History

1838 Foundation of the company Peter Fuchs, ink- and minerals mill, grinding material production, clay quarrying. Underground mine in consession.
1896 First large clay quarry in the Westerwald
1965 Opening up of quarry Petschmorgen
1969 First big blending plant in the Westerwald
1974 Member of the WBB Group
1982 Take-over of Fuchs Prepared Body Plant, Ransbach
1987 Take-over of preparation plant Kannenbäckerland
1990 Purchase of the company Kaolin- und Tonwerke Seilitz-Löthain near Dresden
1991 Purchase of the clay operations from company Didier, Wiesbaden
1994 Purchase of company Martin & Pagenstecher Rohstoffbetriebe
1998 Purchase of quarries and clay deposits of company Keramchemie
1999 Purchase of clay operations of company Villeroy & Boch
2000 Merger of Fuchs‘sche Tongruben and MPR to WBB Fuchs
2002 Transfer of Vingerling operations into Fuchs Prepared Bodies
2003 Foundation of WBB France-Benelux
2005 Purchase of clay operation Grana in Zeitz/Saxony
2006 Purchase of company Karl J. Krewel
2009 New company identity SIBELCO DEUTSCHLAND
2009 Take-over of the ceramic activities of Keraton and the Lagerstätte Sallgast
2009 Integration of activities of North Cape Minerals Brake
2010 Purchase of the company Wagner Tonbergbau und Transporte GmbH

