Knauf Italia is the Italian subsidiary of the Knauf Group — the global building materials company founded in 1932 by brothers Alfons and Karl Knauf in Germany (Iphofen, northern Bavaria), which opened its first gypsum plant in 1933 and began industrial plasterboard production in 1958. Knauf Italia was founded in 1977 as the Italian logistics headquarters of the Group in Castellina Marittima (Province of Pisa, Tuscany). The company has two production sites: Castellina Marittima (PI) and Gambassi Terme (FI) — both in Tuscany — as well as two multipurpose centres in Milan and Pisa as Knauf laying schools for specialist craftspeople. Unique within the Knauf universe: in 1998 Danilo Farinon founded the winery Campo alla Sughera in Bolgheri (Tuscany) — as an expression of Knauf Italia's deep bond with Tuscany and its culture of quality.
Product categories: dry systems (plasterboards — GKB, Gessofibra), insulation, acoustic ceilings/panels (KNAUF ACUSTIKA, Cleaneo), fire protection (KNAUF ANTINCENDIO, Interchar®, Sofipan®, Isolastre® Advanced), plaster and interior plaster (KNAUF INTONACO), facings (KNAUF INVOLUKRO), dry mortars (KNAUF PREMISCELATI), ceiling systems (KNAUF SOFFITTI), subfloors (KNAUF SOTTOFONDI, Gifafloor, SILENT PAD), sealing systems, surface quality system Q1–Q4, Thermoboard, CAS. Also: frames and accessories for suspended ceilings (Danoline series), I Classici, I Naturali, I Tecnici.
For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hospitality, office, educational and public construction projects the Italian subsidiary of the Knauf Group active in Castellina Marittima (Pisa, Tuscany) since 1977 that with two Tuscan production plants, laying schools in Milan and Pisa and a complete programme of drywall, insulation, fire protection, plaster and ceiling systems covers the entire value chain of interior finishing solutions — Knauf Italia has anchored the German Knauf Group in Tuscany since 1977: two production plants, two laying schools, and a winery in Bolgheri as a Tuscan commitment — a complete interior finishing system from plasterboard to acoustic ceiling, Made in Italy.