Josef Kessel GmbH & Co KG

Josef Kessel GmbH & Co. KG is a distribution company located in Kehl, Germany, established in 1911 as a mineral oil and industrial trading business. The firm operates a specialist retail store in Kehl-Kork alongside a large online shop, J-Kesselshop.de. Its product range spans business equipment, hand tools, cleaning equipment, electrical installation, workwear, gardening, home technology and power tools. Goods are sourced through long-standing relationships with more than 800 brand manufacturers. The catalogue holds over 200,000 stock items, with over one million additional products obtainable at short notice via a procurement service. In 2015 the mineral oil division was separated, and the industrial trading arm was reorganised under owners Bernd Rau and Andreas Berl.