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GILLRATH KLINKERWERK
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT
1866
First mention of the brick production by the Gill- rath family.
Leopold Gillrath signs a contract with the church board to sup- ply approximately 200,000 bricks for the construction of the St. Valentin church in Venrath.
1904 Acquisition of the brickworks
by Wilhelm Gillrath
1945 Adolf Gillrath
takes over the company management.
Construction of the ringkiln brickworks in Erkelenz
1893
Death of Wilhelm Gillrath. Ownership is transferred to his wife, Helene.
1939
2008
Gillrath bricks, “Art House” by Sergey Skuratov, Moscow
2010 Production resumes
2014
Petersen water- struck press com- missioned.
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A major fire destroys the entire roof of the ring-kiln hall although the ring-kiln itself is undamaged.
2009
Bastian and Marcus Gillrath join the company. Bastian, a ceramic engineer, as plant manager; Marcus, a busi- ness administrator, as sales and marketing manager.
2013
