Knauf Gips KG
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Global building materials group producing plasterboard, plaster compounds, insulation and ceiling…
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- Type
- manufacturer (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Manufacturer (official record)
- Location
- Iphofen, Germany
- Founded
- 1932 (from our catalogue record; not confirmed by the company or by a state register)
- Website
- knauf.com
- Categories
- Building & Construction Materials
- Markets
- Germany, United States, Poland, Ukraine, China
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 4 official records from 4 official sources are on file. 3 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-09-07. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-08-16. OpenSanctions
- No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-08-16. OpenSanctions
- Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-08-02. Domain registry record
- EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-08-13. VIES (European Commission)
- Holds a registered role on the national energy market (record type: energy-market-role) [official record; status green] Shows the company is listed as a market actor in the national energy-market register. The entry alone does not say which role it plays there, and does not make energy its main business. checked 2026-08-13. ACER European Register of Market Participants (CEREMP)
- Site address listed in a government regulator's register (record type: facility-registered) [official record; status green] Shows the regulator records a site of this company at a named address. A registration is not an observation of current production. checked 2026-09-07. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
Claimed certifications, not confirmed by us
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
- ISO 14001, Environmental Management IAF CertSearch
Import rules for these goods
- Construction products sold in the EU need a Declaration of Performance and CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation. European Commission (CPR)
- Cement and steel components imported into the EU fall under CBAM (definitive regime from 1 Jan 2026). European Commission (CBAM)
Check independently
Before a first order, ask for the ISO 9001, Quality Management certificate number, its holder and the products it covers.