History



1872 | Tonwerk Lausen founded Production of refractories like tiles, bricks, glazed and unglazed ovenware of "Huppererde", a type of clay rich in pisolitic ore |
1907 | Tonwerk Lausen AG founded Production of stoneware tiles and refractories for industry Constant expansion following a stake by the ironworks Von Roll'sche Eisenwerke |
1913 | New factory building erected at the present location of Tonwerk Lausen AG |
1942 | Floor tile factory built – manufacture of clinker tiles By the end of the 1960s Tonwerk had up to 200 employees on its payroll. In the mid 1970s the evolution of crude steel production led to a global slump in the refractory industry. |
1979 | Collapsing prices forced the closure of the floor tile factory. In the early 1990s spreading globalisation caused a further collapse in prices on the refractory sector. |
1995 | The birth of the first Tonwerk storage heating stove TOPOLINO |
1996 | The mass production of refractory products was shut down. Structural shakeup Concentration on niche refractories and short runs Transformation from industrial supplier to handcraft factory of high quality storage heating stove designs |
1998 | Development kickoff for the successful model T-ONE |
1999 | Launch of the Swiss T-ONE SWING, T-ONE STONE |
2000 | First export activities |
2000 | Launch of T-LOFT |
2001 | Launch of T-LOFT PLUS |
2003 | Launch of T-BACK |
2005 | Launch of T-EYE |
2007 | Tonwerk delivers to ten European countries and Japan. Tonwerk is the leading provider of storage heating stoves. |
2008 | The EU base DTLeurope set up in Luxembourg |
2010 | Launch of T-LINEeco2 |
2011 | Launch of T-NEOeco2 |
2012 | 140 years TONWERK LAUSEN AG |
2013 | Launch of T-SKY eco2 |
2014 | Launch of T-ART eco2 |
2015 | Revision T-LINE eco2 T-NEO eco2 |
2015 | Certification ISO 9001 |
2016 | Tonwerk Lausen AG joins forces with Tiba AG, and becomes Switzerland's largest supplier in the wood energy sector |