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Caroma (Caroma Dorf) is a designer, manufacturer, importer and distributor of domestic and commercial sanitaryware and bathroom products. Caroma was established in 1941 and has factories in Wetherill Park (NSW) and Norwood (SA).
Caroma is a subsidiary of GWA International Limited. Caroma introduced the world’s first two-button dual flush toilet system.
Caroma Dorf Companies
The Caroma Dorf group of companies offers a range of bathroom, kitchen and laundry products from a number of brands.
- Fowler - range of toilets and basins for bathrooms.[1]
- Dorf - Offers a range of products for bathrooms, kitchens and laundries.[2]
- Clark - Clark has a range of kitchen sinks.[3]
- Epure - Epure is Clark's expensive range which offers a variety of kitchen sinks.[4]
- Radiant - products for kitchen and laundries.[5]
- Irwell - A range of tapware products.[6]
- Stylus - Best known for its baths and spas, Stylus also offers a range of cheap toilets, basins, mixers, taps, showers and bathroom accessories.[7]
Innovations
- The first in the world to introduce the two-button dual flush system in 1982
- The first in the world to introduce the 6/3L dual flush cistern[clarification needed]
- The first to introduce the 4.5/3L dual flush cistern through Smartflush technology[clarification needed]
- The first company to gain a WELS 5 Star rating for toilet suites[clarification needed]
- The first company to achieve an Australian WELS 6 Star rating for urinals[clarification needed]
Awards
- Australian Design Award for Excellence in Australian Design in the Housing & Building category (2009) - Caroma Invisi Series II Toilet Suite[8]
- Australian Design Awards for Excellence in Sustainable Design (2007) -Caroma H2Zero™ Cube Urinal [9]
- Australian Design Award for Excellence in Australian Design in the Housing and Building category (2005)- Smartflush® Toilet Suite Range[10]