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Solingen (German pronunciation: [ˈzoːlɪŋən] ⓘ; Limburgish: Solich) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the northern edge of the Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr. After Wuppertal, it is the second-largest city in the Bergisches Land, and a member of the regional authority of the Rhineland.
Zwilling J. A. Henckels AG is a German knife-maker based in Solingen, Germany. It is one of the largest and oldest manufacturers of kitchen knives for domestic and professional use, having been founded in June 1731 by Peter Henckels. It is also one of the oldest operating companies in the world. The brand's namesake was Johann Abraham Henckels ...
[3] [4] WÜSTHOF is one of the leading manufacturers of chef's knives. [5] [6] WÜSTHOF's Classic and Grand Prix series have been recognized as top-rated knife series by Consumer Reports. [7] [8] WÜSTHOF knives are only made in Solingen, Germany, [9] where around 400 of the company's 480 employees work. [10] [2] [1] WÜSTHOF's trademark is a ...
This category is knife makers. The general category is for individual knife makers. Companies that make knives ought to be put in the subcategory "Knife manufacturing companies".
J.A. Henckels, manufacturers of kitchen knives, scissors, cookware and flatware; August Horch (1868–1951), founder of Audi automobile company in 1909 [5] Helmut Horten (1909–1987), founder of Horten AG; August Howaldt (1809–1883), founder of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in 1835
Location of Germany. Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe. Germany has the world's 3rd largest economy by nominal GDP, and the 5th largest by PPP. As a global leader in several industrial and technological sectors, it is both the world's third-largest exporter and importer of goods.
The German and North American factories produced similar knives and used the "Tree Brand" trademark. This continued until World War II when the Solingen factory was destroyed and "Boker USA" took control of the trademark until the German factory was rebuilt in the 1950s. In the 1960s and 1970s the company changed hands several times, with the ...