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SINKS & MIXER TAPS NEWS 2017

WELCOME SERVICE THE COMPANY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WORLD OF MATERIALS FEATURES & NEWS PREPSTATION HANDMADE IN GERMANY SCHOCK

Dear customers, We invite you to join us and immerse yourselves in the colourful world of the granite sink. Come and get to know our new products and innovations. Find out about how sinks can be employed as food prep assistants, how good SCHOCK looks in grey and how we are growing our portfolio optimally. As a sink pioneer with outstanding product innovations that revolutionize the market we are keen to demonstrate once more that change is our status quo. Your management team Sven-Michael Funck and Ralf Boberg

High-grade products need the right kind of love and attention. So we have put together all the right hints and tips for you. You can find the answers to your specific questions in our care videos and FAQs located in our online Care Center at www.schock.de/care Practical – The SCHOCK spare parts shop Movie material – The SCHOCK service videos Looking for SCHOCK spare parts or care products? Browse our spare parts shop for complementary parts to go with our assortment of sinks and mixer taps. Order what you need online wherever it suits you best – from your computer at home or on the road with...

THE COMPA MPANY ABOUT US OUR CORPORATE IDENTITY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

ABOUT US e invented the granite sink in 1979. And we’ve been constantly reinventing it and ourselves ever since. The result is more than 240 sink models in as many as 43 colours. We have more than 90 patents and 60% of sinks made around the world are produced on the basis of our methods. But there’s one thing we kept to ourselves: the special combination of our products themselves - handmade in Germany -and our international trend scouting activities. We don’t follow a strategy, we follow our intuition. And what that means for us in figures is: 50% growth, 25% global market share, 100% pioneering spirit....

CHANGE IS OUR PERMANENT STATE Since our company’s inception in 1924 we have only ever been satisfied when we’re not yet satisfied. What we want is to set the standards to which the global market aspires and to keep testing them constantly. We want to be top dog and challenger all in one. That’s because we think that moving with the times is not enough: it’s better to be ahead of the curve. The machinery and materials we’ve used in doing this have changed time and again over the course of the last 90 years. But the tools have remained the same. These are: curiosity, dedication, courage, an international...

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY We work according to standards that are anything but standard. That goes for our manufacturing of premium, environmentally sound sinks and recyclable packaging materials and likewise for our demands in terms of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly production. We have achieved raw materials efficiency of 90%, for instance, halved our water consumption since 2007 and made sure that we recycle 95% of the water we use. Certification through ISO 14001 and EMAS (the European Commission’s certification scheme) serve to underline our desire for healthy growth. That is why...

WO RLD OF MATER IALS PRODUCT BENEFITS CRISTADUR® EXTREME CRISTADUR® NATURE CARBON

PRODUCT BENEFITS SCHOCK sinks are up to 80% natural quartz sand.​CRISTADUR® and have been specially developed for the demands of the kitchen. The rigours of everyday use vanish with hardly a trace. SCHOCK INVENTED THE GRANITE SINK Even after more than 35 years, 60% of all granite sinks made in 6 the world today are manufactured using SCHOCK methods – that’s 2 million granite sinks a year. SCHOCK PREMIUM DESIGN SCHOCK’s material technology enables the realisation of exceptional designs. Premium sinks from SCHOCK have won numerous design awards over the years. SCHOCK MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY Since the...

CRISTADUR EXTREME Developing extremely hard-wearing materials demands extreme test methods. Like all SCHOCK products, the new CRISTADUR® EXTREME sinks naturally went through extensive internal and external testing. Heat resistance, impact resistance, durability and many more aspects had all been tested. Nevertheless, SCHOCK decided to conduct two more, very special endurance tests. THE OFF-ROAD SINK DERBY Achieving four times greater impact resistance in the bottom of the sink called for an impact load far in excess of anything tested under lab conditions. So SCHOCK called up the local ice hockey...

For the production of the CRISTADUR® NATURE colours Kaiserstein and Rockenstein, SCHOCK employs a refined version of its manufacturing formula. An innovative crystalline quartz mixture is used to create the natural granite structure. And what’s really special about it is that the quartz crystals are left completely uncoloured. Granite in its rough, million year old, pristine NATURE features a natural surface with the feel colouring is an alluring sight and fits just of real granite. Naturally, the surface still boasts perfectly into the trend of bringing regional the material’s typical...

NEWS & FEATURES THE ULTIMATE MATERIAL SCHOCK is employing a revolutionary, patent pending method to produce the first sinks to be made of a carbon/quartz composite. Carbon is an integral part of technological progress. It’s very strong and able to absorb a great deal of energy, making it the leading material of the 21st century. The new series of Carbon sinks with the N-100S and N-100 models enables those who acquire one to be part of the technological revolution and install something in their kitchen that is pretty much one of a kind. The material stands out even in an exclusive environment....

FEATURES & NEWS FEATU URES & NEWS

IN THE FAST LANE Asphalt and Silverstone – two new names in the SCHOCK portfolio that speak for themselves. The two new shades of grey hold associations with high-powered vehicles speeding along scorching higways. The -colour Asphalt, just like the road surface that bears its name, lends itself well to becoming your constant companion – not on the motorway but in the busiest room of the house, the kitchen, where it is a perfect match for the elementary aesthetic of the contemporary kitchen. The second shade of grey, Silverstone, is evocative of speed, sophisticated technology and a premiumness...