The inventor Alfred Kärcher (1901–59) from Baden-Württemberg founded the company in 1935 in Stuttgart Bad-Cannstatt.
Initially Kärcher specialised in the design of industrial submersible
heating elements, i.e. in salt smelters which were heated with immersion heaters.
After numerous experiments, a hardening furnace for alloys was produced, the
so-called “Kärcher Salt-Bath Furnace”. Some 1,200 units were sold up to 1945.
After developing Europe’s first pressure washer, the DS 350, in 1950, the company’s
main focus switched to cleaning equipment for professional and private users.
Since then, Kärcher has made significant contributions to the development of
pressure washers. |
