BRITA is the world-renowned expert in the area of drinking water optimisation and customisation. With his invention of the water filter jug in 1970, Heinz Hankammer discovered a market niche and then consistently created the market for it. His son Markus Hankammer successfully shaped the medium-sized family business into a global multi-product company with financial independence and a long-term mindset. Today, from our headquarters in Taunusstein near Wiesbaden, we operate four production facilities in Germany, the UK, Italy and China, 30 national and international subsidiaries and are represented in 70 countries on all five continents. Over 2,000 employees across the world work for our company. 

For over 50 years, our family-run business has concerned itself with the fascinating topic of drinking water optimization. BRITA has long since been synonymous with it. This is also reflected in our mission:

To this end, we have been consistently expanding our product portfolio for several years. The goal for every product is to be a leader in terms of technology, quality and design. We market our products under the brand names BRITA, VIVREAU and MAVEA.

BRITA develops, produces and sells a wide range of products and solutions for consumers and commercial customers. In addition to water filters for end users, we offer filter solutions for use in large appliances and water dispensers in the catering and hotel industry.

All BRITA products have one thing in common: They help protect the environment. Indeed, the filtering of water in private households and the use of water dispensers in schools and offices make a contribution to avoiding plastic bottles and consequently plastic waste. Alongside the long-term product solutions, BRITA customers are impressed above all by the improved taste and smell of water and the more delicate aroma development of hot drinks.

In everything we do, it is especially important to us to preserve the independence and identity of our family-run company. Consequently, the firm BRITA will continue to think and act with a view to the long term, in order to develop trailblazing products and solutions for customers worldwide in a true pioneering and inventive spirit. In precisely the way summed up by our vision: