About the company
We are a Czech producer of professional cleaning chemicals, drugstore for general cleaning and working cosmetics. We supply our products to the market under our own brands CLEAMEN, KRYSTAL, TONGO, ISOFA, ISOLDA, VAKAVO.
CORMEN today
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Development
We have our own development laboratory, thanks to which we can keep up with the latest findings in the field of chemistry, cleaning and cosmetics. Testing new raw materials and their effects on surfaces is part of the daily work of our laboratory technicians.
Production
Every raw material used for production is thoroughly tested in the analytical laboratory to ensure the best product properties thanks to high quality raw materials. Maintaining the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice ensures that the value of the raw materials used is translated into the final product.
Logistics
We have been distributing our products domestically with our own trucks. Since September 2021, we have been working with a professional logistics company. We use shipping companies such as Dachser, Schenker, DHL Logistic, Kuehne&Nagel and others for transport abroad. The price of transport can include a high proportion of the purchase price of the product, so we always choose the cheapest solution at a professional level. The reliability of our partners is tested with every shipment and confirms that they can always be one step ahead.
Legislation
The laws that affect the manufacture and transport of our products are changing every day. Our team continuously monitors upcoming sections and prepares processes to keep all of our products in compliance with current law. Above all, the specialists who work with us guarantee a smooth process of product introduction in any country.
Education
With a team of experienced product managers, we can provide training to you, your customers or your facility management team to a high professional standard, including practical demonstrations of product use and effect. The instructional videos on our website will help you whenever you need it. Feel free to ask any questions you may have about cleaning or cleaning specific surfaces or situations. We are ready to answer promptly.
CORMEN earlier
The whole story began in 1994, when a trade license was issued to Mr. Vladimír Čížek. From the very beginning he focused on the production and sale of cosmetics for professional use and cleaning products for household and industry.
Thanks to the philosophy of basing the product primarily on quality, even if it is not the cheapest, he gradually gained a strong position in the industrial market and in 2000 the company was transformed into a limited liability company.
The introduction of ISOLDA brand hand creams in 2002 further strengthened the market perception of the company by the professional community and it was time to move into its own production hall equipped with the latest technology available for production as well as a development and operations laboratory. Since 2006, production has been carried out in the new hall, which has been continuously modernised in order to improve the quality of the products and the environment for the company's employees.
Each year thereafter, production has been supplemented by the addition of a new automatic line, starting with a line for the production of hand creams, through to the filling of containers up to 5 litres and then bottles up to 1 litre.
In 2009, we built our own process water treatment plant, which also allowed us to purchase a canister washer and introduce a 10 and 20 litre returnable packaging system. The refilling of these canisters significantly reduces the amount of waste from 5 litre and smaller containers, as some of the volume previously filled into small containers has been transferred to returnable containers.
Since 2013, we have been working in a new Microsoft Dynamics AX information system and also in a new microbiology laboratory where we carry out our own tests on the microbiological activity - or rather just the inactivity - of our products. At the same time, we have introduced a system of regular training for customers in our own training centre built 2 years earlier.
In the next period, we focused on electronic sales support for our products. We launched an electronic version of the catalogue, an ordering system for contractors and also a mobile phone app, Cleaning Helper, which will always advise you on how to tackle the cleaning of a specific surface or stubborn dirt. It can also send the order to an email address of the user's choice.
The company's growth in the market caused our original warehouses and premises to become a little cramped, so in 2015 we built a new warehouse for materials and raw materials. As a result, production capacity has increased and delivery reliability has risen above 97%.
In the following years, we continue to modernize and invest in production. The construction of automatic boilers for the preparation of semi-finished products will once again speed up and refine the production processes and thus ensure complete stability in the quality of all products.
In 2016, we also focused on marketing support for the new ISOLDA hand cream product line and aired a commercial on Nova TV. The strengthening of the brand did not take long and the brand became known to the general public in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Similarly, the CLEAMEN product line was also introduced in 2018 and became a partner of major sports broadcasts on CT Sport.
The year 2021 marked a significant historical point for CORMEN. We will focus primarily on the main stage of production modernisation by building additional production facilities with a high degree of automation and capacity. At the same time, we are launching a new website adapted to modern internet access for users. This year also sees the complete re-design of two of our product lines - ISOFA and CLEAMEN. Each has been "dressed up" with new packaging, isofa has a new logo and CLEAMEN is changing its communication to the end user with clear icons or, if you prefer, comic images. The training system for facility managers and executive staff at our training centre is expanding and more and more people are attending regular training sessions. The training sessions are supplemented by practical demonstrations, especially in the case of special cleaning activities such as the application of polymers or impregnations. There is also a growing number of expert advisers specialising in different areas of hygiene in different operations. In particular, the Gastro Professional product range is literally experiencing a meteoric rise. Thanks to sales through proven distributors who provide service, expert advice and regular visits, Gastro Professional products are also popular with leading hotel chains.
Based on changing legislation, we have also decided to invest in the registration of chlorine-based biocidal products to gain an even better position in the disinfectant market. For us, this means being able to keep KRYSTAL Sanan Classic, KRYSTAL Sanan and KRYSTAL Pine Sanan in the disinfectant category. The established cooperation with the Belgian company CID Lines has opened the door to food processing plants. Products designed for special cleaning in the food production sector are gradually reaching major processing plants, where they play the most demanding role in maintaining the perfect cleanliness of production facilities and the safety of the resulting products.
