Kalmar Lighting

Founded in Vienna by Julius August Kalmar in 1881, Kalmar first specialized in the production of handcrafted objects of cast bronze. The company soon established the practice of closely collaborating with prominent architects to create chandeliers and other cast bronze objects in Austria, Europe and the United States. Before long it was presenting custom-made wares at international exhibitions and recognized around the world as a premium foundry.

Today, Kalmar continues to grow and build on its rich history in producing bespoke lighting fixtures. Kalmar Project designs, develops and delivers custom decorative lighting, chandeliers and architectural lighting features to some of the world’s most prominent commercial, hospitality and marine projects. Thanks to our engineering expertise, we have the honor of being recognized as the leading supplier to the cruise industry, having supplied over 80 cruise ships with a wide variety of feature lighting.

Kalmar Werkstätten, is recognized as a manufacturer of high quality modern luminaires, stocked by some of the world’s leading luxury furniture resellers, and echoing the foundations of our design history and manufacturing ethos.

Above all else, we are driven by a dedication to excellence in service, be it for the supply of a single piece from a catalogue, or the development and installation of multi-level bespoke feature piece. Contact us to find out more about our products and our dedication to customer service.

For 140 years Kalmar has been dedicated to time-honored artisanship and progressive design. Kalmar is also inextricably linked to Austria’s design history and is an extension of Viennese modernist expression. In 2009, we launched the Kalmar Werkstätten brand, as an ode to our post-secessionist roots, identifying the most relevant works from the Kalmar archives, to once again share with the world.

Kalmar has been producing custom-made lighting fixtures for projects of distinction around the world, collaborating with leading architects and designers. Throughout our history, Kalmar has worked collaboratively, co-creating unique lighting fixtures in every style and every degree of technical difficulty.

We pride ourselves on our engineering & product development work, ensuring that even the most challenging vision can be successfully delivered. It is thanks to our technical expertise and project management experience that we have been entrusted time and again with challenging projects in the marine, hospitality, commercial and private sectors.

Specifically, our marine engineering expertise has made Kalmar the leading supplier of large structural lighting features to the cruise industry. We have supplied over 80 ships and have worked for all the major cruise lines including Disney, Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and more.

All our lighting features and bespoke products are developed at our headquarters in Vienna under the management of our design & engineering department and in close and continuous collaboration with our clients. Whether restoring a classical chandelier, reproducing a vintage luminaire, or developing something completely unique, our in-house team develops initial concept drawings and detailed technical drawings in SolidWorks to ensure that specifications are perfectly developed and executed.

We produce our custom lighting and our Kalmar Werkstätten luminaires at facilities in Austria, Croatia and Italy, each one home to craftsmen producing materials of the highest standard. In 1996 our corporate quality management system was certified in accordance with the EN ISO 9001 (TÜV CERT No. 20 100 6257 based on EN ISO 9001) and our complete production process therefore follows a defined series of standardized steps.