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The world's largest manufacturer of flexible diamond abrasives
TRADITIONAL CORE VALUES, COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONS
Founded in Switzerland in 1906, manufacturing abrasives since 1952.
KGS has more than 20 sales and distribution offices in Europe, North America, Middle East, Singapore, India, China and Australia as well as six manufacturing sites located in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Hungary, Portugal, United Arab Emirates and India.
KGS is a technology driven company regularly applying for patents and bringing innovations to the abrasives world. The control of complex technologies such as metallisation of fabrics, electroplating, metal bond and resin bond sintering, moulded resin expertise, spray coating and standard coated abrasives technologies allows for technological synergies and truly unique innovations.
KGS’s business success is rooted in a traditional set of core values which link back directly to its founders many years ago... While products and markets continue to change, the KGS core values have remained the same.
Our mission
Continuously manufacture, innovate, design and where possible, patent highly reliable products with the highest quality and precision while maintaining cost leadership through smart, efficient and effective production methods. Being flexible and responsive to customer needs and always striving to be honest and responsible.
Our values
Reliability
We provide highest quality, precision and reliability in every product we make and in every service we provide.
Respect
We respect and treat each other with dignity and develop our capabilities. We expect everyone in KGS to take pride in their work, take personal responsibility and to perform to high standards. We rely on each other to succeed.
Authenticity
We are authentic, rooted in our history, culture, values and country. We say what we do, and do what we say.
Our promise
We operate based on values of Honesty, Accountability, Respect & Tolerance.
DISCOVER OUR HISTORY
1906
KGS DIAMOND GROUP SA is a family-owned business with strong roots that reach back to 1906 in Lugano/Switzerland, where Giovanni Ferronato founded his business of manufacturing moulded products.
Mr. & Mrs. Ferronato
Founders
1980
Sandro Ferronato, today‘s President and CEO, joins the company.
1985
Rebranding of the company to KGS DIAMOND deriving from the German description: “Diamantwerkzeuge für Keramik, Glas und Stein”. Diamond Tools for ceramics, glass and stone.
Distribution of the first Flexible Diamond Abrasives.
1988 - 1997
KGS subsidiaries are founded in The Netherlands, Hungary, France and Spain.