About Karcher
Alfred Karcher was one of those inventors-entrepreneurs that Württemberg has brought forth in great numbers
since the beginning of industrialisation – illustrious names such as Robert Bosch and Gottlieb Daimler, or Count Zeppelin.
They fought to realise their ideas with enormous diligence and commitment.
A former employee sees him in retrospect as follows: “When Alfred Karcher was in his element, when
we were running trials and test, the atmosphere was simply exciting. He just couldn’t be stopped, he had a constant
stream of new ideas.”
In the early thirties Alfred Karcher 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 “Karcher Salt-Bath Furnace”. 1,200 units were sold up to 1945.
Alfred Karcher was not to enjoy the fruits of his great invention. The company founder died from a heart
attack on 17th September 1959 at the age of 58. He left behind his wife Irene, his nine-year old son Johannes and his three-year
daughter Susanne.
Although still a family owned business, Karcher is recognised as a World Market Leader with its diverse
range of industrial cleaning machines generating a world-wide annual turnover in excess of around 1 Billion Euros. The company
trades through subsidiaries in 36 countries and has an active sales presence in many more.
Karcher UK was established in Banbury in 1976 and now employs over 200 personnel. More than half of the
Karcher staff operate out in the market offering service and sales support. Karcher came to prominence with its steam cleaners
targeting the automotive industry.
The following years have seen enormous growth from Karcher with progressive new developments and expanding
product range enabling it to become a single source supply for a technically advanced and sophisticated range of cleaning
machines. Karcher now offers a full range of Vacuum Cleaners, Sweepers and Scrubber Driers, Steam Cleaners and Carpet Spray
extraction suitable for use in most market sectors, allowing them to continually expand into all sectors.
Karcher Pressure Washers Products Highlight
K1 and K2 Series Karcher Pressure Washers are for very light use
K3 and K4 Series Karcher Pressure Washers are for average use
K5 and K6 Series Karcher Pressure Washers are for regular use and have an Aluminium
K7 Series Karcher Pressure Washers are regular home use and have a Brass pump
G Series Karcher Pressure have Petrol Engines and the K6 Pump
Welcome to Visit Our Karcher Washers Spare Parts Partnership
We supply Karcher Spare parts for both Domestic and Industrial Pressure Washers, Power Washers and Steam Cleaners. Hoses,
Guns Lances and Nozzles are common spare parts but we also stock all the repair parts you might require. We supply parts by
mail order from our online store. Got a Karcher HDS745 ? we stock Boilers, hoses, couplings, nozzles, filters,
pump seals, valves, fuel pumps, covers and more....... Got a Domestic machine, maybe a K620m ? we stock karcher switches,
pump castings, dump valves, guns, hoses, seals, o-rings......... We stock the vacuum bags for the VC6000 range........
