industry building materials founded 1819 headquarters vienna austria key people heimo scheuch ceo willy van riet cfo products tiles bricks & ceramics revenue 2.972 billion 2015 1 operating income 167.6 million 2015 1 profit 69.815 million 2015 1 total assets 3.691 billion end 2015 1 total equity 2.054 billion end 2015 1 number of employees 15 813 average 2015 1 website www.wienerberger.com wienerberger ag is the world s largest producer of bricks 2 and number one on the clay roof tile market in europe with 230 plants in 30 countries . the company also holds leading positions in concrete pavers in central east europe and pipe systems in europe . it is based in vienna austria . founded in 1819 the company s shares have been listed on the vienna stock exchange since 1869 and currently have a free float of 100 % . history edit wienerberger was founded in 1819 in vienna by alois miesbach 1791 1857 and has traded since 1869 on the vienna stock exchange . in 1986 the company expanded from a local austrian brick maker into one of the world s largest producer of bricks within a few years . citation needed the company has acquired a number of its competitors including baggeridge plc in june 2007 with the takeover being cleared by the british competition commission in may 2007 ; and keymer tiles in 2014 . 3 references edit a b c d e f key earnings data at a glance retrieved 2016 04 11 marsh sarah 17 april 2009 . wienerberger extends loans halves refinancing needs . reuters . forbes . retrieved 2009 10 18 . wienerberger secures availability of keymer tiles press release . 2014 11 04 . retrieved 2015 10 26 . external links edit official website wikimedia commons has media related to wienerberger . companies portal v t e atx companies of austria andritz at & s buwog ca immo conwert immobilien invest erste group bank immofinanz lenzing sterreichische post omv raiffeisen international rhi schoeller bleckmann oilfield equipment telekom austria uniqa verbund voestalpine wiener st dtische wienerberger zumtobel retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wienerberger & oldid 717968837 categories manufacturing companies based in viennabrick manufacturersaustrian brandshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2015official website different in wikidata and wikipediacommons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa ol fran aispolskirom n edit links this page was last modified on 30 april 2016 at 19 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view