Ceratizit

The Ceratizit Group is a Luxembourg manufacturer of machine tool and hard material products for wear protection and cutting tools. It is 100% owned by Plansee Group and operates 34 production facilities worldwide. The company's headquarters are located in Mamer, Luxembourg.^[1]

CERATIZIT Group S.A.

Company type	corporation
Industry	Machine tools
Predecessor	Plansee Tizit and CERAMETAL
Founded	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Founder	Nicolas Lanners
Headquarters	Mamer , Luxembourg
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jacques Lanners (Managing Director)
Products	Powder-metallurgical, sintered hard metal products
Owner	Plansee Group
Number of employees	9,000 (2025)
Website	www.ceratizit.com

History

Predecessors and foundation

In 1948, the cooperation started between CERAMETAL and the company then known as Plansee GmbH.

In 1979, CERAMETAL launched production operations in the USA and the first ceramic parts were manufactured in 1988.

In 1996, Instrument AG in Bulgaria was incorporated in Plansee Tizit while, at the same time, collaboration got underway with Siel to form Siel Tizit Ltd. in the Indian city of Kolkata.

CERATIZIT S.A. was created in 2002 as the result of a merger between the companies CERAMETAL (founded in 1931) and Plansee Tizit (founded in 1985).^[2] CERAMETAL was founded in Walferdange, Luxembourg, by Nicolas Lanners.^[3]

Growth

Following the start-up of the company in 2002, it opened sales offices in Brazil, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

In 2007, new administrative premises were unveiled in Mamer and Reutte, while sales and marketing offices were opened in China, Mexico and Spain. In 2007, Ceratizit acquired Newcomer Products, Inc., a private company based in Latrobe/Pennsylvania.^[4]

In 2010, Ceratizit and CB Carbide combined their Asian activities within the joint venture company CB-CERATIZIT in which both Ceratizit and the members of CB Carbide possess a 50% holding.^[5]

In 2011, Ceratizit moved its United States regional headquarters from Latrobe, PA to Warren, Michigan.^[6]

As of 2022, it had 7,000 employees and more than 25 production sites in Europe, North America and Asia, and a sales network of over 70 branch offices.^{[citation needed]}

Patents

The company holds more than 1,000 patents worldwide and manufactured more than 10 billion sintered parts in 2010.^[7]