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Geberit

Geberit

Geberit is a sanitation company based in Switzerland. It was founded in 1874 by Caspar Melchior Albert Gebert.

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geberit.com
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Organization
Organization
Company
Company

Company attributes

Industry
Plumbing
Plumbing
Location
Rapperswil-Jona
Rapperswil-Jona
B2X
B2B
B2B
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CEO
Christian Buhl
Christian Buhl
Founder
Caspar Melchior Albert Gebert
Caspar Melchior Albert Gebert
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../13318-66
Legal Name
Geberit AG
Subsidiary
Geberit US (company)
Geberit US (company)
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Sanitec
Legal classification
Aktiengesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft
Number of Employees (Ranges)
10,001+
Email Address
communications@geberit.com
Phone Number
+10552216300
Number of Employees
12,000
Full Address
Schachenstrasse 77 8645 Jona Switzerland
Founded Date
1874
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Stock Symbol
GBERY
GEBN
Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange
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Swiss Market Index
Swiss Market Index
Board of Directors
Albert M. Baehny
Albert M. Baehny
Christian Buhl
Christian Buhl
Legal Entity Identifier
52990093Z5OHD6T7BS470
Country
Germany
Germany
Switzerland
Switzerland
Headquarters
Rapperswil-Jona
Rapperswil-Jona

Other attributes

Company Operating Status
Active
Wikidata ID
Q464905

AGeberit is a company that produces and sells sanitation and plumbing equipment and systems. It is headquartered in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland. It has twenty-nine production facilities and 12,000 employees in fifty countries. The CEO as of 2021 is Christian Buhl. It was founded by Caspar Melchior Albert Gebert in 1874.

History

In 1905, Geberit released its first wooden cistern. In 1952, it produced its first plastic cistern.

Products

Geberit produces sanitation products that fall under three product areas that are comprised of their own product lines: Installation and Flushing Systems, with product lines Installation Systems and Cisterns & Mechanisms; Piping Systems, with product lines Building Drainage Systems and Supply Systems; and Bathroom Systems, with product lines Bathroom Ceramics & Furniture, Showers & Bathtubs, Taps & Controls, and Shower Toilets. Specific products vary depending on region. Geberit's total number of available products is around 80,000.

Patents

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Fitting assembly 

A fitting arrangement (1), in particular for flush mounting, comprises a first cross member (2), a second cross member (3), a fitting element (4) and at least one installation pipe (5). The first cross member (2) can be mounted at a variable vertical distance with respect to the second cross member (3) viewed along a vertical direction (V), so that at least a first vertical distance (ve1) and a second vertical distance different from the first distance (ve1) Distance (ve2) between the first cross member (2) and the second cross member (3) is adjustable. The fitting element (4) is mounted on the first cross member (2) and is designed to be connected to at least one supply hose (8). The second cross member (3) comprises a fresh water connection (9) which can be connected to the supply hose (8). The installation pipe (5) is connected to the first cross member (2) and the second cross member (3) and is designed in such a way that the supply hose (8) can be guided through the installation pipe (5). The installation pipe (5) has a curvature (12) with respect to an axis of curvature (A) running perpendicular to the vertical direction (V), which curve runs essentially through 360 ° around the axis of curvature (A).

EP-3896234-A1

April 16, 2020

pending

Sealing stopper

Sealing plug (1) for closing a pipe (2) comprising a plug section (3) extending around a central axis (M) with at least one retaining element (4), which plug section (3) is inserted into the pipe (2) when connected to the pipe (2). 2) protrudes, with the at least one retaining element (4) providing a non-positive connection between the sealing plug (1) and the inside of the pipe (5), and a front section (6) with a tab element (7), the tab element (7) in the with the pipe (2) connected state is freely accessible, such that the tab element (7) can be grasped by an installer and that the plug (1) with the tab element (7) can be pulled out of the tube (2).

EP-3879162-A1

March 12, 2020

pending

Toilet cistern arrangement

A cistern arrangement (1) comprises a cistern (2) with an interior space (3) which is delimited by a front wall (4), a rear wall (5) and a side wall (6), the front wall having a front opening (7) and the side wall (6) has an opening (8) on the upper side, a closure plate (9) for closing one of said openings (7, 8), a cover plate (10) for covering the other of said openings (8, 7), wherein the cover plate (10) has at least one passage (11) for the passage of actuating means for actuating a flush valve arranged in the cistern, and bearing elements (12, 13) with bearing structures (14) for mounting the closure plate arranged in the area of the aforementioned openings (7, 8) (9) and the cover plate (10), the cistern arrangement (1) further comprising a spacer (15) mounted on the cistern (2) with a stop surface (16), which spacer (15) moves from an initial position to an attachment can be moved relative to the rear wall (5) in such a way that in the stop position the stop surface (16) is at a distance (A) from the rear wall (5), so that a minimum distance (A) during assembly by the spacer (15) the rear wall (5) to an existing on-site wall (W) is guaranteed.

EP-3882407-A1

March 17, 2020

pending

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