Founded in 1873 in the United States, it is a world-famous manufacturer of bathroom products, a leader in bathtubs/basins/toilets/faucets and other bathroom products, and a large multinational company
Founded in 1873, Kohler is one of the largest family businesses in the United States, and in 2002, Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai as Kohler's Asia-Pacific headquarters. For more than 140 years, Kohler has adhered to the unchanging spirit of enterprise, committed to making "every Kohler product reflect the highest level of its time".
Brand history
In 1873, when the United States was in the shadow of economic depression, John Michael Kohler, a 29-year-old Austrian immigrant who founded the Kohler Company in Wisconsin, made a brave man's challenge to a sluggish market with an investment of 5,000 dollars.
For the first ten years of the company's existence, Kohler was a family-run factory producing agricultural tool castings.
In 1883, John Kohler built the first Kohler bathtub. Since then, Kohler's pace has stepped into the field of sanitary ware manufacturing, and Kohler's legend began to write the first stroke, and then it was out of control;
In 1911, Kohler developed monolithically cast enamel bathtubs, washbasins, and kitchen basins;
In 1927, Kohler developed colored enamel toiletries;
In 1929, Kohler products were selected for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the design of Kohler products began to enter the palace of art.
Today, more than 140 years later, Kohler is one of the most familiar bathroom brands in the world. Today, Kohler has more than 50 factories around the world, mainly producing Kohler bathtubs, basins, toilets, faucets and other sanitary products.
At its headquarters in Wisconsin, USA, there is a 3,500-square-meter design center. More than 20 of the nation's most famous designers gathered here to create stunning Kohler signature bathroom shapes with a sensual flow of colors and lines. Kohler has always adhered to the principle of "bringing the best quality products and the best service to market". No matter where they are in the world, Kohler ensures that consumers can enjoy a global five-star hotel experience.
除了科勒品牌外，科勒公司还拥有法国卫浴领先品牌Jacob Delafon，以及在United States大众化市场上占主导地位的品牌Sterling。作为一个多元化的制造公司，除了引领全球着卫浴设备 ，科勒在家具、备用发电机等领域都处于世界领先地位。旗下拥有Baker高档家具、McGuire 藤制家具、Sanijura 浴室柜、Canac 高档家具、Robern高档浴室柜、Ann Sacks Tile & Stone 墙地砖、Kallista卫浴用品等众多知名品牌。
The current president of Kohler is David Kohler, who today has maintained a leading position in the industry and has become one of the world's leading manufacturers of sanitary products. Today, the fourth generation of the Kohler family is active in the company's senior management and is shaping the 21st century for the Kohler family's oldest and largest family business.
Kohler Today
For more than 140 years, Kohler has been adhering to the concept of "creating an elegant life" for users, with unique colors and lines design, bringing infinite surprises and possibilities to every era.
Today, Kohler has 50 facilities and more than 20,000 employees worldwide. As the vane of global kitchen and bathroom fashion, the home concept of "elegant life" advocated by it most directly touches people's yearning and love for elegant quality of life. No matter where you are in the world, Kohler ensures that consumers can enjoy the global unified Kohler five-star hotel lifestyle.
Kohler Kitchen & Bath has always pursued the "perfect combination of innovative design and superior performance", so the products designed and manufactured are more "artistic than works of art" and have won numerous international awards. From 1929, when Kohler products were selected for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, to the historic four consecutive years of receiving the Outstanding Product Award for Industrial Design from the Industrial Design Association (IDEA), including the familiar Laminar faucet and the Purist Hatbox WC with a tankless design. In addition, Kohler's new shower system, the Watertile, received an Honorable Mention in the 2007 K BB Kitchen & Bath Star, the 2006 Design Award at the International Forum of Design (iF) in Hannover, Germany, and a Bronze Award in the IDEA competition. In 2006, the Purist Hatbox WC won the international Red Dot Design Award again. In the 2007 K BB International Kitchen & Bath Star Product Design Competition, Kohler & Company's Purist Suite won the Value Contribution Award, and three other classics received Honorable Mentions.
