Armitage Shanks

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Armitage Shanks is a British manufacturer of bathroom fixtures and plumbing supplies, now part of the Villeroy & Boch group.

Armitage Shanks has one factory in the village of Armitage in the United Kingdom. Armitage Shanks is a manufacturer of commercial washrooms, hospitals, schools and washrooms

History

The company that became Armitage Shanks was founded in 1817, by Thomas Bond in Armitage, Staffordshire. The Armitage "sanitary pottery manufacture" became a successful toilet manufacturer in the United Kingdom. In 1907, Armitage Ware Limited was incorporated.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1969, Armitage merged with Shanks Holdings Limited, a competing "sanitary engineering company" that was established in 1878 in Barrhead, Renfrewshire, producing the famous brand name Armitage Shanks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1980, Armitage Shanks was purchased by Blue Circle Industries, and in February 1999, Blue Circle sold its bathroom division (consisting of Armitage Shanks and the Italian Ceramica Dolomite) to United States based American Standard Companies for US$430 million.

Following this purchase, the Armitage Shanks brand continued in the United Kingdom, and their former export markets. American Standard were acquired by Bain Capital in February 2007. In 2024 it was acquired by the Villeroy & Boch Group

Gallery

• Armitage Shanks logo on a urinal
  Armitage Shanks logo on a urinal
• Armitage Shanks logo on a washbasin
  Armitage Shanks logo on a washbasin

External links

• Official website