TILES FROM

GENERATION TO GENERATION

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Everything started for Théophile Winckelmans in 1894 when he

opened his unglazed tile factory in Lomme in Northern France

(Lille).

The plan, from the very beginning, was to offer elegant, aesthetic

and customisable products that were also versatile and technical.

Every generation had their challenges, including the terrible

bombing of the workshops in 1944 which were then rebuilt, the

radical changes in trends in the early 80s, the start of export or

the modernisation of our workshops in the 2000s. All challenges

faced and met by every generation without ever losing sight of

the founder’s vision and the factory’s original spirit.

Almost 130 years and 5 generations later, the Winckelmans

factory still stands proud on its original site and has grown thanks

to a second French production site in Decize, in Burgundy.