Turkey's first and biggest ceramic sanitary ware manufacturer and exporter Eczacıbaşı Building Products, has been producing sanitary ware since 1958 and bathroom furniture, bathtubs and shower trays since 1991 via its flagship VitrA brand. The Eczacıbaşı Group launched its successful Artema brand in 1983 when it began manufacturing bathroom and kitchen fixtures. Established in 1977, the Group's Bozüyük plant is one of the largest wholly integrated production facilities in its field globally. Eczacıbaşı Building Products employees over five thousand staff throughout its operations in Turkey, Germany, France and Russia, generating around 80 percent of its revenue from international sales and consistently ranks in the top five companies in its sector in terms of turnover in the countries where it operates.