Knauf New Building Systems (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., founded in Germany in 1932, is one of the top ten brands of gypsum board, a subsidiary of Knauf Group, the world's leading manufacturer of building systems and green building materials, and a largest, full-range insulation material manufacturer in Europe
Founded in 1932 and headquartered in Iphofen, Germany, Knauf is one of the world's leading manufacturers of building systems and green building materials.
At present, Knauf has 12 sub-brands, 220 production sites and more than 26,500 employees in 70 countries around the world. Knauf still maintains a pattern of gypsum products as its core business and the common development of a variety of building materials and supporting systems in China, providing full-system solutions involving building exterior walls, interior walls, ceilings, floors and so on.
In Europe, the Knauf brands have become almost synonymous with the top products in this field. In recent years, Knauf's strategic focus has gradually turned to the Asia-Pacific region with rapid economic development, including China, Australia, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and other countries have set up Knauf's production bases or offices to provide more timely and synchronous product supply and technical support for the Asia-Pacific market.
In the late 70s of the 20th century, China began to implement economic reform, opening up policies, and encouraged the introduction of foreign capital and advanced science and technology.At that time, Knauf mainly provided advanced equipment for local building materials enterprises in China, and introduced the first gypsum board production line for New China.
In 1995, Knauf set up its first production base in Wuhu. Subsequently, production bases were set up in Tianjin and Dongguan in 1996 and 1998. Today, Knauf provides more than 100 million square meters of green building materials products to China every year, accounting for nearly 1/4 of the domestic high-end plate market. The Group has built a highly mature and complete production, sales and technical support service system in China.
In 2013, Knauf welcomed the official opening of its fourth production site in China, the Taicang plant in Jiangsu Province, which indicates that more and more new products and technologies will be brought to China.
As a responsible company, Knauf's four production sites in China have taken a variety of measures to reduce environmental pollution. All plants have adopted natural gas as an alternative to diesel and heavy fuel oil, eliminating the need for coal or gas heating and drying. At the same time, each plant actively carries out greening work, expands the green area, minimizes carbon emissions, and reduces environmental pollution. In addition, each company actively promotes industry progress and social development in the region, through the organization of industry seminars, carries out extensive technical exchanges, establishes cooperation models with local universities, and supports the cultivation of industry talents.canNaifo Tianjin was established in 1996. So far, it has participated in nearly 80% of the Olympic venue projects such as Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest), National Aquatics Center (Water Cube), Tianjin Olympic Center (Water Drop), etc.; In addition, it also provides reliable and reasonable system solutions for the new site of CCTV, the third phase of the China World Trade Center, the Dalian International Convention and Exhibition Center and other buildings.
