 we launched the Knauf Clerkenwell showroom in London. READ MORE Links CONTACT US FIND A STOCKIST POLICIES PURCHASE T&CS PRIVACY POLICY MODERN DAY SLAVERY STATEMENT TAX STRATEGY STATEMENT THE KNAUF GROUP KNAUF INSULATION SITEMAP Address KEMSLEY FIELDS BUSINESS PARK SITTINGBOURNE KENT ME9 8SR T: 01795 424499 E: INFO@KNAUF.CO.UK Social Build for the world we live in ©Copyright 2021 Website designed and built by Sagittarius Feedback