Taylor, Mich. (June 2011) - Hansgrohe®, a Masco company, has been
named an official supplier of the 2012 German Olympics Team and will
supply all German athletes with hand showers from the PuraVida line.
Hansgrohe will also outfit German House, the London office of the German
Olympic Athletics Federation (DOSB).
"It is fantastic that Hansgrohe is now a member of the German Olympic
family," said Richard Grohe, chairman of the Hansgrohe executive board.
"As a company, we are very keen on sports, and a good shower fits hand
in glove with sporting competition."
Hansgrohe is the official partner of the German House for the third
time, following the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 Vancouver Games.
For more information, visit www.hansgrohe.com.
About Masco Corporation
Masco Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of
brand-name consumer products for the home and family, including Behr®
paint, BrassCraft® water supply products, Delta® and Hansgrohe® faucets,
bath and shower fixtures, KraftMaid®, Merillat® and Quality™ cabinets
and Milgard® windows and doors. Masco is also a leading provider of
services that include the installation of insulation and other building
products through Masco Contractor Services and Masco Home Services. For
more information on the Masco family of brands, visit www.masco.com.
About Hansgrohe
During its 110-year history, the company Hansgrohe (www.hansgrohe.com),
with headquarters in
Schiltach in the Black Forest, has acquired a reputation in the
sanitation sector as one of the innovative leaders in technology and
design. With its mixers, showers and shower systems,
Hansgrohe creates the original products that make the bathroom more
functional, more comfortable and more beautiful. It is no coincidence
that they can be found in prominent prestige projects such as on the
giant cruiser "Queen Mary II", in Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport in
London, in the tallest man-made structure ever built, the Burj Khalifa
in Dubai, as well as at the Chancellor's office in Berlin, in the Yoo
luxury apartments in New York or at the Masdar City Institute of Science
and Technology in Abu Dhabi. In 2009, the company generated sales of
about EUR 610 million with its Axor, Hansgrohe, Pharo and Pontos brands
(2008: EUR 668 million). The Hansgrohe Group currently has a global
workforce of about 3,100 employees, with about two-thirds of them
working in Germany. The company, which takes tough action against
product piracy and intellectual property theft, manufactures its
products in six German plants, in France, the Netherlands, in the U.S.
and in China.
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313.792.6708
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MSL Chicago
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