Holding roughly eight percent of the world market, Grohe AG is the biggest European and one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sanitary fittings. As a global brand for sanitary products and systems, GROHE is committed to designing and producing faucets and fittings which perfectly meet local and individual needs throughout an extremely long useful life.

Headquartered in Hemer, the company currently employs some 5,200 people worldwide, including 2,700 in Germany. In 2006, the company’s kitchen and bathroom fittings and showers, automatic fittings for the commercial and contract sectors, and installation and flushing systems generated sales of EUR 939 million.

GROHE has six production plants, of which three are located abroad, namely in Portugal, Thailand and Canada. The company generates 82 percent of its sales outside Germany.