Turnover: 80 million EUR (2022)

Country: France

  • French valve manufacturer
  • 3 subsidiaries: Kramer, Horus, WTS
  • 122 employees
  • Part of the American Kohler Group

News

Clara Sanitaires joins forces with the Kramer Group 28/03/2024

  • Clara Sanitaires founded in 1965
  • Manufacture of sanitary equipment (flush mechanisms, float valves, cisterns, support frames)
  • Number of Kramer Group employees: 185
  • Kramer Group sales: 30 million euros
  • Partnership objective for Clara Sanitaires: Strengthen its position in the French sanitaryware market
  • Number of Clara Sanitaires employees: 12
  • Clara Sanitaires sales: 1.5 million euros

Kramer tap-maker relies more than ever on Made in France 11/02/2024

  • Kramer is a valve manufacturer based in Étain (Meuse).
  • It employs 200 people
  • Kramer's production is 100% made in France.
  • Four years ago, Kramer acquired the Alsatian company Horus, specialized in luxury fittings.
  • In 2021, Kramer acquired Jacob Delafon's historic factory in Damparis (Jura), renamed Jurassienne de céramique française. In autumn 2023, the site began manufacturing Horus sanitary ceramics.
  • In spring 2023, Kramer took over bathroom products distributor Sarodis (Maine-et-Loire), creating the new Kramer Distribution entity.
  • Kramer cooperates with its long-standing supplier, the Italian company Water Tech Solutions, in which it holds a stake.
  • Kramer aims to increase sales by two-thirds by 2025.
  • Kramer is the preferred supplier of several materials distributors, including Saint-Gobain Distribution Bâtiment France (formerly Point.P).
  • Kramer is currently in the midst of a transition to become a complete bathroom supplier, from sanitary ceramics to wall-mounted WCs and bathroom furniture.

Kramer: French ceramics manufacturer La Jurassienne turns the page on Jacob Delafon 06/12/2023

  • The American Kohler Group, which owns Kramer, has 32,000 employees.
  • The Kramer Group will take over the Damparis site, which manufactures valves and fittings, in 2021.
  • The group has 185 employees and sales of 80 million euros.
  • In 2020, the plant will employ 150 people, compared with 58 after the takeover.
  • By 2023, private labels will account for 90% of the 90,000 parts sold.
  • Half of these parts are manufactured in Damparis.
  • Plant sales should exceed 4 million euros by 2023.
  • The plant's target is to produce 150,000 parts a year, 60% for private labels and 40% for the Horus and Kramer brands.
  • The Horus and Kramer brands have been extended to include toilet bowls, basins, washbasins and shower trays manufactured at Damparis.

Sarodis joins the Kramer Group in Maine et Loire 03/05/2023

  • Acquisition of Horus and Jurassienne de Céramique Française in 2019
  • Takeover of Sarodis in 2023, 20 employees, sales of 6 million euros
  • Kramer Group: sales of 30 million euros in France 180 employees
  • Sarodis areas of expertise: faucets, mixers, shower trays, shower columns, shower inserts and connected showerheads
  • 25-year Sarodis presence at Leroy Merlin
  • Sarodis helps the Lorraine-based group open the doors to DIY retailing

Studies mentioning this company

The plumbing market - France

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