Villeroy & Boch

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Villeroy & Boch is the world's largest manufacturer of ceramics.[citation needed] The company's main seat is in Mettlach, Germany.

The company began in the tiny French village of Audun le Tiche where François Boch set up a pottery company with his three sons in 1748. Later the company mooved to the nearby Luxembourg, where still today it operates a China Factury.

Today, the Group Chairman of Villeroy & Boch, Wendelin von Boch-Galhau, is an eighth generation descendant of the founder, and one of the 5 largest shareholders. Since 1990 the company is listed on the German stockmarket, but the voting capital is still in the hands of family descendans.

The company is famous worldwide for innovative designs of co-ordinated tableware, glassware, cutlery and accessories.

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