1. Long History: Founded by John Michael Kohler in Wisconsin in 1873, it mainly produced agricultural implements and other items at first. In 1883, it manufactured the first cast iron bathtub and thus entered the bathroom manufacturing industry.
2. Broad Business Scope: Its core businesses include kitchen and bathroom products, power systems, well-known hotels and world-class golf courses. It owns more than 30 brands.
3. Rich Product Portfolio: Its products cover bathtubs, washbasins, toilets, faucets, showers, bathroom furniture, bathroom heaters and purifiers, etc. Its bathroom products have multiple series, such as the intelligent massage bathtub series and the cast iron freestanding bathtub series. Its kitchen products include cast iron kitchen sinks, marble kitchen sinks, etc.
4. Outstanding Design: It has a design center in the southwest of the United States. Every year, it provides design inspiration and product resources for more than 165,000 households, architects and designers. Its design combines art and technology, with diverse styles, and has won the Good Design Award, iF Design Award and so on for many times.
5. Emphasis on Innovation: It continuously launches new technologies and products, such as the Numi intelligent toilet in 2011, the Real Rain overhead shower in 2017, and the new KOHLER Konnect in 2018.
6. Strong Brand Influence: As a classic global kitchen and bathroom brand, its products are widely used in many famous buildings, such as the National Aquatics Center (Water Cube) in China and the main stadium (Bird's Nest) of the Beijing Olympics. It occupies a relatively high share in China's fine-decorated bathroom market.
7. Actively Expanding the Chinese Market: It had business contacts with China as early as the late 1920s. In 1995, it established its first company in the Chinese mainland. In 2002, it established Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd. in Shanghai as its Asia-Pacific headquarters. By 2022, it had owned 13 kitchen and bathroom factories, 33 design experience centers, 45 flagship showrooms and more than 900 stores in China.
