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Villeroy & Boch

November 7, 2016

Family businesses often identify core values, but ninth-generation Oliver von Boch has taken the process one-step further and distilled them into a lifestyle brand.

Family businesses often identify core values, but ninth-generation Oliver von Boch has taken the process one-step further and distilled them into a lifestyle brand. Michael Finnigan reports

Danfoss among big winners at CampdenFB European Families in Business Awards 2015

June 24, 2015

Danish family business Danfoss has been awarded the top honour at this year's CampdenFB European Families in Business Awards in Rome.

Danish family business Danfoss has been awarded the top honour at this year's CampdenFB European Families in Business Awards in Rome.

Italy’s own Illy family, behind the eponymous coffee, was awarded with the top sustainable business award.

Held in association with Societe Generale Private Banking at a gala dinner at St Regis Hotel, the annual awards, now in their fourth year, recognise European family businesses that excel in stewardship and governance, as well as revenue growth and profits.

Family business implicated in price fixing scandal

September 14, 2010

Family-owned ceramics manufacturer Villeroy & Boch has announced it is to appeal a decision by the European Commission to fine it for its part in an alleged price fixing cartel that has implicated other family businesses.

"The charges are unjustified in law and in fact. For these reasons Villeroy & Boch companies affected by the decision have filed appeals at the European General Court," the German-based company said in a statement.

Villeroy & Boch places trust in family continuity

May 28, 2009

Villeroy & Boch, the family-owned company famous for tableware, glassware and cutlery, served up a member of the family’s eighth generation earlier this month when Wendelin von Boch took over chairmanship of the supervisory board.

Villeroy & Boch, the family-owned company famous for tableware, glassware and cutlery, served up a member of the family's eighth generation earlier this month when Wendelin von Boch took over chairmanship of the supervisory board, writes Marc Smith.

The news comes amid negative growth figures for the Germany-based business, which traces its roots back to the tiny French village of Audun le Tiche, where François Boch set up a pottery company with his three sons in 1748.