By cooperating with experienced partners, we can constantly enhance our technological and innovative edge. Everyone benefits from the transfer of know-how and the development of new solutions that cover several sectors. This is because the resulting solutions offer you, our partner in specialist retail, clear competitive advantages on the market.
Dornbracht is an international company that has specialised in the manufacture of high-quality designer fittings and luxury accessories for the bathroom and kitchen. The family-run company, which was established in 1950 and is based in Iserlohn, is the world market leader in the premium fittings production segment and regularly wins design awards with its products.
The Swiss company Revox offers audio, video and multiroom systems for discerning music and movie lovers. When developing modern high-quality technologies for domestic use, Revox can draw upon its many years of experience in designing studio technology for professionals. Revox attaches a great deal of importance to easy operability, unique solutions and technological professionalism.
Swabian inventive spirit, the use of cutting-edge technologies and – last but not least – a love for detail are what have made RENZ the market leader for letterbox systems in Europe. RENZ is synonymous with a successful fusion of function and design. Colours, shapes and surfaces open up an almost limitless range of potential individual combinations.
OSRAM is one of the two leading light manufacturers in the world. With its portfolio, the company covers the entire value creation chain – from components and ballasts to complete lights, light management systems and lighting solutions.
Design and function in the bathroom is the ultimate aim for KEUCO – always with a view to optimizing aesthetics! For decades now, KEUCO has been relentlessly developing and designing perfection with a single goal: the personal wellbeing of people relaxing in their most private space – the bathroom. KEUCO stands for aesthetic interior design concepts, whose functions are planned down to the smallest detail, and with a look and feel that appeal to the senses.
Since its foundation in 1881, FSB has been driving product design forwards, above and beyond pure functionality and at the sensitive intersection between people and architecture. FSB applies a holistic architectural understanding to buildings, their purpose, and the people who enter these spaces – and wins them over. FSB is synonymous worldwide with aesthetic, functionally superb door and window fittings, manufactured to perfection from traditional metals.
The SpecialLine, ExclusiveLine and BasicLine ranges from KeraTür are exquisite front doors, which reflect the spirit of the time as well as architectural trends. These unique doors have benefited from 100 years of experience. Let yourself be inspired and enthralled by KeraTür's innovations and the details created by its design team. Take your first exciting step into a new era of front doors with KeraTür.
With a front door panel from the adeco production facilities, each and every door is unmistakeable and unique. There are no limits to the designs, colours or materials. Form meets function. adeco front door panels form the perfect symbiosis with the supporting elements of your door system. Timelessness, consistent lines and clear design language are what characterise adeco's design. adeco front door panels have been setting standards in terms of energy efficiency for years.
design language, useful innovations and exclusive individuality.
WSCAD is one of the leading system suppliers for comprehensive eCAD solutions. The company develops and distributes CAD software and services worldwide for applications in the fields of electrical engineering and fluid technology, control cabinet planning, electrical installation, and building automation. The WSCAD Academy trains users how to deploy software correctly and use it more efficiently.
Leading premium brands in home technology have come together under the umbrella of Connected Comfort to bring more intelligence into the home across trades. Brands including Gira, Dornbracht, Revox, and Schüco are working together with their local partners to enable a first-rate fitting standard for value-added living. Be it a private or semi-public premium property, a modernisation or new build: Connected Comfort offers networked building technology systems for special requirements. And it's people, not technology, that take the centre stage.
The task of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) is pointing out and promoting means and solutions for enabling sustainable construction. This affects building planning, as well as building implementation and utilisation. The DGNB sees itself as the central organisation in Germany for exchanging knowledge and for further educating and raising the awareness of the public within this future-focused sector of the construction industry. Its work focuses on awarding certificates for sustainable buildings.
The key objective of the "Electrical brands. Strong partners." initiative is to convey brand values such as quality, reliability, performance, innovation and design. As part of the group, Gira and the other partners ensure that quality and service are safeguarded in the electrical trade. Active measures include advertising campaigns and documents to support sales and arguments, for example.
Gira is part of the ELEKTRO+ initiative, which prepares neutral information for the specialist electrical trade and architects, as well as the building owners and buyers of private homes, to counteract the hazards resulting from an overloaded electrical system in both old and new builds. ELEKTRO+ provides a wealth of information relating to the equipment standards of electrical installations across a variety of media.
Gira is a Premium Brand Partner of E-trade. As part of an industry-wide quality association, Gira supports the E-brand of the electrical trade. To become an E-trade company, a company must first verify the required high quality level and consent to regular inspections. The company must also commit to continuous further education. Not only does this mean that the end customer can rely on high-quality services, but also that they will always receive competent advice based on the current state of the art.
Gira supports the E-CHECK safety initiative, which is a recognised seal of approval for electrical installations and devices that is issued by professional electrical companies. E-CHECK provides certainty regarding the state of electrical installations, offers energy-saving consultations and verifies that electrical systems are in a perfect condition to trade inspectorates, employers' liability insurance associations and insurance companies.
The KAP Forum was established four years ago as a network and communication hub for leading design and architecture-related companies in Germany, Denmark and Austria. Gira is a member of the KAP Community, which is based on an ambitious programme of events covering current topics from the fields of architecture, design, technology and the future. The following companies are involved in the KAP Forum: Alape, BASF, Carpet Concept, Dornbracht, Gira, Kvadrat, Silent Gliss, Wilkhahn, Zumtobel.
Aqua Cultura is the quality seal of leading bathroom designers in Germany. Behind the quality brand is an exclusive circle of companies that turn top-class bathrooms into a reality. Aqua Cultura is synonymous with quality and design in bathroom architecture and provides end consumers, architects and building owners with an overview of qualified bathroom designers that meet the highest demands. The Bonn-based company was established in June 2005.
Gira is an active participant in the Universal Home initiative, which aims to promote the development of product innovations in the fields of living in the future, energy efficiency, state-of-the-art materials, the latest technologies and products for discerning users. It provides platforms and a network, which enables the partner companies to network in a systematic manner, for this purpose.
applications in the field of building systems technology. The members are manufacturers who develop devices, which are used in building systems technology, for all conceivable functions and applications. KNX is recognised as a European standard (CENELEC EN 50090 and CEN EN 13321-1) and as an international standard (ISO/IEC 14543-3). More than 240 member companies worldwide offer almost 7,000 KNX-certified product groups in their catalogues.
The merger of Gira, FSB and KEUCO is a communication initiative for architects which was originally established to present innovative materials such as stainless steel and aluminium for switches, handles and bathroom accessories. To name but a few examples, the initiative now publishes a magazine and organises inspections of building sites, trade fair appearances, exhibitions and more besides.
With the UPTODATE offensive, Gira is supporting an ambitious range of qualifications for trade contractors from all industries who are seeking to set themselves apart from the masses of average competitors with their special services. Particular objectives in this regard are to cut costs and measurably increase profits, as well as to set the right course for a successful future or to develop an optimised time management system.
The German Society for Gerontology® (GGT) is the authority for industry, business and trade in the 50+ growth market. Its goal is to successfully develop the market segment. Gira is a partner company of the GGT and makes the most of the services on offer, which range from market research, consulting, development support and qualification, to sales support.
IDEENRÄUME - a synonym for individual hotel facilities with a unique character. Exclusive providers from industry and trade create your ambiance, from the foyer to the suite of a 5-star hotel. Our comprehensive service offers well thought-out furnishing solutions that are functional, comfortable, and stimulating.
The Design Offices portfolio is based on the results of national and international research and extensive studies relating to the world of work, and also naturally incorporates personal experience. These insights formed the basic concept behind the development of the Design Offices Method with its four different ways of working. Special room offers are available for everyone, and customers can mix and match freely between the various options.
The AIT-ArchitekturSalons are large galleries in Hamburg, Cologne and Munich for discussions on questions of design - from town planning and architecture through to interior design and construction-related product design. An initiative of the prestigious architectural magazine AIT.