EuroKera

What EuroKera does

EuroKera, headquartered in Chierry, France with a North American regional HQ in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, is a privately held manufacturer of glass-ceramic materials founded in 1990 as a 50/50 joint venture between Saint-Gobain (France) and Corning Inc. (USA). The company designs and produces engineered glass-ceramic panels combining approximately 75% crystalline ceramic and 25% glass, engineered for thermal resistance up to 700°C, near-zero thermal expansion, scratch resistance, impact resistance, IR transmission, and chemical inertness. Its portfolio spans nine trademarked product lines: KeraBlack Plus, KeraVision (LCD-integrated), KeraSpectrum (multi-color), KeraResin, KeraWhite/KeraWhite TC, KeraLite (fireplaces), KeraSlate, Onyka Essential/Prestige, and Versâtis (a seamless, integrated smart-kitchen surface), addressing residential cooking, professional cooking, fireplaces, and specialty industrial applications.

EuroKera operates as a B2B OEM supplier, selling glass-ceramic panels, custom cuts, edge processing, and decoration enamels directly to cooktop and appliance manufacturers worldwide. The company runs five manufacturing facilities (KeraGlass melting in Bagneaux-sur-Loing, France; finishing in Chierry, Fountain Inn SC, Guangzhou, and Rayong, Thailand), employs over 1,000 people, and reports cumulative production of more than 180 million cooking surfaces, equating to roughly one appliance with EuroKera glass-ceramic sold every five seconds. Pricing is negotiated privately with each OEM customer; no public list price exists, and specific customer brand names are not disclosed beyond reference to "most major manufacturers globally." Marketing and demand-generation is conducted through a multilingual website (English, French, Chinese, Korean), an end-consumer cooktop locator, KBIS trade show participation, video content, and Michelin-starred chef endorsements. The company was also the first glass-ceramic manufacturer to eliminate arsenic and antimony from all product lines, preempting tightening chemical regulations in global appliance markets.

Name

EuroKera

Legal name

EUROKERA NORTH AMERICA INC.

Website

https://eurokera.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

EuroKera is a privately held French-American joint venture between Saint-Gobain and Corning Inc. that manufactures glass-ceramic cooktop, fireplace, and specialty panels sold B2B to OEM appliance manufacturers worldwide from five facilities in France, the USA, China, and Thailand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fountain Inn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Glass-ceramic panel sales to OEM manufacturers: EuroKera generates revenue by manufacturing and selling glass-ceramic panels to cooktop and appliance manufacturers worldwide. The company operates B2B, supplying material to major global brands who integrate EuroKera glass-ceramic into their finished appliances. Production volume exceeds 180 million cooking surfaces manufactured.
2. Custom design and finishing services: EuroKera provides custom glass-ceramic solutions including cutting, edge processing, decoration enamels, and specialized coatings to meet individual manufacturer specifications. This adds value through customization services for OEM customers.
3. Versâtis® premium integrated surfaces: EuroKera's exclusive Versâtis product line offers high-end, integrated kitchen surface solutions with multiple functionalities, representing a premium product category for luxury appliance manufacturers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

EuroKera designs, manufactures, and supplies glass-ceramic panels and material solutions primarily for cooktop and kitchen appliance original equipment manufacturers. Its glass-ceramic material is also extended to fireplace and other heat-resistant applications, sold as finished panels under branded product lines for integration by industrial customers.

Product overview

EuroKera is a glass-ceramic materials manufacturer founded in 1990 as a joint venture between Saint-Gobain and Corning Inc., offering a portfolio of specialized products across cooking, fireplace, and specialty applications. The product lineup centers on KeraBlack® Plus (high-heat black surfaces up to 700°C), KeraVision® (LED/LCD display-integrated cooktops), KeraSpectrum® (multi-color LED surfaces), KeraResin® (resin-underlay glass-ceramic), and KeraWhite® variants for residential cooking; Versâtis® as a seamless smart-surface platform combining cooking, display, and charging in luxury kitchens; KeraLite® and KeraLite® Reflections for fireplace applications with transparent, anti-reflective, and mirror coating options; plus KeraSlate® and Onyka® sub-brands for differentiated market positioning. The company operates five manufacturing facilities across France, USA, China, and Thailand, producing over 180 million cooking surfaces globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KeraBlack: Glass-ceramic cooktop panels with heat resistance up to 700 degrees Celsius
• KeraVision
• KeraSpectrum
• KeraResin
• KeraWhite
• KeraLite
• KeraSlate
• Versatis
• Onyka

Products and services

• KeraBlack Plus Dark/black glass-ceramic cooktop panel material sold to appliance OEMs for integration into cooking surfaces.

Quantifiable outcome

• An appliance equipped with EuroKera glass-ceramic is sold every 5 seconds worldwide
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered founding/flagship.

• Saint-Gobain and Corning Joint Venturefounding/flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1990EuroKera was established in 1990 as a 50/50 joint venture between Saint-Gobain and Corning Inc., creating a unique combination of two of the world's most prestigious glass and materials manufacturing companies. This partnership enabled the transfer of glass-ceramic technology from Corning to EuroKera while leveraging Saint-Gobain's European market presence and manufacturing capabilities.
• Saint-Gobainfounding/flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint-Gobain, a world-renowned French glass manufacturer with 350+ years of history, co-founded EuroKera in 1990. The partnership provides EuroKera with access to Saint-Gobain's extensive glass-making heritage, manufacturing expertise, and technological resources. This founding partnership combines Saint-Gobain's materials science capabilities with EuroKera's glass-ceramic specialization.
• Corning Inc.founding/flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorning Inc., the American glass technology company that invented glass-ceramic materials in the 1950s, co-founded EuroKera in 1990. EuroKera inherited Corning's glass-ceramic technology and expertise, with the company originally discovering glass-ceramic through S. Donald Stookey's research at Corning in the 1940s-1950s.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SCHOTT AG: SCHOTT is EuroKera's principal direct competitor in glass-ceramic cooktop panels, manufacturing the well-known Ceran® brand from German facilities. Both companies sell flat glass-ceramic panels into the same global OEM cooktop manufacturers, with overlapping product specs and customer base.
• Nippon Electric Glass (NEG): NEG is a Japanese specialty glass manufacturer producing glass-ceramic and flat glass products, including materials used in cooktops and appliance applications. It competes with EuroKera in APAC and globally, with similar B2B OEM supply models.
• Kanger Glass-Ceramic: Kanger is one of China's largest producers of glass-ceramic cooktop panels, supplying domestic and export appliance OEMs. It is the most prominent regional challenger to EuroKera in the APAC cooktop market.

Broad incumbents

• Corning Inc. Corning is a 50% parent of EuroKera and the inventor of glass-ceramic materials. Beyond its JV stake, Corning is a much larger specialty glass and ceramics company (display glass, optical fiber, life sciences) — adjacent rather than directly overlapping in cooktop panels, but a strategic reference point given shared IP lineage.
• Saint-Gobain: Saint-Gobain is EuroKera's other 50% parent and a global building-materials and glass giant. While Saint-Gobain's flat-glass and high-performance materials divisions overlap conceptually with EuroKera's glass-ceramic business, the parent operates at far greater scale across construction, automotive, and industrial glass.
• AGC Inc. (formerly Asahi Glass): AGC is one of the world's largest flat-glass manufacturers, producing architectural, automotive, and display glass. While not a pure glass-ceramic specialist like EuroKera, AGC's flat-glass and electronics materials divisions intersect with portions of EuroKera's OEM supply opportunity.
• NSG Group (Pilkington): NSG/Pilkington is a major global flat-glass producer serving architectural and automotive markets. It overlaps with EuroKera at the broader glass-materials level but is not a direct competitor in glass-ceramic cooktops.
• Guardian Glass: Guardian Glass is a leading manufacturer of float and fabricated glass products for architectural and commercial applications. While primarily a flat-glass incumbent, its scale in glass manufacturing and finishing is comparable to EuroKera's processing footprint.

Emerging players

• Kyocera Corporation: Kyocera has a long heritage in fine ceramics and produces specialty glass-ceramic components for industrial and electronics applications. Its presence in cooktop glass-ceramic is more limited than SCHOTT or NEG, but it remains a credible emerging/adjacent player.

Regional players

• Vitro: Vitro is one of the largest glass manufacturers in the Americas, producing flat and container glass primarily for North and Latin American markets. It does not directly compete with EuroKera in glass-ceramic cooktops but operates comparable specialty glass manufacturing infrastructure in a defined regional footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/embed/Ht-i0M5CTsA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eurokera
• Facebookfacebook.com/EuroKera

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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