Caroma
# Caroma

Caroma (Caroma Dorf) is an Australian designer and distributor of bathroom products. Caroma was established in 1941 by Hungarian-born Charles Rothauser, and since closing its last factory in 2017 now sources all products from third-party overseas manufacturers. Caroma is a subsidiary of GWA International Limited, and introduced the world's first two-button dual flush toilet system. The company self-distributes within Australia and abroad sells through distributors such as Sustainable Solutions International in North America and Sanlamere in the United Kingdom.

The company was established in 1941 with a factory at Norwood, an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide. The company announced its intention to close down manufacturing in Australia on 8 October 2014. The factory at Wetherill Park in Sydney closed in 2014. It finally closed the Norwood factory on 24 February 2017. Manufacture now occurs in Malaysia, China and Europe.

## 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.
* Dorf – Offers a range of products for bathrooms, kitchens and laundries.
* Clark – Clark has a range of kitchen sinks.
* Epure – Epure is Clark's expensive range which offers a variety of kitchen sinks.
* Radiant – products for kitchen and laundries.
* Irwell – A range of tapware products.
* Stylus – Best known for its baths and spas, Stylus also offers a range of cheap toilets, basins, mixers, taps, showers and bathroom accessories.
* Dux Hot Water

## 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
* The first to introduce the 4.5/3L dual flush cistern through Smartflush technology
* The first company to gain a WELS 5 Star rating for toilet suites
* The first company to achieve an Australian WELS 6 Star rating for urinals

## Awards

* Australian Design Award for Excellence in Australian Design in the Housing & Building category (2009) – Caroma Invisi Series II Toilet Suite
* Australian Design Awards for Excellence in Sustainable Design (2007) -Caroma H2Zero Cube Urinal
* Australian Design Award for Excellence in Australian Design in the Housing and Building category (2005)- Smartflush Toilet Suite Range
