The Budapest-Szentlőrinc Brick Factory was founded in 1989. It became the cradle of industrial ceramics later. The factory began to experiment with manufacturing dishes with Koncz Imre supervising the works in 1920. They applied simple methods used by the potters. Still, the experiment was promising.

In 1922, an independent fine ceramics plant was established in the town. It was later called The Stone Dish- Porcelain- and Stove Factory of Kispest. Their trademark was GRANIT. Unlike earlier when handmade products ruled, mass production began on 1, October 1923. The head engineer Basch Lipót arrived from Bohemia. At the beginning, the factory only produced dishes used in the households. It was important that the products had good quality and were cheap.

The second head engineer of the factory was Sulzer Vilmos. After returning home from his fieldtrip to Western Europe, he led the works to the production of fine candleholders, plates, vases etc. The company set up a showroom in both Budapest and Vienna. The products were often shown at international fairs. The factory was continuously developed. In 1926, the it began to experiment with sanitary products. The first pan was. Made in 1927, the first basin in 1928. By 1929, 159 tones of sanitary products were manufactured in the factory. From this time on, the factory had two profiles.

In 1938, the name of the factory changed. On one hand it took on the name that had been used as a trademark, Granit, on the other hand the stove part was left out of the name. Thus, the name of the company became Granit Porcelain and Stone Dish Factory Inc.

In wartime, the factory did not stop working since because the sanitary products the management handled to have the factory declared war factory. The factory was nationalized in 1948. Production and trade was reorganized all over the country. The production of sanitary products was ceased, instead stone chisel disks were made. The factory thus was renamed: Granit Stone Chisel Disks and Stone Dish Factory. In the 1940's and 50's the interest in faience grew. Besides plates, decor objects were began to be manufactured. The new generation of fine artists brought new colors, forms and motifs into production. The factory often took part in National Fine Arts Exhibitions where it won many awards.

The Granit was divided into several plants on the 1980's, then it turned into an Ltd. In the 1990's the factory was bought by new owners who gave up the production of plates in 1998-99 while keeping to other products.