Marazzi Tile was founded by Filippo Marazzi in Sassuolo, Italy in 1935. The original plant was constructed on a wooden platform attached to four conveniently located poplar trees. From that humble beginning the company has grown into a global network called the Marazzi Group, the largest producer of glazed and unglazed ceramic tile in the world. The Group consists of 17 manufacturing plants with approximately 4,000 employees that produce and sell over 800 million square feet of tile per year.