GIPS

What GIPS does

The Bundesverband der Gipsindustrie e.V. (BV Gips / GIPS) is a registered non-profit industry association (eingetragener Verein) under German law, founded on 18 September 1899 in Kassel as the Deutscher Gipsverein and headquartered in Berlin-Mitte. It is the national trade body representing the German gypsum industry — an industry of roughly 6,000 employees organised into five industry groups covering gypsum boards (IGG), gypsum wall panels (IGW), construction plasters (IGB), screeds (IGE), and special gypsums (IGS) — and its members include the major German and European producers Knauf Gips KG, Saint-Gobain Rigips GmbH, Etex Building Performance (Siniat), Danogips, James Hardie Europe (Fermacell), VG-Orth, CASEA, Baumit, Maxit, Heidelberg Materials, Saint-Gobain Formula, and Lanxess Deutschland.

The association does not manufacture or sell products. Its core outputs are representational and knowledge-based: advocacy in national (DIN) and European (CEN) standardisation, policy engagement on raw material supply security, free technical Merkblätter and the Gips-Datenbuch, free Building Information Modeling (BIM) objects compatible with Revit 2023, Allplan 2024, and ArchiCAD 27, Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) with IBU and DGNB, and pre-competitive industrial research coordinated through the affiliated Forschungsvereinigung der Gipsindustrie e.V. Funding comes from member dues on a recurring basis; all technical content is distributed free of charge. Governance is by an elected chairman (Thomas Bremer, Vorsitzender since 1999) and a managing director (Holger Ortleb, Geschäftsführer since 2011), with a small secretariat organised into Referat Bautechnik and Referat Umwelt.

Name

GIPS

Legal name

Bundesverband der Gipsindustrie e.V.

Website

https://gips.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Short description

GIPS (Bundesverband der Gipsindustrie e.V.) is the Berlin-based German non-profit trade association, founded 1899, representing gypsum producers and related manufacturers across five industry groups serving an industry of roughly 6,000 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The association operates as a membership-funded organisation representing gypsum-producing companies in Germany. Revenue is generated through member dues from the approximately 6,000-employee gypsum industry, comprising medium-sized and large companies organised across industry groups.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GIPS is a registered industry association (Bundesverband der Gipsindustrie e.V.) representing German gypsum-mining and gypsum-manufacturing companies. It provides industry representation in national and European standardisation bodies, policy advocacy, pre-competitive research coordination, and free distribution of technical publications, BIM objects, and guidelines to architects, planners, and construction professionals.

Product overview

The Bundesverband der Gipsindustrie e.V. represents the German gypsum industry, which produces a portfolio of gypsum-based building materials for construction. The product range includes gypsum boards (Gipsplatten) and gypsum fiber boards (Gipsfaserplatten) for dry construction systems, massive gypsum wall construction panels (Gips-Wandbauplatten), construction gypsum/dry mortars (Baugipse/Gips-Trockenmörtel) for plastering and finishing, calcium sulfate flow screed (Calciumsulfat-Fließestrich) for flooring applications, and form/special gypsums for industrial uses. Additionally, the association provides digital resources including BIM objects for planning software and technical publications/guidelines. The association is not a software product company; it represents manufacturers of these building material products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gips-BIM-Objekte (Gypsum BIM Objects)

Quantifiable outcome

• Fire resistance ratings of up to F 180 (180 minutes) can be achieved with multi-layer gypsum board constructions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Verband für Dämmsysteme, Putz und Mörtel (VDPM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe BV Gips collaborates with VDPM on joint publications and sustainability guidelines, notably co-publishing Merkblatt 11 'Nachhaltigkeit von Calciumsulfat-Fließestrichen' (Sustainability of Calcium Sulphate Flowing Screeds) as part of the green publication series 'Fließestrich – auf gutem Grund'. The two associations also coordinate positions on technical and regulatory matters affecting their shared industry segments.
• Bundesverband Baustoffe – Steine und Erden e.V. (BBS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe BV Gips is a member of the BBS, a federation representing building materials manufacturers in Germany, providing a platform for coordinated advocacy and industry representation at the national level.
• Eurogypsum AISBLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBV Gips maintains active representation in Eurogypsum, the European gypsum industry federation based in Brussels. Through Eurogypsum, the association participates in the Scientific and Technical Committee, contributes to harmonised European standards for gypsum building materials, and coordinates international policy positions on raw materials and sustainability.
• Forschungsvereinigung der Gipsindustrie e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe research association (Forschungsvereinigung) is organisationally linked to BV Gips, sharing the same Berlin office and staff. It initiates pre-competitive industrial research projects, often funded through IGF (Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung) via the BMWK, and publishes research results through BV Gips channels.
• Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) / DLR ProjektträgerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Forschungsvereinigung der Gipsindustrie has been a member of AiF (Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen) from 1970–2024 and receives public funding for pre-competitive industrial research projects through the IGF programme, administered by BMWK and implemented via DLR Projektträger.
• Construction Products EuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBV Gips participates in Construction Products Europe, a Brussels-based European association representing construction product manufacturers, enabling coordinated input on EU-level construction product regulation.
• Industrial Minerals Association Europe AISBL (IMA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBV Gips is a member of the IMA Europe, representing industrial minerals producers in Europe, which provides a platform for raw material policy coordination.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen e.V. (DGNB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBV Gips collaborates with DGNB to promote gypsum building materials in the context of sustainable building certification systems, providing data for environmental product declarations (EPDs) used in DGNB-certified buildings.
• Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (IBU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBV Gips works with IBU to develop and publish Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for gypsum products, providing transparent and verifiable environmental performance data for use in building certification.
• Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (BDI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBV Gips maintains membership in BDI, Germany's main industry federation, enabling coordinated policy advocacy at the federal level on matters affecting the construction materials sector.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen e.V. (DGNB): German sustainable building certification system. GIPS collaborates with DGNB to ensure gypsum building materials are recognised within DGNB-certified buildings via EPDs, making DGNB a thematic peer in the sustainability certification space rather than a direct industry-representation peer.

Others

• Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN): Germany's national standards body. GIPS participates in DIN technical committees for gypsum products, making DIN an enabling standards-setting infrastructure provider rather than an industry-association peer.
• Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (IBU): Publisher of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for construction products. GIPS works with IBU to develop and publish EPDs for gypsum products, making IBU an enabling/standards-adjacent peer rather than a direct industry-association competitor.
• European Committee for Standardization (CEN): EU-level standards body. GIPS participates in CEN technical committees to harmonise European standards for gypsum building materials, making CEN an enabling regulatory infrastructure counterpart rather than a competing trade association.

Direct peers

• Construction Products Europe: Brussels-based European association representing construction product manufacturers on EU regulation. GIPS participates for coordinated input on construction product regulation, making this a direct functional peer in the EU regulatory advocacy space.
• Eurogypsum AISBL: The European federation of national gypsum industry associations, headquartered in Brussels. GIPS is a member and the most direct functional peer at the European level, with overlapping remit in standards, sustainability, and raw material policy for gypsum products.
• Verband für Dämmsysteme, Putz und Mörtel (VDPM): German trade association for insulation systems, plaster, and mortar manufacturers, based in Berlin. GIPS co-publishes sustainability guidelines with VDPM (e.g., Merkblatt 11 on calcium sulphate flow screeds) and the two coordinate on technical and regulatory matters for adjacent building material categories.
• Bundesverband Baustoffe – Steine und Erden e.V. (BBS): Federation of German building materials manufacturers in the stones-and-earths category. GIPS is a member of BBS, making BBS the parent-level trade federation providing coordinated advocacy at the national level for the broader building materials sector.
• Industrial Minerals Association Europe AISBL (IMA Europe): European association representing industrial minerals producers, including gypsum as an industrial mineral. GIPS is a member, and IMA Europe provides a comparable platform for raw material policy coordination on industrial minerals at the EU level.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (BDI): Germany's main industry federation. GIPS is a member; BDI is a broader incumbent that aggregates industry policy positions across all German industrial sectors and provides a higher-level platform for federal advocacy than GIPS alone.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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