Knauf

Building materials company

Knauf Insulation
USG Corporation

Websiteknauf.com

Knauf Group is a multinational, family-owned company based in Iphofen, Germany, well known for drywall gypsum boards, founded in 1932. The company is a producer of building materials and construction systems comprising construction materials for drywall construction, plasterboard, cement boards, mineral fibre acoustic boards, dry mortars with gypsum for internal plaster and cement-based external plaster and insulating materials; glass wool, stone wool and other insulation materials under the company Knauf Insulation.

It has more than 150 production sites worldwide.^[1] It is one of the six producers which hold approximately 81% of the worldwide wallboard market (Georgia Pacific, Knauf, Siniat, National Gypsum Company, Saint-Gobain, and Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd).^[2]

In 2022, after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Yale University published a list of companies that chose to remain active in Russia. According to this report, over 600 companies have withdrawn from Russia — but some remain. Knauf is still operating across 14 sites in Russia but has claimed to have suspended new investments.^[3]

In November 2023 Ukraine listed Knauf as an International Sponsor of War for promoting mobilisation in Russia by sending its employees to the war against Ukraine.^[4]

According to German public-service broadcaster ARD, Knauf has been active in collaborating with the Russian military in its construction efforts in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Knauf site". Knauf.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
^ "Lafarge Annual Report 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
^ "Over 600 Companies Have Withdrawn from Russia—But Some Remain | Yale School of Management". som.yale.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
^ "Ukraine adds German Knauf to list of war sponsors". 24 November 2023.
^ "Putins Helfer". 3 April 2024.
^ "German firms help 'rebuild' Russian-occupied Mariupol: report". 4 April 2024.