History
1700A world company emerges
1748The birth of the company
1766Luxembourg
1770Alt Luxemburg
1791Ceramics manufacturers Villeroy
1800From Mettlach to the whole world
1809Acquisition of the Old Abbey in Mettlach
1812Social commitment
1829Production of earthenware
1836Merger between Boch and Villeroy
1843Complete offer as corporate strategy
1851World Exhibition
1852Mettlacher Platten
1856Export markets are opened
1876The first ceramic sanitary-ware production
1879Artistic terracotta items
1888Vincent van Gogh
1890Project business begins
1899Large-scale production of bathtubs and toilets
1900Between world wars, innovations and expansion
1920The First World War and the consequences
1930The Bauhaus and art déco styles dominate design
1939Second World War
1959New types of porcelain emerge
1960Local Engagement
1971Overseas activities intensify
1975Cooperation with Luigi Colani
1976First Villeroy&Boch Bone China ranges
1980The papal tableware
1982Restructuring the company
1985Advertising campaigns with Helmut Newton
1986New impulses with Mix & Match
1987Collaboration with designers
1989Specialising in hotel porcelain
1990Villeroy&Boch at the stock exchange
1992Villeroy&Boch expands in Hungary and Romania
1998The company's 250th anniversary
1999Core Business of the Group
2000Taking new paths in the new millennium
2002Modern exhibition concept in Ceramics Museum Mettlach
2003Restoration and return of Schinkel Fountain
2004Expansion in key growth markets
2005Innovation NewWave
2007Reorganisation of the company
2008Internationalization in Asia
2009Competitiveness is optimised
2013DirectFlush
2015TitanCeram
2018Factory N°09 completed
2018Visit by the German Federal President
2019Factory N°09
2020The evolution of an icon
2021From Tableware to Dining & Lifestyle
2022Award-winning innovation
2023Anniversary Year
2024Successful acquisition of all operating companies of the Ideal Standard Group