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GIMA maintains a long tradition in the production of ceramic building materials. With our quality products, we are not just an important supplier to this region, we also convince our customers beyond the regional border with our bespoke solutions and with our innovative approach.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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We are the only plant in the world to produce such a variety of different ceramic products on a single site. As well as ceramic elements for facades and floors, our Marklkofen site also produces roof tiles for our sister company Erlus as well as large brick slabs for our subsidiary MOEDING. From handmade brick maker to high-tech production, the entire range is represented here, and a visit to the plant and a personal guided tour is always a valuable experience.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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GIMA GIRNGHUBER GMBH<\/p>\n\t\t

From then until now<\/h2>\n\t\t <\/div>\n\n\n\t[vc_column_text el_class=”bold-text”]Right from Day One, the GIMA brickworks have been guided by a sense of tradition and an entrepreneurial grasp of the bigger picture. In 1903, Therese Girnghuber, the great grandmother of the current proprietor Claus Girnghuber, acquired the brickworks. Ever since then, GIMA has been family-owned.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Marklkofen lies in Vilstal, a river valley in lower Bavaria. Ever since Roman times, Lower Bavaria has been a preferred location for brickworks, due to its outstanding natural deposits of clay and alluvial loam. The valley of the river Vils and its surrounding hills also provided plentiful supplies of water and timber, the other raw materials required in the past for the production of bricks. Since 1903, GIMA has manufactured bricks as well as a wide range of other ceramic construction materials for walls, floors and roofs. In the early days of GIMA\u2019s history, brick was still a seasonal product – from spring until late autumn – made entirely by hand just as it was back in Roman times. However, the technology of brick-making has undergone a profound transformation that is still ongoing today. Nowadays, almost all bricks and pavers made by GIMA are manufactured in fully automated and computer-controlled systems.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″ el_class=”unternehmens-slider”]\n
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GIMA GIRNGHUBER GMBH<\/p>\n\t\t

From then until now<\/h2>\n\t\t <\/div>\n\n\n\t[vc_column_text el_class=”bold-text”]Right from Day One, the GIMA brickworks have been guided by a sense of tradition and an entrepreneurial grasp of the bigger picture. In 1903, Therese Girnghuber, the great grandmother of the current proprietor Claus Girnghuber, acquired the brickworks. Ever since then, GIMA has been family-owned.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Marklkofen lies in Vilstal, a river valley in lower Bavaria. Ever since Roman times, Lower Bavaria has been a preferred location for brickworks, due to its outstanding natural deposits of clay and alluvial loam. The valley of the river Vils and its surrounding hills also provided plentiful supplies of water and timber, the other raw materials required in the past for the production of bricks. Since 1903, GIMA has manufactured bricks as well as a wide range of other ceramic construction materials for walls, floors and roofs. In the early days of GIMA\u2019s history, brick was still a seasonal product – from spring until late autumn – made entirely by hand just as it was back in Roman times. However, the technology of brick-making has undergone a profound transformation that is still ongoing today. Nowadays, almost all bricks and pavers made by GIMA are manufactured in fully automated and computer-controlled systems.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″ el_class=”unternehmens-slider”]\n
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1923<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1923, Therese Girnghuber handed over the reins of the company to her son Ludwig Girnghuber. This photo shows the workforce back in 1928. To the left of the picture is Ludwig Girnghuber senior as well as his son Ludwig Girnghuber, third from the left in the lower row.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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1972<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1972, Ludwig Girnghuber senior handed over the company to his son Ludwig Girnghuber. He ran the company together with his wife Maria, and was awarded the Bavarian Founder Prize in 2017 in the Life Works category (source of photo: Film of the 2017 Bavarian Founder Prize – Life Works category, sponsored by the Sparkasse regional savings bank<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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In 1992, he began collaborating with Erlus AG in the roof tile sector. In 1996, Ludwig Girnghuber finally handed over the reins of the company to his son Claus Girnghuber, who has been running GIMA ever since, and who has also been running its subsidiary, MOEDING Keramikfassaden GmbH, since 2001.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n

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