Today it is owned by Geberit AG, which is a leading European manufacturer of sanitation equipment, following the 2015 acquisition of Finland-based bath and toilet firm Sanitec for $1.4 billion.

In 1999, Twyford Bathrooms were made holders of the Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Specimens of his work can be seen at the Potteries Museum in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, including a salt glazed stoneware teapot inscribed 'Sarah Twyford'.

1849: Thomas Twyford established two factories where washbasins and closet pans of an elementary nature were made.

Twyford commenced exporting to America, Russia, Australia, France, Germany, Spain and many other countries.

1870 was the start of thirty years of massive growth of the Twyford company and a flood of sanitary invention.

1883: Thomas William Twyford introduced the first all-ceramic, free-standing, one-piece, washout, pedestal closet, the Unitas.

This incorporated the WC pan with an integral trap as one piece of pottery without the need for a surrounding wooden cabinet.

1929: A silent, black-and-white movie film showing the sanitaryware processes was commissioned as a marketing tool by the new Twyford management.

1953: The Cliffe Vale Fireclay factory was reconstructed, having suffered bomb damage during World War II.

1960: Twyford commenced manufacture of vitreous china in India, with Hindustan Sanitaryware & Industries Limited.

1992: MB Caradon invested £13 million in a new national distribution centre and new head office, showroom and administrative block on the Alsager site, which became the largest single unit devoted to vitreous china production and distribution in Europe.