The History of the Ceramic Manufactory SOMMERHUBER GMBH

Five generations of the Sommerhuber family, innovations, successes and dealing with challenging times – testimonies of our history from 1491 to the present.

Since 1491, ceramic tiles and tiled stoves for the storage of warmth have been produced with loving care and a lot of technical know-how in Steyr in Upper Austria. The knowledge was preserved, passed on and refined from generation to generation. Today we produce heat storage ceramics for living areas and SPAs. Quality and high standards guide every one of our production steps, from the selection of materials to your finished tiled stove, tiled fireplace or SPA..

Our employees are not artists but craftsmen – all lovingly manufactured ceramic tiles are unique to form a one-of-a-kind unit.

Warmth provider & natural product: ceramics

A high-quality product starts with the environmentally conscious selection of materials. Every one of our tiles is manufactured by our master craftsmen using the natural elements of earth, water, fire and air. Ceramic consists of clay with additives such as kaolin, quartz sand and minerals. After the molding, the tile is coated with a glaze and fired. By means of this firing process the glaze produces a glass-like protective coating which we call ceramic surface. Those steps enable the porous ceramic tile to store a high amount of heat. The pleasant warmth is, for many hours, distributed to the living space and gently warms the body and objects in the room.