KE KELIT
 Headquarters and production Linz | |
| Company type | Gmbh |
|---|---|
| Industry | Plastics industry |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Headquarters | Linz, Austria |
| Revenue | Euro 180 Million |
| Owner | Karl Egger, Kristine Egger |
Number of employees | 600 |
| Website | www |
KE KELIT is an Austrian family-owned company, founded in Linz in 1945. The company produces pipe systems made of plastic and metal, and climate control systems. The company's headquarters is located in Linz. The company employs 600 staff in 25 companies in Austria, Bavaria, Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar, Macau, New Zealand, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur).[1][2][3][4][5]
History
[edit]KE KELIT was founded by Karl Egger in 1945 as a company for installing gas, water and heating systems. Production of plastic waste pipes began in 1960. In 1966 district heating pipes were added to the product range. KE KELIT GmbH was founded in 1973. KE KELIT was the first company to introduce CFC free pipe systems to the market in 1989.
Products
[edit]The company owns 150 patents and utility models[6][7] for connecting technologies, such as push-fit connections requiring no tools, or induction welding of district heating pipes.[8][9]
The products are used for drinking water, heating, district heating, industrial and cooling systems. The pipe systems and prefabricated components are made of plastic, multilayer materials, stainless steel, copper, and other materials. The company is focused on streamlined push-fit and press-fit fittings, based on a plug and play concept. An example of this is the KELOX PROTEC push-fit fitting range.
The company is certified to the ISO 9001 quality management system (since 1994), the ISO 14001 environment management system (since 2013) and the ISO 50001 energy management system (since 2016). Alongside its pipe systems KE KELIT also installs cooling systems (through its company Coolfix GmbH).[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ke Kelit investierte zehn Millionen Euro in Linz und expandiert in Neuseeland". nachrichten.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "KE Kelit". news.wko.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ Hamich, Ralf. "KE KELIT expands its activities in the German market". Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "KE KELIT Kunststoffwerk eröffnet Niederlassung in Bratislava, Slowakei". KE KELIT Kunststoffwerk eröffnet Niederlassung in Bratislava, Slowakei (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ Douglas, John H. (1976-04-17). "Metro: Miracle in the Mud". Science News. 109 (16): 250–255. doi:10.2307/3961089. ISSN 0036-8423. JSTOR 3961089.
- ^ "Google Patents". patents.google.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "Patents Assigned to KE-KELIT KUNSTSTOFFWERK GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "Patentamt Österreich" (PDF).
- ^ "Land Oberösterreich - Landeskorrespondenz Nr. 245 vom 23. Oktober 2007". Land Oberösterreich (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "ISH 2019: Ke Kelit mit Komplettsystem für Deckenheizung". HeizungsJournal (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
