Kitchen ceramics with tradition and history

systemceram GmbH & Co. KG is a young company with a long-standing tradition. This apparent paradox is deceiving, as the origin of today’s company is the cast ceramics division of KCH Keramchemie founded in 1928.

left to right: Gerhard Göbel, Felix Engel, Kevin Göbel, Manfred Engel

History

With the strategic re-orientation of KCH Keramchemie, at the focus of which was acid resistance, the ceramic activities were discontinued on Dec. 31, 1991. At the same time, the founders of today’s systemceram, Gerhard Göbel, Manfred Engel and Peter Noll acquired the cast ceramics unit as part of a management buy-out, making it into an owner-managed family business out of a group-managed company division. This ensured that technological knowhow was able to be continued to be used, expanded and refined.

Philosophy

Medium-sized batches on the one hand and the manufacture of resistant products subject to extreme strain on the other hand- the modern production facilities are geared toward the manufacture of ceramics specialties and not toward mass-produced goods. The production flexibility derived from this has made systemceram the contact point for special solutions and for this reason, we are able to show several renowned bathroom equipment suppliers in our customer portfolio.

The two Managers Kevin Göbel and Felix Engel

Production Areas

However, we mainly produce sinks and worktops for the modern fitted kitchen under the name of KeraDomo kitchen ceramics on the basis of a high material quality. The manufacturing and sale of bathroom ceramics was added on to this area over the past several years. In the area of KeraLab laboratory ceramics we exclusively produce fine stoneware, i.e. basins and worktops which need to meet high standards and comply with the applicable norms for laboratory equipment.

Teamwork

Our team of currently ca. 220 dedicated associates contributes on ca. 25,000 square meters of production area to the fact that both our customers and suppliers can bank on a reliable partner here in the Westerwald area.

Acclaimed Design and Quality

Acclaimed design in shape and color and the possibility of worktop design through cutting-edge process engineering makes us an esteemed partner in the fitted kitchen market and in laboratory construction. In this context, our products require good planning and customer advice. That is why fitted kitchen retailers and the laboratory construction industry are among our sales partners.

systemceram – Past and Present

1867

Cologne-based businessman Wilhelm Kill is granted a loan to mine clay at the “Braunkohlezeche Berggarten” in Siershan – the birth of KCH Keramchemie

1928

The cast ceramics division of KCH Keramchemie is founded

1968

First large-size laboratory benchtop

1985

Presentation of the first KCH kitchen sink – the “KSV 100” at Domotechnika in Cologne

1998

The largest order received to date: 4,036 laboratory benchtops and over 3,000 laboratory basins worth over 4 million Deutsche mark supplied to Großhadern University