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Room for indulgence: ILBAGNOALESSI One is a modern classic; its poetic, sensual design brings emotional depth to your bathroom. A creation of the prolifi c Italian designer, Stefano Giovannoni. p. 16 With living, LAUFEN presents bathrooms that are as multifaceted as life itself and designed for modern living: each of the four living models blend harmoniously into various lifestyles. p. 56 A timeless classic, designed for the future: palace has become a versatile and comprehensive bathroom. palace is equally at home in private bathrooms and hotel bathrooms around the world. p. 100 Perfectly balanced: ILBAGNOALESSI dOt sets the scene for purist bathing. The understated geometrical shapes of the bath lend an air of peace and relaxation. p. 26 With Lb3, decoration is allowed: A home is not a snapshot of a moment but refl ects the diversity of the householder's life, ideas and possessions. LAUFEN provides a matching bathroom design. p. 76 Better quality of life: form brings classic contemporary to the bathroom - and, with its various washbasins, ample functionality. Its timeless design makes form compatible with many styles of fi ttings. p. 110 Fingerprint of nature: The PALOMBA COLLECTION was designed with nature as its inspiration. Its natural forms combine effortlessly to create a harmonious whole. p. 34 A bathroom with a heart: mimo is a compact bathroom for people who live conscientiously and value attention to detail - but do not wish to be hampered by social conventions. Winner of the red dot award 2009. p. 88 Democratic design: LAUFEN pro applies the design principle less is more: elegant, functional and extremely fl exible - as well as attractively priced. p. 116

ABOUT US 04 Making the bathroom a living environment 06 History and global network 08 The LAUFEN Forum 10 Outstanding design 12 Sustainable quality 14 International references DESIGNER RANGES 16 ILBAGNOALESSI One 26 ILBAGNOALESSI dOt 34 PALOMBA COLLECTION 56 living 76 Lb3 88 mimo 100 palace 110 116 form LAUFEN pro BATHROOM FURNITURE 132 case 140 case plus WELLNESS 144 Overview 148 LAUFEN solutions WASHBASINS 150 Above counter washbasins 152 Washbasins, undersurface ground 153 Drop-in washbasins 154 Undercounter washbasins 156 college URINALS 158 home 160 public TOILETS 162 Wall hanging toilets 168 Floor standing toilets 171 One piece toilets ACCESSORIES 174 Lb3 APPENDIX 176 Product features and benefits 182 Ceramic colours and options Contents 3

Making the bathroom a living environment The personality of this highly traditional Swiss brand reflects a symbiosis of design, quality and functionality. LAUFEN, the premium brand under the ROCA umbrella, is one of the world's leading manufacturers with a global distribution network. The company's core competence is its knowledge in the area of sanitary ware manufacturing. Over 120 years, the LAUFEN brand has been using the oldest malleable material known to man to make innovative sanitary products in state-of-the-art plants with legendary 4 Swiss precision. Knowledge of the bathroom as a whole developed from the competence of LAUFEN in ceramics manufacturing, and sophisticated design. What makes LAUFEN products unique at the first glance is that their Swiss design unites two major design trends: emotional Italian design from the south and the northern tradition of design precision and clarity. For LAUFEN, quality has two aspects: manufacturing knowledge and high degree of practical benefit that the finished bathroom affords the customer - which is often not immediately apparent. LAUFEN, a Swiss company manufacturing products that allow water, a precious resource, to be used sparingly, demonstrates in this manner a commitment to preserving natural resources and environmentally-friendly production.

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From local foundations to a global player When the company, LAUFEN, was founded in Switzerland in 1892, sanitary conditions were well below today's standards and level of convenience - standards to which LAUFEN, the only sanitary porcelain manufacturer producing exclusively in Europe, contributed. The history of some of the company's production sites goes back even further in time. Around 1878, the pioneer of the mechanised production of sanitary ceramics was a factory belonging to the Austrian monarchy. Not only tradition, but also the well-established situation of the various European manufacturing sites in their home markets of Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic, have helped lay the secure foundations of LAUFEN quality. The aim of LAUFEN back then and also today is to be a leader in technology, service and design. As early as the 1980s, the most efficient injection moulding technology in the field of ceramics processing was invented in Switzerland by LAUFEN, a breakthrough that constituted a lasting contribution to industrial production. Just as important for LAUFEN are the continuing developments in the field of design: Wall-mounted toilets and floor standing washbasins, for instance, have made a new aesthetic possible. LAUFEN has now widened its expertise and its portfolio of sanitary ware, bathtubs, furniture and accessories by adding faucets to the product range. In 1854, Charles Kugler founded a small company for brass products in Lausanne. The first water and gas valves in Switzerland were produced here in 1863. Faucets have been manufactured at the Laufen site since 2009. 6 1 2 4 5 3 1 Znojmo, the first industrial production facility for sanitary wares on the European continent, 1878 2 Well-known "Ultra" washbasin from the 1960s, designed by Fritz Lischka, 1959 3 Invention of the wall hanging toilet by the LAUFEN engineer Xaver Jermann in 1963 4 The first floor standing WC unit with integral ventilation system, late 1950s 5 Detail of the "Nautilus" toilet, 1895 6 The first monolithic floor standing washbasin, ILBAGNOALESSI One, 2001 6

Global network with local service LAUFEN has its headquarters in Laufen near Basel in Switzerland. There are four more production sites in Austria and the Czech Republic. Steeped in tradition yet ultra-modern; these production plants make over 3 million sanitary ware products annually and distribute these via a worldwide network of retail outlets and sales partners. Since 1999, LAUFEN has been one of the world's largest bathroom manufacturers in the Spanish Roca Group, which has 20,000 employees in over 135 countries and produces 38 million ceramic products annually. Similor Group AG, one of the leading companies in the production of faucets with a manufacturing tradition which goes back more than 150 years, has belonged to the group since 2007. Production sites in Central Europe 1 The company is named after the town of Laufen near Basel in Switzerland where it has produced washbasins, bidets and toilets in sanitary ceramic for 120 years. The management of LAUFEN Bathrooms AG, faucet production, training centre and the LAUFEN Forum are also located here. 2 The production facility in Gmunden specialises in the manufacture of highly sophisticated bathroom sanitary wares. The Gmunden facility has acquired this expertise through a long tradition in ceramics production. 3 The LAUFEN factory in Wilhelmsburg, Austria has a long tradition of ceramics manufacturing. A factory for English stoneware was founded here as early as 1795. Today, this state-of-the art factory practises the fine art of sanitary ware production. 4 The state-of-the art factory in Znojmo, in the Czech Republic, produces high quality bathroom sanitary wares. This factory has a long tradition which goes back more than 130 years. 5 Bechyně is not only the home of the oldest vocational school of ceramics in the Czech Republic, it is also an ultra-modern factory where high quality ceramics have been produced for more than 50 years. * LAUFEN subsidiary - Worldwide export 7

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The LAUFEN Forum A powerfully symbolic building stands in the Laufen valley in the canton of Baselland: the LAUFEN Forum, an architectural statement that reflects the brand and is consecrated to the bathroom. Here, LAUFEN, the largest Swiss manufacturer of bathroom fittings and internationally renowned company, celebrates its product - which today is much more than just a sanitary ware; it is the bathroom as a complete package. With the Forum, LAUFEN has created a new architectural setting for its products: it is a comprehensive architectural statement in concrete with the bathroom at its centre and acknowledges Switzerland unequivocally as the company's headquarters and production site. A space for the bathroom with the power to inspire clients, architects, retailers and tradesmen alike and provide a source of information. This is also the home of the training centre of LAUFEN Bathrooms AG. A wide range of seminars is held here to train groups and communicate product knowledge. Training sessions also take place in the Sky Gallery in Wilhelmsburg, Austria, and in Znojmo in the Czech Republic. LAUFEN won the "Award for Marketing + Architecture" in the category "Office and commercial buildings - industrial and commercial interiors" in 2010. It also won the Green Good Design Award and, in 2011, the "best architects award 2011" in the category "Business and Industrial Buildings". 9

Outstanding design Although exquisite craftsmanship has always been a trademark of LAUFEN products, a great deal of thought goes into their design too. For several decades now, LAUFEN has had positive experience of the successful collaboration with outstanding architects and designers. In the development of new bathroom suite concepts, the expectations of the designer are met by the experience and precision of modellers, product developers and engineers. The shared objective: to shape the elegant materials as intelligently and pragmatically as possible while maximising their aesthetic appeal, minimising the impact on the environment while using resources as sparingly as possible. The company's product range is further enhanced by innovative material developments through the production of a near white porcelain body that allows smaller radii and a slimmer appearance. This interplay of creative design concepts and a precise manufacturing process using state-of-the-art technology facilitates an approach to the bathroom as an environment - an intelligent composition of the sum of its parts. The result: a highly functional and aesthetic product range. From ceramic sanitary ware, through to faucets, bathroom furniture, mirrors and bathtubs - in all price categories. At the same time, we use our knowledge and experience to achieve a high degree of individuality, in line with the wishes of our customers. As well as additional colours, surface finishes and motifs, made-to-measure washbasins that can be cut to the required size are possible, also with short delivery times. 10 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 1 Andreas Dimitriadis, platinumdesign 2 Ludovica+Roberto Palomba, Palomba Serafini Associati 3 Stefano Giovannoni, Giovannoni Design 4 Wiel Arets, Wiel Arets Architects 5 Tom Schönherr/Manfred Dorn/Andreas Haug/Harald Lutz, Phoenix Design 6 Peter Wirz, Process 7 Toan Nguyen, Toan Nguyen Studio