# Vandersanden opens €32.5M Pirrouet brick factory in Lanklaar

Vandersanden officially opened its first Pirrouet factory in Lanklaar, Belgium, with an investment of €32.5 million. The 8,000 m² plant has an annual capacity of 20 million CO₂-negative facing bricks and employs 26 people.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-02-14
- Where: Lanklaar, Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg, Belgium
- Value: $35.0M (32.5M EUR)
- Jobs: 26
- Starts operating: 14 Feb 2025
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 20 million facing bricks per year
- Products: Pirrouet CO₂-negative facing bricks
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Vandersanden Group](https://endata.com/companies/21626.md)

## Sources

- [ceramicworldweb.com](https://www.ceramicworldweb.com/en/news/Vandersanden-opens-its-first-Pirrouet-factory), 2025-02-14: "With an investment of €32.5 million, the new factory started up in Lanklaar has an annual production capacity of 20 million facing bricks."

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