HISTORY
MONIER is the quality leader in roofing. It is a brand that has stood for know-how and experience for many decades. Here are some highlights from our company history:
| 1919 | |
|---|---|
| Redland originated as Redhill Tile Company. In November the first concrete roof tiles were produced | |
| 1946 | |
Change of the company name to Redland Tiles | |
| 1949 | |
Expansion to South Africa and Australia | |
| 1951 | |
| Start of Redland operations in Malaysia | |
| 1954 | |
Acquisition of a majority stake holding in Braas in Germany | |
| 1955 | |
Redland becomes a public company | |
| 1958 | |
Patent application for the Frankfurter Pfanne | |
| 1965 | |
Intensification of roof tile R&D by founding Redland Research and Development Ltd. | |
| 1966 | |
Foundation of Bramac in Austria by Braas and Ebenseer Betonwerke | |
| 1969 | |
Redland acquires Monier Ltd. in Australia | |
| 1970 | |
| Foundation of a Monier and CPAC joint venture in Thailand | |
| 1972 | |
Start of a phase of strong expansion in several European countries, which continues for several years | |
| 1973 | |
| Foundation of the Nippon Monier joint venture in Japan | |
| 1974 | |
| Monier starts a joint venture in Indonesia | |
| 1975 | |
| Monier starts operations in Malaysia | |
| 1976 | |
Foundation of Redland Iberia S.A. | |
| 1979 | |
| Expansion of Redland to the US | |
| 1984 | |
Bramac starts to expand in Southeastern European countries with the foundation of Hungarian VÁÉV-Bramac K.f.t. | |
| 1987 | |
| Redland sells most parts of Monier to Equity Corporation Tasman, but keeps the concrete roof tile business with the exception of the Australian entities Start of the US roof tile business with company name Monier, renamed MonierLifetile in 1997 | |
| 1990 | |
| Braas acquires Schiedel Group, the leading producer of chimney systems in Europe | |
| 1993 | |
| Foundation of Braas Scandinavia AB as a result of several acquisitions in the Nordic countries during the years before Foundation of Braas Polska, Poland | |
| 1995 | |
| Schiedel expands to Poland Foundation of OOO Braas DSK-1, a roofing joint venture in Russia | |
| 1996 | |
| Foundation of the Redland Braas Building Group Redland reorganised its roofing business by merging its two well-known subsidiaries with the brands Braas and Redland | |
| 1997 | |
Lafarge acquires Redland. As a consequence it takes over the roofing part of the business, which was held solely by Redland, and becomes a majority stakeholder in Braas | |
| 1999 | |
Lafarge acquires Tégula in Brazil | |
| 2000 | |
| Lafarge acquires the remaining stakes of Braas and now owns 100% | |
| 2001 | |
| Lafarge Roofing acquires Klöber and Swedish metal pantile manufacturer Kami Start of heavy expansion entering new countries and extending the global plant network to more than 200 plants | |
| 2002 | |
| Expansion of business activities in the USA with construction of a new concrete roof tile plant in Denver, Colorado Launch of a joint venture in clay roof tile production in Thailand | |
| 2004 | |
| Opening of first Indian concrete roof tile plant in Bangalore Acquisition of chimney manufacturers Rite-Vent (UK) and Bemal (Belgium) | |
| 2005 | |
| Building began on the seventh concrete roof tile plant in China Purchase and refitting of concrete roof tile plant in Krasnodar, Russia Foundation of the joint venture “Marulelo Roofing Solutions” in South Africa to produce and market low-cost housing solutions | |
| 2006 | |
| Schiedel steps into the US market with the acquisition of a stake in Earthcore Inc. Lafarge Roofing acquires HausProfi Group Acquisition of Kulu, the third largest concrete tile producer in South Africa | |
| 2007 | |
| Lafarge sells Lafarge Roofing to PAI partners, who hold a 65% majority stake; Lafarge keeps the remaining 35% | |
| 2008 | |
The former roofing division renames its business MONIER and starts operations as an independent company | |
| 2009 | |
| Financial restructuring successfully completed: former senior lenders are the new owners of the MONIER Group Redland celebrates its 90th anniversary, also marking the founding of MONIER |
