COMPONENT HARDWARE GROUP

Component Hardware Group (CHG); Commercial Kitchen Components & Assemblies | Authorised Dealer | Jacio Indicius

Behind every great commercial kitchen; behind the gleaming cooking line, the precision refrigeration, the seamless service counter, and the compliant ventilation infrastructure; there is a category of components that makes everything function correctly, stay hygienic, remain structurally sound, and meet the regulatory standards that commercial food service environments are held to. These components do not appear in culinary awards or hospitality reviews. They are not named in the menu description or the chef’s biography. They are hinges, gaskets, handles, casters, plumbing fittings, grease filters, hood accessories, and hundreds of other precision-engineered parts that collectively constitute the mechanical and hygienic integrity of the commercial kitchen environment. Component Hardware Group (CHG) is the global authority on this category; the company that professional kitchen equipment manufacturers, fabricators, foodservice dealers, and maintenance operators turn to when they need components that perform, comply, and last.

Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Matawan, New Jersey; with additional distribution infrastructure in Ohio and global operations through offices in the Netherlands and warehouses across the USA, Canada, Asia, and Europe; CHG has spent more than four decades establishing itself as what its own description accurately characterises: a global market leader in innovative design solutions and manufacturer of industrial components and assemblies for the foodservice, healthcare, construction, and institutional markets. The company’s catalogue spans over 9,000 standard items, supplemented by custom-engineered specialty and customer-proprietary components for clients whose specific application requirements fall outside standard product specifications.

What distinguishes CHG from generic hardware distributors is the combination of engineering depth and market specialisation that its 40-plus years of focused commercial kitchen experience produces. CHG’s team of more than 20 engineers and quality assurance personnel brings expertise in casting, forging, stamping, machining, injection moulding, extruding, fabrication, and custom sub-assembly to every component solution it develops; capabilities that generic hardware suppliers lack entirely. The company holds 34 patents; direct evidence of a genuine R&D investment that produces innovations, not just catalogues. And its three flagship brands; Keil in commercial refrigeration hardware, Flame Gard for kitchen hood grease filters and accessories, and Encore for commercial plumbing; each carry market leadership positions in their respective categories that reflect decades of product refinement in direct response to the specific requirements of commercial kitchen operators.

CHG’s SANIGUARD antimicrobial product line represents perhaps the most compelling expression of the company’s engineering approach to commercial kitchen challenges. Using patented inorganic silver ion technology embedded in a proprietary powder coating, SANIGUARD plumbing components inhibit the growth and survival of microorganisms on the product’s surfaces; providing a measurable, verifiable hygiene advantage that standard stainless steel and chrome plumbing components cannot offer. In commercial kitchen environments where food safety compliance is both a regulatory requirement and a brand protection imperative, SANIGUARD components represent a meaningful risk reduction investment.

Jacio Indicius serves as an authorised CHG dealer across India, the Middle East, Gulf countries, the USA, China, and Asia; providing the full CHG component range, backed by our specialist commercial kitchen equipment expertise for proper specification, professional installation guidance, and ongoing support. Whether you are equipping a new kitchen build, maintaining existing equipment, or sourcing specific components for repair and replacement, our CHG partnership gives you access to the complete 9,000-item catalogue with the support of a team that understands where each component fits.

Component Hardware Group; Over 40 Years of Commercial Kitchen Component Leadership

Founded	1981; Lakewood / Matawan, New Jersey, USA
Headquarters	Matawan, NJ; US Distribution Center in Columbus, Ohio; European Office in Breda, Netherlands
Catalogue Depth	Over 9,000 standard catalogue items; plus custom and customer-proprietary specialty components
Patent Portfolio	34 patents filed; evidence of genuine R&D-driven product innovation across multiple product categories
Engineering Team	20+ engineers and quality assurance personnel; specialists in casting, forging, stamping, machining, injection moulding, and custom assembly
Flagship Brands	Keil® (commercial refrigeration hardware) · Flame Gard® (hood grease filters & accessories) · Encore® (commercial plumbing) · SANIGUARD® (antimicrobial plumbing)
Innovation Highlight	SANIGUARD®; patented inorganic silver ion antimicrobial technology embedded in plumbing components to inhibit microorganism growth on surfaces
Markets Served	Foodservice · Healthcare · Institutional · Construction · Commercial · Marine (cruise ships)
Clients Served	Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) · Kitchen fabricators · Foodservice dealers · Distributors · Maintenance operators
Global Infrastructure	Warehouses in USA, Canada, Asia, and Europe; reliable component availability wherever kitchens operate
Award Recognition	Winholt Equipment Supplier of the Year 2016
Jacio Indicius Status	Authorised dealer; full 9,000-item catalogue, genuine CHG products, specification and installation support

The Components That Make Commercial Kitchens Work; Why CHG Is the Professional Specification Standard

The commercial kitchen is one of the most mechanically complex built environments in commercial construction. It combines high-temperature cooking infrastructure, precision refrigeration systems, regulated ventilation and grease extraction, commercial plumbing under continuous heavy use, high-traffic movement of equipment on casters, and food contact surfaces that must meet the most rigorous hygiene standards that any commercial environment faces. Each of these subsystems depends on a set of components; hinges, gaskets, handles, fittings, filters, and hardware; that must perform reliably through years of intensive daily use, resist the specific environmental stresses of the kitchen context, and maintain compliance with the food safety and building regulations that govern commercial kitchen operations.

When these components fail; when a walk-in refrigerator door gasket fails to seal and cold chain compliance is compromised; when a canopy hood grease filter becomes clogged and fire risk escalates; when a plumbing pre-rinse fitting fails under pressure and a service period is disrupted; the consequences extend well beyond the cost of the component itself. They affect food safety compliance, health inspection outcomes, fire safety risk, kitchen operational continuity, and in some cases, the validity of the operator’s operating licence. CHG exists to ensure these consequences are avoided; by engineering components that perform correctly, last as long as the equipment they are part of, and meet the regulatory standards that commercial kitchen operators are held to.

The 9,000-item catalogue that CHG maintains is not a warehouse of generic hardware. It is the result of 40-plus years of direct engagement with the specific challenges of commercial kitchen environments; challenges that CHG’s engineers have studied, understood, and responded to with product specifications that address the actual failure modes and compliance requirements of professional kitchen contexts. This is why OEM kitchen equipment manufacturers, professional fabricators, and experienced kitchen maintenance operators consistently specify CHG components; because the company has spent four decades understanding exactly what commercial kitchens need from their hardware.

Keil; The Refrigeration Hardware Authority

Commercial refrigeration is the backbone of food safety in any kitchen or food service operation. Walk-in coolers, reach-in refrigerators, undercounter refrigeration units, and blast chillers all depend on door hardware; hinges, handles, gaskets, latches, and seals; that maintains the temperature integrity of the refrigerated environment through continuous, high-frequency use. Keil, CHG’s flagship refrigeration hardware brand, has been engineering this hardware to the specific demands of commercial refrigeration for decades, producing a range of cam-rise hinges, edgemount latches, gasket frames, and handles that consistently meets the performance and hygiene standards that cold chain compliance requires.

Keil’s cam-rise hinge design is a category-defining innovation that addresses one of the most common sources of refrigeration door energy loss and seal degradation in commercial operations. By automatically lifting the door as it opens; creating clearance between the door bottom seal and the floor; cam-rise hinges prevent the seal compression and wear that floor contact causes in conventional hinge designs. The result is a door that seals more reliably, for longer, between maintenance interventions; directly protecting the temperature performance and energy efficiency of the refrigerated equipment.

Flame Gard; The Kitchen Hood Component That Protects Your Kitchen and Your Licence

Commercial kitchen ventilation hood grease filters are not passive accessories; they are critical fire safety components that the National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA 96 standard requires to be present, correctly specified, and regularly maintained in every commercial kitchen installation. When grease accumulates in inadequately designed or poorly maintained filters, it creates the fuel load for the duct fires that are the most dangerous and destructive fire incidents in commercial kitchen environments. Flame Gard grease filters, available in Type VI aluminium, galvanised, and stainless steel specifications; including a spark arrestor variant for additional fire safety in high-risk cooking applications; are engineered to the NFPA 96 specifications that commercial kitchen ventilation compliance requires.

The Grease Defender brand, also within CHG’s portfolio, extends the grease management capability beyond the filter itself to the accessories and hardware that maintain the ventilation system’s grease capture integrity across the full service life of the installation. For kitchen operators in regulated markets; where ventilation system inspection and compliance are conditions of the operating licence; Flame Gard and Grease Defender components provide the specification assurance that compliance audits require.

Encore; Commercial Plumbing That Performs Under Professional Kitchen Conditions

Commercial kitchen plumbing operates under conditions that domestic and light commercial plumbing components are not designed for; continuous heavy use, high water temperatures, constant food waste contact, and daily chemical cleaning with commercial detergents and sanitisers. Encore, CHG’s premium commercial plumbing brand, provides pre-rinse spray units, faucets, drains, and plumbing accessories engineered specifically for these conditions. The pre-rinse spray units that CHG has developed for marine galley applications; built for the demanding conditions of cruise ship galley service; demonstrate the durability standards that Encore brings to its commercial kitchen plumbing range.

SANIGUARD; Antimicrobial Protection Built Into the Plumbing Component

SANIGUARD represents CHG’s most innovative response to the specific hygiene challenges of commercial kitchen and healthcare environments. Using patented inorganic silver ion technology combined with a proprietary powder coating material, SANIGUARD components inhibit the growth and survival of microorganisms on the product’s surfaces; providing continuous antimicrobial protection between the cleaning cycles that all commercial kitchen surfaces undergo. This technology is unique among plumbing and hardware components; no other commercial kitchen hardware supplier has brought inorganic silver ion antimicrobial protection to plumbing fixtures and hardware at a commercial scale.

For commercial kitchen operators in regulated environments; hotel kitchens subject to health authority inspection, hospital food service facilities with clinical hygiene standards, institutional kitchens with rigorous food safety compliance requirements; SANIGUARD components provide a measurable, verifiable hygiene advantage that can be documented in compliance records and presented to inspecting authorities as evidence of proactive food safety management. The technology has received independent verification of its antimicrobial efficacy, providing the third-party validation that regulatory and procurement scrutiny requires.

CHG Product Portfolio; The Complete Commercial Kitchen Hardware Range Through Jacio Indicius

CHG's 9,000-item catalogue is organised across major product categories that together address every hardware and component requirement of commercial kitchen design, construction, and maintenance.

Equipment Category	What It Delivers in Your Kitchen	Best Suited For
Commercial Refrigeration Hardware (Keil brand)	Cam-rise lift-off edgemount hinges, concealed cartridge hinges, non-rise edgemount hinges. Magnetic and mechanical edgemount latches and surface mount latches. Handles and pulls for reach-in and walk-in doors. Gasket frames, rigid retainer strips, and condensate evaporators. Refrigeration accessories including break-away fittings.	Walk-in coolers and freezers, reach-in refrigerators, undercounter refrigeration, blast chillers, cold rooms
Canopy Hood & Ventilation Components (Flame Gard / Grease Defender)	Type VI baffle grease filters in aluminium, galvanised, and stainless steel; including spark arrestor variant. Hood access doors (flat and high-temperature). Fan hinge kits and grease cups. Cap strip, divider bars, and Quick-Tite fittings. NFPA 96 compliant specifications throughout.	All commercial kitchen ventilation hood and grease duct systems requiring NFPA 96 compliance
Commercial Plumbing (Encore / SANIGUARD / TOP-LINE / Drain Master)	Pre-rinse spray units and assemblies. Faucets and fittings across commercial and economy specifications. SANIGUARD antimicrobial plumbing; patented silver ion technology inhibits microorganism growth on surfaces. Drain Master rotary drains. SaniShower hand showers. TOP-LINE economy plumbing range.	Restaurant, hotel, institutional, and healthcare kitchen plumbing; all food service sink and wash environments
Cabinet Hardware	Cabinet hinges (concealed and surface mount). Continuous piano hinges. Drawer slides and drawer assemblies including cash drawers. Magnetic and mechanical catches. Handles, knobs, pulls, and recessed pulls. Cabinet latches and paddle latches. Utility cam locks. Sliding door hardware.	Commercial kitchen cabinetry, storage units, equipment enclosures, pass-through cabinets
Casters & Equipment Mobility (Regal Ride)	Plate casters, threaded stem casters, rigid plate casters, and expanding stem casters. Caster leg assemblies and caster kits. Bumpers and caster accessories. Engineered for the weight loads and floor conditions of commercial kitchen equipment mobility.	Mobile kitchen equipment; ovens, cooking stations, prep tables, refrigerators, storage racks
Equipment Legs & Adjustable Feet	Adjustable equipment legs with flanged toe, bullet foot, and protruding stud configurations. Stainless steel and thermoplastic material options. Multiple height and thread specifications for commercial kitchen equipment levelling and compliance with floor-clearance regulations.	All commercial kitchen equipment requiring NSF-compliant floor clearance; ranges, prep tables, refrigerators, dishwashers
Cafeteria Components	Shelf brackets, tray slide brackets and components. Corner inserts, drip plates, end caps, and glass capping. Cap strip and divider bars for tray slide systems. Conveyor roller components. Sneeze guard components for food protection systems. Pot rack and tubing accessories.	Cafeteria serving lines, institutional dining, hotel buffet service counters, food courts
Wire Harnesses & Cable Assemblies	Custom wire harness and cable assembly solutions for commercial kitchen equipment OEM manufacturers. Engineered to the electrical specifications of specific kitchen equipment applications; reducing assembly time and ensuring electrical integrity in the demanding kitchen environment.	Commercial kitchen equipment OEM manufacturers and kitchen equipment fabricators
LED Lighting & Electrical Products	Commercial LED lighting solutions for kitchen and food service environments. Energy-efficient, durable LED specifications appropriate for the high-temperature, high-humidity conditions of professional kitchen installations.	Kitchen hood illumination, food service display lighting, equipment lighting, cafeteria lighting
Hot Side Components	Hardware and components specifically engineered for the high-temperature environments of cooking equipment; handles, door hardware, and mechanical components rated for sustained elevated temperatures without deformation or performance degradation.	Commercial ovens, convection equipment, hot-hold cabinets, high-temperature cooking equipment
Custom Solutions & OEM Engineering	Proprietary custom component design and manufacturing for kitchen equipment OEMs requiring components to specific performance, dimensional, or material specifications. 3D printing capability for rapid prototyping. Supply chain management and sub-assembly services.	Kitchen equipment manufacturers, specialist fabricators, maintenance organisations with unique component requirements

CHG Across Commercial Kitchen Environments; Where Component Quality Directly Impacts Operations

New Kitchen Builds & Major Refurbishments

For kitchen designers, fabricators, and project managers delivering new commercial kitchen installations; hotels, restaurants, institutional facilities, or food production facilities; CHG’s 9,000-item catalogue provides a single-source solution for the full range of hardware and component specifications that a new kitchen build requires. The ability to source refrigeration hardware, hood filters, plumbing fittings, casters, legs, and cabinet hardware from a single supplier with the engineering depth to support specification queries and custom requirements significantly simplifies the procurement process for complex kitchen projects. CHG’s global warehousing infrastructure; US, Canada, Asia, and Europe; ensures that components specified in design are available when the build timeline requires them.

Commercial Refrigeration Maintenance & Compliance

Walk-in cooler and refrigerator door hardware is subject to continuous mechanical stress; hundreds of door open-and-close cycles daily, in temperature gradients that stress both mechanical components and seals. When door seals fail, temperature integrity is compromised. When hinges degrade, door alignment deteriorates and seal compression becomes uneven. When latches and handles fail, food safety compliance records show the consequence. Keil’s refrigeration hardware range provides the OEM-quality replacement components that maintenance operators need to restore refrigeration integrity without the cost and disruption of full equipment replacement. CHG’s distribution infrastructure ensures that maintenance contractors can access the specific component they need when they need it; minimising the cold chain disruption that refrigeration hardware failure creates.

Ventilation Compliance & Fire Safety Management

Flame Gard grease filters are the front line of commercial kitchen fire prevention in the ventilation system. Correctly specified, regularly maintained, and replaced on the schedule that NFPA 96 and local fire safety regulations require, they prevent the grease accumulation that creates duct fire risk. CHG provides the full range of Flame Gard filter specifications; aluminium for standard applications, stainless steel for high-grease environments, and spark arrestor variants for cooking operations where the potential for spark generation warrants additional fire protection. For kitchen operators managing compliance documentation for fire authority inspections, CHG’s Flame Gard compliance specifications provide the documented product performance data that inspections require.

Healthcare & Institutional Kitchens; Where Hygiene Is Clinically Non-Negotiable

Hospital kitchens, nursing home food service facilities, and institutional catering operations for government and correctional facilities operate under hygiene standards that exceed conventional restaurant requirements. The SANIGUARD antimicrobial plumbing range provides these environments with a hardware specification that actively contributes to the hygiene management protocols they are held to; reducing the surface microorganism load between cleaning cycles and providing documented antimicrobial performance that hygiene compliance records can capture. CHG’s direct engagement with the healthcare market across its 40-year history means its products are designed with the specific regulatory and hygiene requirements of healthcare food service in mind.

The Jacio Indicius CHG Partnership; Global Component Expertise, Locally Supported

Component Hardware Group’s 9,000-item catalogue and 40 years of commercial kitchen component engineering represent a depth of specification expertise that most kitchen operators and procurement teams do not have the time to navigate independently. Jacio Indicius brings more than a decade of commercial kitchen equipment experience to this navigation challenge; helping our clients identify the right CHG component specification for their specific application, equipment type, and regulatory environment. As an authorised CHG dealer, we supply genuine products with manufacturer quality assurance. And our service infrastructure across India, the Middle East, Gulf countries, the USA, China, and Asia ensures that the support our clients need is available when and where they need it.

Installation & Commissioning	Factory-standard deployment by certified technicians. Equipment configured, tested, and verified against manufacturer specifications before your kitchen goes live.
Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMC)	Structured preventive maintenance schedules that protect operational continuity. Documented service records, priority response, and transparent pricing.
Genuine Spare Parts Supply	OEM-certified components supplied directly; no substitutes, no counterfeit risk, no warranty compromise. The right part delivered and installed correctly.
Equipment Demonstrations	Live in-kitchen demonstrations prior to purchase. Evaluate real-world performance, ask technical questions, and procure with full confidence.
Kitchen Design Consulting	End-to-end layout and equipment selection consulting; mapping your workflow, output volumes, and compliance requirements to the optimal equipment configuration.
Staff Training	Hands-on operational training covering correct use, cleaning protocols, safety procedures, and output optimisation; extending equipment life and maximising ROI from day one.

CHG Commercial Kitchen Components; Questions from Operators and Fabricators

How does CHG’s cam-rise hinge technology protect refrigeration door seals?

Keil’s cam-rise hinge design lifts the door as it opens, preventing the door’s bottom gasket from dragging across the floor. In conventional hinge designs, the door pivots from a fixed point and the bottom edge of the door seal contacts the floor on every open cycle; causing progressive gasket wear and compression deformation that eventually compromises seal integrity and cold chain compliance. The cam-rise mechanism eliminates this contact, preserving seal integrity for significantly longer periods between maintenance interventions. This directly protects the temperature performance and energy efficiency of the refrigerated equipment; and the food safety compliance records that cold chain documentation requires.

What fire safety standards do Flame Gard grease filters meet?

Flame Gard baffle grease filters are engineered to meet the requirements of NFPA 96; the National Fire Protection Association’s Standard for the Installation of Equipment for the Removal of Smoke and Grease-Laden Vapors from Commercial Cooking Equipment. This is the primary US standard governing commercial kitchen ventilation fire safety. The Type VI designation across Flame Gard’s aluminium, galvanised, and stainless steel variants identifies compliance with the specific filter construction requirements that NFPA 96 specifies. For international markets, Jacio Indicius can advise on the applicable local ventilation and fire safety standards and confirm the Flame Gard specification appropriate for each jurisdiction.

What is the SANIGUARD antimicrobial technology and how does it work?

SANIGUARD uses a patented inorganic silver ion technology embedded in a proprietary powder coating applied to plumbing components. Silver ions have a well-documented antimicrobial effect; they interfere with the metabolic processes of microorganisms at the cellular level, inhibiting their reproduction and survival on the treated surface. The inorganic nature of SANIGUARD’s silver ion technology distinguishes it from organic antimicrobial treatments, which can degrade over time. SANIGUARD’s effect is durable across the product’s operational life, providing continuous surface protection between the chemical cleaning cycles that all commercial kitchen surfaces undergo. This makes SANIGUARD plumbing components a measurable, documentable hygiene investment for kitchens operating under clinical or regulatory hygiene standards.

Can CHG supply custom components for specialist kitchen equipment applications?

Yes. Custom solution capability is a core CHG service for OEM equipment manufacturers and specialist fabricators whose requirements fall outside the 9,000-item standard catalogue. CHG’s engineering team engages directly with OEM clients to design and manufacture proprietary components to specific dimensional, material, and performance requirements. Manufacturing capabilities include casting, forging, stamping, machining, injection moulding, extruding, fabrication, and custom sub-assembly. Rapid prototyping through 3D printing capability allows design verification before production commitment. CHG also provides supply chain management and bundled kit assembly services that simplify the procurement and logistics of multi-component kitchen equipment manufacturing. Jacio Indicius facilitates access to CHG’s custom solutions programme for clients with specialist component requirements.