History

Rolf Kammerer was still an young man in his father’s stucco plastering business when the idea of his first machine came to his mind.

Well, there must be a way to make this easier”, the young Rolf Kammerer thought whilst arduously working on a sgraffito job. This is how the Chameleon universal machine (earlier called UNIVERSAL) with accessories for sgraffito came into being, first in the inventor’s mind, after that on the drawing board, and then some time later in own production and in series. In 1982, the innovative device came onto the market with a decoupled motor and became quickly popular under the brand name of Rokamat (ROlf KAmmerer MAchine Technology). Within a short period of time, Rolf Kammerer was selling his machines to painters, plasterers and finishing craftsmen throughout Germany and Switzerland. Today, company Kammerer sells its Rokamat machines even worldwide.

Whilst the brand of Rokamat was establishing itself in the market, Rolf Kammerer did not remain idle. Always bearing in mind that the machines designed by him were meant to make everyday life easier for craftsmen, he kept developing many more devices over the following years, which he brought to production maturity through his staff in Remchingen near Pforzheim. Following the incredibly versatile Chameleon with its discs rotating in opposite directions, there first came a felting machine with a handle, a precursor to the current plaster finishing machine PFM (earlier called DRY) for processing gypsum plaster or lime-cement renders.

In 1990, the Rokamat Chameleon was joined by an absolutely indispensable partner: the Rokamat Rucksack Vacuum Cleaner RVC-L guaranteeing maximum freedom of movement during operations and at the same time ensuring a dust-free environment in a most reliable manner. Today, many craftsmen would no longer want to miss this handy helper precisely when sanding thermal insulation boards or working on scaffoldings.