SaunaNews
The Sauna Industry's Record of Note
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Leisurecraft launches the CT Element, a glass-fronted indoor sauna kit in three sizes built from Thermo Grandis. Priced between Almost Heaven and Auroom, it fills a gap in the home sauna market, but the wood choice and Canadian shipping logistics deserve a closer look.
The fourteen new sauna SKUs at ThermaSol.com are built in Sastamala, Finland by Kirami, the wood-fired hot-tub maker Harvia bought in May 2021 for EUR 7 million plus a EUR 4 million earnout. The cabins ship in Europe under the Kirami FinVision® nameplate. ThermaSol's American product pages say 'designed and crafted in the U.S.A.' Kirami's product pages say 'designed and manufactured in Finland.' The price band runs from $30,393 for an indoor Lumaria Medium to $107,182 for the outdoor flagship Ombra. The American premium sauna market has been culturally Finnish for years. Harvia has now closed the loop.
Kohler acquired KLAFS in 2024 and is now selling European-built saunas in the US with turnkey nationwide installation and a proprietary KLAFS FERO heater. SaunaNews maps the corporate strategy, the dual-brand play, and the vertical integration behind the biggest brand entrance the American sauna market has seen.
Aufguss USA Nationals 2026 returns to Brooklyn May 19–21 with an expanded three-day format, doubled WM qualification slots, and the largest event sauna in the country. The infrastructure behind the competition tells you where American sauna culture is headed.
Luxury hotel groups are treating thermal bathing not as a spa add-on but as a primary draw. Aman, Four Seasons, and Mandarin Oriental have all announced significant thermal wellness investments across their upcoming properties, signaling a shift in how the industry thinks about sauna and heat-based experiences.