BGI –  a German company with great history and tradition

BGI Made in Germany is a household name for high-quality fittings. We enjoy an excellent reputation in the sanitary market both national and international. This success is certainly due to maintaining a permanent a cooperative relationship with our customers and focusing on their demands.

Having established a highly successful foundation for our business, we pursue this tradition to achieve the best every day.

This continuous development over the last decades allows us to revert to a big wealth of experience for the benefit of our customers to always remain on the cutting edge of technology.

However, tradition is also implies the obligation to build upon the foundation that has made us what we are today. In this context investments in the future are a necessity to progress and grow further.

For decades we have repeatedly brought important innovations to the market. This proves a sustained force, motivating us to strive continually for the benefit of our customers in the past, today and in the future.

We emphasise German quality with an excellent price-performance-ratio. As a manufacturer we offer our customers additional advantages such as being able to quickly adjust to the demands of both the individual and the market.

German quality has brand-name: BGI Made in Germany

Delivering the highest standard of quality we are a reliable partner in all areas of the production of sanitary ware. „Made in Germany“ not only is a slogan. we are steadily on the move with product innovations and the latest technologies according to our credo:

„Valves of passion “

BGI Iserlohn – at the centre of the European sanitary industry

We manufacture pure brass and mercerize it with high-quality surfaces. Brass is the perfect  material for our products. It is easy to clean, environmentally friendly and resistant to corrosion.

Brass has been made from copper and zinc for over 3000 years. The region of Iserlohn in Sauerland is an important location in Germany for brass-works. It is rooted in calamine mining which has been testified since 1478. Calamine is one of the Greek ancient names for zinc ore. The foundation has been laid by the setting up of brass trade union in Iserlohn, in order to refine the brass industry.

In order to increase the rentability of the pits, the employers have put steady pressure on the workers‘ wages. The miners, however, had to work in unfavourable working conditions and faced expensive transport costs. 1869 it came to the industrial actions that were broken down due to the lack of unionization of the miners. In 1900 the mining industry, which has employed about 1000 people closed down as a result of high costs.

As of 1820 the development of calamine was focused on the inner urban areas. It has resulted in subsidence damage. Particularly affected was the region of Schillerplatz. In 1872 a Catholic church had to be knocked down as a result of the submergence of ground.