CERACLAD

About Us

Our mission is to deliver superior cladding solutions that are attractive and affordable and create a healthy living environment.

We will develop and deliver products and solutions of the highest quality that are environmentally friendly and meet the aesthetic and performance needs of the design community.

Our History

With our humble beginnings in North America in 2002, we began our journey providing attractive, high performance cladding systems designed for better living with a multifamily renovation in West Seattle. This first project introduced our cladding solution to the market and still stands today as a testament to the superior quality and performance of the CERACLAD™ Rain Screen Cladding System.

With a focus on the Pacific Northwest over the next 15 years, the CERACLAD™ brand grew into the market leading option for factory finished high performance fiber cement cladding. In April 2017, KMEW USA Inc. was formed and the CERACLAD™ cladding solution was introduced to the full North American market.

Our Core Values

We will strive to be a trusted, reliable, and highly performing partner for customers by providing superior products and quality services with integrity, efficiency, and a passion for success while exceeding the customers’ expectations through teamwork.
As a global group of companies, we must understand and respect the diverse cultures, religions, mindsets, laws and regulations of our people in the different countries with a shared set of behaviors and values.
We empower our group companies to help them lead their businesses, so we can win through the right people and teams with the right capabilities and effective leadership at all levels to enable everyone to give their best to customers.
We acknowledge that communication is the most important component within any project. We will establish a good communication process to keep people from all parties engaged and project teams motivated, all within the framework of compliance which governs all that we do.
We will seek opportunities in change and trends, and translate them into concrete business opportunities. We take a long-term view, framed in a robust set of principles and values that are based on solid progresses in collaboration with our diverse partners to harmonize global business requirements into quality management systems.

KMEW USA - Our Heritage

KMEW was created as a subsidiary joint venture between two Japanese industry titans, Panasonic and Kubota Corporations. The CERACLAD Rainscreen Fiber Cement Siding System has a proven track record of performance nearing 40 years in Japan. Extensive research and technological advancement led to the development of the company's proprietary Photocatalytic Ceramic Coating which provides superior color retention and self-cleaning performance which eliminate costly maintenance.

With our humble beginnings in North America in 2002, we began our journey providing attractive, high performance siding systems designed for sustainable buildings and a healthy living environment. The first project in West Seattle introduced our cladding solutions to the market and still stands today as a testament to the superior quality and performance of the CERACLAD Rainscreen Siding Systems.