Knauf Gips KG
Victim
Knauf, a family-owned company based in Iphofen, Germany, is one of the world's largest producers of building materials and construction systems.
The German multinational, which has 300 factories and a footprint in 90 countries, employs 40,000 including in the UK at plasterboard manufacturing facilities in Sittingbourne, Kent, and North East Lincolnshire. It is owned by one of Germany’s richest families and makes insulation, plasterboard, cement board, plaster and other products.