Detached house with a dark multicoloured Gillrath clinker facade (Jaco GR 201) in Münster

Gillrath Clinker —
Fired for Generations

Construction Gems from the Rhenish Ring Kiln

With the last operating ring kiln in North Rhine-Westphalia, we offer an outstanding niche product in the field of bricks, brick slips and other facade products.

We are motivated to produce bricks of the highest quality while always innovatively offering new colours, shapes and surfaces.

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Products
from the ring kiln

Discover our diverse and extensive selection of hard-fired Gillrath clinker bricks and facing bricks, as well as information on surfaces, sizes and finishes.

Row of upright Gillrath clinker bricks in colours from white through red to yellow
Two grey cut brick slips
Two red split brick slips

An overview of the properties and advantages of flat slips, our split brick slip formats and more useful information.

We can cut any brick type into brick slips.

The best way to plan an economical facade design for external thermal insulation composite systems (ETICS) is to use split slips which are manufactured directly as slips.

Glazed shaped brick from the ring kiln
Clay pavers in a herringbone bond for garden paths

Special products

Do you have a project requiring special building corners? Would you like to include shaped bricks as a design element or have you designed a shaped brick yourself? Find out more in our shaped brick section.

Bricks for garden paths or terraces in private areas are a real eye-catcher on the ground – durable and colourfast, without fading.

Product innovations

Extra-long Gillganta ring kiln brick in XLF format

Make a statement with extra-long bricks – our new format »XLF« for premium extruded bricks.

CircoBrick made from 50 % recycled brick rubble

Our latest product innovation: a resource-efficient, circular brick from the Rhenish ring kiln using 50 % recycled material from brick rubble.

Cradletop ceramic shingle for curtain walls

Ceramic shingles from the Rhenish ring kiln – our »Cradletops«. Durable, dismantlable, reusable.

Light clay brick from the Gillrath range

Clay is one of the oldest building materials and is completely recyclable. Get an insight into our clay brick range here.

Be inspired …

Modern clinker villa with a water basin in the courtyard
Kitchen with a brick slip wall (Jaco GR 80)
Cubic clinker house with a flat roof
Detached house in Erkelenz with a red clinker facade
Apartment building with a grey clinker facade

we present:

Hybrid assortments
from the ring kiln

Responsible Use of Resources

The responsible use of resources is at the heart of everything we do, and we are actively working toward climate neutrality.

Clinker bricks are a durable building material with a lifespan of more than 150 years. During that time, virtually no maintenance or repairs are required on the facade.

Seal: network member of the Excellence Region Sustainable Building
Logo of the VEA initiative Climate-friendly SMEs
Retro TV in front of a brick wall – watch the Gillrath image film

Family business
in the 4th generation

For more than 100 years, we have been writing brick history on facades

Historic photo: the Gillrath crew in front of the ring kiln
Historic photo: workers with wheelbarrows at the brickworks