Anthracite Metal Drawer System Built for Bold, Handle-Less Kitchen Design

The AvanTech YOU drawer set from Hettich is a complete steel drawer system in an Anthracite finish, sized at 101mm side height and 550mm nominal length. It brings the side profiles, runners, and front-fixing hardware together in one engineered platform for handle-less or handled kitchen and cabinetry drawers.

Key Features

• Anthracite finish throughout — the dark matte tone carries from the visible side profile face to interior surfaces, creating a unified look inside the drawer box.
• 101mm side height — a mid-profile height suited to standard kitchen drawers, spice pulls, and utensil storage.
• 550mm nominal length — fits cabinet depths commonly specified at 550mm, keeping the system and cabinet depths in sync.
• Steel construction — the side profiles are formed steel, providing structural rigidity without relying on the drawer bottom for support.
• AvanTech YOU platform — a Hettich system where side profiles, runners, front fixings, and accessories are engineered together and must be sourced from the same series.

What This System Is Used For

The AvanTech YOU drawer set is designed for production kitchen and bath cabinetry where the drawer box, runner, and front attachment are integrated from the start rather than assembled from separate component lines. At 550mm nominal length, this set suits the cabinet depths common in European-style kitchen programs. The 101mm side height covers the mid-range of standard kitchen drawer depths — appropriate for a main cutlery drawer, a wide spice pull-out, or a shallow inner drawer in a two-tier layout. Because the system integrates the runner into the side profile, the installer does not mount a separate slide beneath the box; the AvanTech YOU side is the runner.

Anthracite Finish in Context

Anthracite reads as a dark charcoal — neither the flat black of a painted surface nor the warm tone of a Bronze finish — and it holds that character inside the drawer where the side profile face is visible through a glass or open-face front. In handle-less kitchen designs, where the drawer interior is seen every time the front opens, the finish becomes part of the visible design rather than a hidden structural detail. The steel base material carries the Anthracite coating consistently across the profile, so the tone stays true from the top edge of the side down to the bottom channel where the drawer bottom seats.

Who Specifies This System

Cabinet shops running contemporary European-style kitchen programs will find the Anthracite colorway ready to pair with dark interior laminates, Fenix panels, or wrapped fronts in charcoal and graphite tones. Designers specifying handle-less kitchens with push-to-open or electrical opening systems have a finish-coordinated drawer box that keeps the interior composition intentional. Contractors installing complete Hettich-platform kitchens who need a 550mm system depth with a dark profile can source this set as a complete unit rather than building from loose components. The AvanTech YOU platform is Hettich-specific: front fixings, rear brackets, and motion components must come from the AvanTech YOU line and are not interchangeable with other Hettich series or other brands.

The Right Foundation for a Dark-Interior Kitchen Build

An Anthracite drawer system does more than hold contents — it completes the interior design every time the front opens. Specify the 101mm, 550mm AvanTech YOU set where a dark, steel-reinforced drawer platform needs to perform and look the part from the first install through years of daily use.