Hansgrohe

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With its brands AXOR and hansgrohe, the Hansgrohe Group, based in Schiltach/Southern Germany, enjoys a reputation as a leader in innovation, quality and design within the bath and kitchen industry. With more than 118 years of history, the company is marked by innovations such as the first hand-held shower with multiple spray types, the first pull-out kitchen tap, and the first wall bar to hold a hand-held shower.

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The highest design quality requires creative minds who can look beyond the boundaries of the sanitation ind try and set new impulses with their view from the outside. The company has now been awarded over 600 internationally renowned design prizes.

AXOR and hansgrohe brands work with renowned designers to focus on providing the optimum customer value — both aesthetically and functionally. Together, they create products that revolutionise the bathroom and break new ground in he design of bathroom products.  Products provide enjoyment over the long-term – and not just because they continue to function perfectly even after many years of use: their sophisticated and timeless aesthetics also out last every short-lived trend.

Products from the AXOR and hansgrohe brands offer taps, showers, and accessories in classic to modern design. Countless examples in projects worldwide show how hansgrohe showers turn the hotel bathroom into an oasis of wellness. Or how AXOR bathroom collections, created in collaboration with international designers like Philippe Starck or Antonio Citterio, complete the furnishing of a luxurious hotel or high-end residential complex.

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AXOR develops, constructs and produces taps, showerheads and accessories for luxurious bathrooms and kitchens to perfection. Collectively they embody the claim “Form Follows Perfection” not ending the developmental process until nothing more can be added or removed. Pace-setting design objects have been developed with this recipe for over twenty years with world-renowned designers, among them Philippe Starck, Jean-Marie Massaud, Antonio Citterio and Patricia Urquiola

hansgrohe is the premium brand for showers, shower systems, bathroom and kitchen taps, as well as kitchen sinks. With its many award-winning products, hansgrohe shapes the flow of water in the kitchen and the bathroom. This is where people spend the time they treasure most to experience precious moments to interact with water. With these moments in mind, hansgrohe develops ground-breaking solutions that unite extraordinary design, long-lasting quality and intelligent features for maximum ease of use.

With our brands AXOR and hansgrohe and our global projects team we are looking forward to serving your needs and requirements in your next hotel & residential projects.

www.hansgrohe.co.uk

+49 (0) 7836 51 1997

International@hansgrohe.com

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