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staff as at 1 January 2015
In the heart of Burgundy, Chagny's two production units are located in a town with over a century of tile-making tradition.
The TERREAL 1 (also known as Chagny 1 or Chagny-Ville) was founded in 1881 and is situated within the town. Our second plant, TERREAL 2 (also known as Chagny 2 or Chagny-Forêt), was built in 2007 to strengthen our position in the northern French roof tile market.
1881: Tuileries Bourguignonnes de Chagny founded by Henry Contet (known as Comptet), Druard and Meulin.
1909: Foundation of Tuiles Lambert, later Lambert Céramique.
1990: Two new tile production lines built - the lines known as "U5" at Chagny 1.
1991: Compagnie Industrielle de Tuiles founded as a holding company for Tuiles Lambert, TBF and Guiraud Frères.
1996: Joins Saint-Gobain group.
2002: Saint-Gobain TERREAL formed from the merger of the three companies.
2003: The company leaves the Saint-Gobain group to become Groupe TERREAL.
2007: A second tileworks – TERREAL 2 – is built at Chagny at a cost of €85 million. The new plant has two production lines for tiles and fittings, known as U6 and U7.
Site Director: Jean-Sébastien BESSET.
The site consists of two tile production lines mainly for Grand Moules du Nord tiles (large format tiles for northern France). The clay is extracted from the Chagny 2 quarry located 5 km away.
Adress : | Shipments service Chagny I : | |
Rue Léon Saccard 71150 Chagny | Tel. : 03 85 98 21 19 / 03 85 98 21 18 | |
Tel. : 03 85 98 21 20 Fax : 03 85 98 21 21 | Fax : 03 85 98 21 11 |
Built in 2007 at a cost of €85 million, Chagny 2 is the Terreal Group's biggest industrial investment to date. The ultramodern robotised plant is fully automated at every stage, from raw material preparation to palletisation. It produces two type of interlocking tiles (Volnay and Giverny) and their 60 fittings, in 10 different shades.
Address : | Chagny 2 despatch department: | |
Route de Lessard – 71150 Chagny | Tel : 03 85 87 54 26 / 03 85 98 54 27 – Fax : 03 85 87 54 03 | |
Tel. : 03 85 87 54 00 – Fax : 03 85 87 54 01 |
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