BLANCO MILESTONES 1925 - 2010
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1925
On 20th January 1925, Heinrich Blanc founded Blanc & Co. In two long wood huts in
Oberderdingen, production of tin-plated copper hot water containers began.
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1937
BLANCO switches its complete production to pure aluminum. New products such as boilers
and ladles are added to the product range.
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1942
BLANCO builds a great press shop. With new machinery, one of the first hydraulic
4-column screw presses was produced for oven manufacturers and catering.
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1951
Having recongnized the possibilities of stainless steel, BLANCO starts design and
production of its first stainless steel products including sinks.
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1954
BLANCO achieves an annual production of 4000 stainless steel sinks.
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1963
Milestone: The 1 millionth sink rolls off the production line. BLANCO’s share of
the German market is now almost 50%.
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1976
New corporate philosophy leads BLANCO to concentrate on 3 product groups: domestic
technology, food service and medical engineering - offering complete equipment solutions.
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1981
BLANCO is the first manufacturer to offer a softer design and coloured sinks made
of the composite material SILACRON.
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1988
20 millionth sink rolls off the BLANCO production line.
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1995
In Toronto BLANCO begins operation of a production facility for SILGRANIT® composite
sinks which is incorporated into BLANCO Canada.
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1997
For the first time BLANCO receives respected ‘Red Dot’ Award for top design quality.
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2005
BLANCO introduces SteelArt™ brand. SteelArt™ is the first to achieve stainless steel
bowls with a 10 mm radius.
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2006
The 40 millionth sink rolls off the production line. If all these sinks were put
end to end they would reach once around the the globe.
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2007
BLANCO is awarded the prestigious iF gold award for SteelArt™ considered to be the
“Oscar” of the design world.
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2010
BLANCO celebrates 85 years of success globally including 15 years in Canada.
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