In 1683, Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden founded the company as an ironworks in the town of Gaggenau, which later became “Eisenwerke Gaggenau A.G.“ producing agricultural machinery and metal consumer goods. With his vision of a fully fitted kitchen, Dr. Otto von Blanquet took over Eisenwerke Gaggenau A.G. in 1931, and a new era began in 1956 with his son Georg. Inspired by his passion for cooking, he realised his concept of a custom-made fitted kitchen with technically perfected, user-friendly appliances. Today, Gaggenau is the world’s leading brand for timelessly beautiful, innovative built-in appliances of a functional aesthetic character.
The brand’s most recent awards include the gold iF product design award in 2011, the iF communication design award and Wallpaper* Design Award 2013 for the innovative full surface induction cooktop CX 480.