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The Jaquar Group, established in 1960, is a bathroom and lighting company, offering faucets, showers, shower enclosures, sanitary ware, flushing systems, wellness products, concealed cisterns, water heaters, and varied lighting products. [2] [3] [4]
Sanitaryware and bathroom furniture. Website. www.vitra.com.tr. VitrA is a Turkish manufacturer of sanitaryware, bathroom furniture, brassware and ceramic tiles. It is part of the Eczacıbaşı Group, a multinational corporation involved in building materials and consumer products.
In 1907, Armitage Ware Limited was incorporated. [ 1 ] In 1969, Armitage merged with Shanks Holdings Limited , a competing "sanitary engineering company" that was established in 1878 in Barrhead near Glasgow , Renfrewshire , producing the famous brand name Armitage Shanks.
Vitreous china. Vitreous china is an enamel coating that is applied to ceramics, particularly porcelain, after they have been fired, though the name can also refer to the finished piece as a whole. The coating makes the porcelain tougher, denser, and shinier, and it is a common choice for items such as toilets and sink basins. [1][2][3]
Older 1987 Ideal Standard logo Ceramic sanitary ware designed by Gio Ponti for Ideal Standard, c. 1954.Photo by Paolo Monti.. A new company, known as Ideal Standard International, was formed in 2007 by the sale of the bath and kitchen products businesses of American Standard Companies for $1.745 billion to Bain Capital Partners. [6]
Occupation (s) Sanitary engineer, civic reformer. Years active. 1865–1898. Known for. Advocate of sewer systems that keep domestic sewage separate from storm runoff. George E. Waring Jr. (July 4, 1833 [ 1] – October 29, 1898) was an American sanitary engineer and civic reformer. He was an early American designer and advocate of sewer ...
Thomas Twyford and his son Thomas William Twyford established what is now known as Twyford Bathrooms in 1849 in Bath Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. The worldwide demands for new sanitaryware soon required the building of an all new factory in 1887 at Cliffe Vale, Stoke-on-Trent. This was the first purpose built bathrooms factory in the world.
Sanitary engineering, also known as public health engineering or wastewater engineering, is the application of engineering methods to improve sanitation of human communities, primarily by providing the removal and disposal of human waste, and in addition to the supply of safe potable water. Traditionally a branch of civil engineering and now a ...