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Timeline

Our history, from 1932 to the present day. From the inventor of the angle valve to the global leader in fittings.

1932

Company formed by Hubert Schell in Olpe. Production of draw-off taps.

1935

Manufacturing of WC flush valves.

1949

Start of production for regulating angle valves.

1957

Dipl.-Ing. Günther Schell, son of the company founder, enters the company as managing partner and expands the company premises on Finkenstraße, Olpe to 10,000 m².

1962

Manufacturing of heating fittings.

1974

Construction of a new production and logistics centre at Saßmicker Hammer, Olpe, on a site covering 40,000 m².

1998

Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Joachim Schell, son of Günther Schell, joins the company management team.

1999

Ongoing development of sanitary electronics in the field of electronically controlled wash basin taps.

2002

Formation of a SCHELL subsidiary in Poland.

2004

Construction of a new building for production, administration, training, research and development on Raiffeisenstraße, Olpe, on a site covering 65,000 m².

2006

Dipl.-Kff. Andrea Schell, daughter of Günther Schell, joins the company management team.

2010

‘SCHELL inside’ – focus on public, semi-public and commercial sanitary facilities, with wash basin taps and shower fittings, as well as WC and urinal flush systems.

2011

Formation of a SCHELL subsidiary in Belgium.

2012

Formation of a SCHELL subsidiary in India.

2013

Formation of a SCHELL subsidiary in Hungary.

2015

Over 500,000,000 angle valves now installed worldwide.

Formation of a SCHELL subsidiary in Singapore.

2016

SWS and Single Control SSC – launch of the first intelligent water management system – to provide support for maintaining drinking water quality.

2018

SCHELL included in a list of global leaders from southern Westphalia published by the region’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce (product segment ‘Angle valves’). The company also receives the German Brand Award. SCHELL’s XERIS product receives the German Design Award and the German Innovation Award.

2019

The SSC Bluetooth® module receives the German Innovation Award.

2020

The company expands its digital portfolio with the SMART.SWS cloud service, for which it then receives the German Innovation Award. SCHELL SWS also receives the Iconic Award: Innovative Interior, the iF Design Award, the VSK Award and the Plus X Award.

2021

German Innovation Award presented to the GRANDIS E kitchen tap. The company takes regular steps to make its business more sustainable – by switching to 100 percent green power, for example, or obtaining environmental certification from Interseroh and the Efficiency Agency NRW (EFA).

2022

SCHELL celebrates its 90th anniversary.

Over 750,000,000 angle valves now installed worldwide.

2023

SWS and SMART.SWS win prizes as best water management system at the World Future Awards, plus accolades for the accessible MODUS EH-T wash basin tap and MODUS MD-T shower fitting products, which win the Plus X Award in four categories: High Quality, Design, User Comfort and Functionality.

2024

Formation of SCHELL subsidiary in Netherlands.