Year of foundation: 1968Number of employees: 2,000Manufacturing plants: 17 in the worldInvestment in R&D: 5,4% of the annual turnoverWith over 1,700 eco-friendly items and a production of 950,000 tons/year, Kerakoll is the world leader in products and services for sustainable building aimed at designing, building, and living in harmony with the environment and in healthy spaces.The company mission is embrace and promote GreenBuilding as the new low environmental impact approach to building and promote higher quality homes around the world through the use of eco-friendly building materials and innovative solutions focusing on the environment and on improving both health and quality of life.Notable among the architectural projects designed by internationally acclaimed architects who chose Kerakoll as their technological partner, are: • Studio ABDR for the new Teatro dell'Opera in Florence; • Zaha Hadid for Maxxi in Rome; • Herzog & De Meuron for the Beijing Olympic Sta¬dium and Allianz Arena in Monaco; • Frank O. Gehry for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao; • Santiago Calatrava for the Queen Sofia Palace of the Arts in Valencia.