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ACO

Family-owned German water management company founded in 1946 in Büdelsdorf, engineering drainage systems — line, point, and facade channels, gratings, and stormwater solutions — under the tagline "ACO. we care for water."

ACO

ACO

Decorative Plumbing

Showroom San Jose, CA

KiLAND Design Center

About ACO

ACO is a family-owned water management company founded by Severin Ahlmann in 1946 and headquartered in Büdelsdorf, Germany. Roughly 5,000 employees work across more than 50 countries, and the company's approach is organized around the ACO Water Cycle: collecting, cleaning, holding, and reusing water. Its product range includes line, point, and facade drainage channels, manhole covers, stormwater and wastewater management, and grease and oil separators.

ACO's design work has been recognized with multiple iF Design Awards, including the Voronoi cast iron grating. The company also supplies specialty products such as ACO Passavant Detego manhole covers and large floor gates, and continues to expand its expertise in sustainable stormwater management for greener cities.

ACO at KiLAND

What We Offer

What we specify from ACO, available through our showroom.

  • Drainage Channels

    Line, point, and facade drainage channel systems for residential and commercial applications.

  • Gratings & Covers

    Design-award-winning cast iron gratings, including the iF Design Award-winning Voronoi line.

  • Stormwater Management

    Systems engineered around the ACO Water Cycle to collect, clean, hold, and reuse water.

  • Separators & Special Drainage

    Grease and oil separators, manhole covers, and specialty water management products.

The Brands We Carry

Names you already trust.

Cabinetry, flooring and hardware from manufacturers we have specified for years — on display in the San Jose showroom, with decorative plumbing next door at Mávio.

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We asked them to quote on a hardwood floor installation. Although I am reasonably experienced with home projects, this was outside of my comfort zone. To make sure, we asked them to come to the house, measure the area correctly and make sure there is a plan for the project. The estimate was about 10k and we accepted. Well, they forgot to charge for the glue - add $850. Oh, the preexisting tiles are sitting in 2" of mortar. That happens sometimes, they said. They could have looked at the subfloor easily to see that, but they did not ... add $4k for additional demo work and new raised subfloor. And the flooring of the house is not even so we have to put transitions in; I was able to persuade them to raise the new subfloor and level things off after a bunch of discussions on how this was too much work, but it required a lengthy discussion. Well, next was that they miscalculated the area ... need to add more hardwood floor material and installation charge ... add $1.7k. And when it came to installing the last transitions to the adjacent rooms, I was told that the material they ordered would not work and they did not have time to get other items and finish it (they said I should finish it myself). Along they way they nicked into my walls many times and left a bunch of black marks. Yes, they offered to repaint, but I kind of lost confidence and considered what may go wrong when their floor installer who does not have time to do his main job would start painting my walls. The small discount they offered me did not make things right. Other than that, it was a wonderful experience ...

— Stefan G. · Homeowner

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