BECHYNE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Bathroom ceramics have been produced in the Bechyně factory since 1961 – an important economic mainstay of the town on the Lainsitz that is also home to the oldest vocational school of ceramics in the Czech Republic. Its good reputation led to the Schweizer Keramik Holding AG Laufen taking over the factory known as Jihočeskákeramika v Bechyni (South Ceramics in Bechyně) in 1991.
In 1991 the factory merged with LAUFEN’s factory in Znojmo to become LAUFEN CZ with its headquarters in Prague – the same year that LAUFEN joined the Spanish ROCA Group. Since then, Laufen CZ has been active in the Czech and Slovakian market with the LAUFEN, ROCA and JIKA brands as well as in many other markets in central and eastern Europe. The high-quality bathroom ceramics, today produced in the state-of-art factory in Bechyně, are certified to international ISO 9001 quality standards.