American Standard is the world's largest producer of bathroom and kitchen fixtures and fittings. Around the world, its products are sold under brand names such as Ideal Standard, Standard, Porcher, Jado, Absolute, Trevi and Sottini.
American Standard is the brand that is best known to homeowners across the US. With the company tracing its roots back to the 19th century, many Americans remember growing up with American Standard and Standard logos in their childhood homes. It is estimated that three out of every five bathrooms in the US today includes an American Standard product.
Before American Standard, there was the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. It was founded in 1875, and merged with several other small plumbing manufacturers in 1899 to form the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. Standard Sanitary pioneered many of the plumbing product improvements introduced in the early part of this century including the one-piece toilet, built-in tubs, combination faucets (which mix hot and cold water to deliver tempered water) and tarnish-proof, corrosion-proof chrome finishes for brass fittings. By 1929, Standard had become the world's largest producer of bathroom fixtures.
That same year, the Standard Sanitary Corporation merged with American Radiator Company to form the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation. The corporation adopted the name "American Standard" in 1967.
