Wüsthof

Wusthof is a cutlery manufacturing family business based in Solingen. The official company name is Ed. Wusthof Trident KG. The now run by the founding family in the seventh generation company sold alongside knives and knife sharpeners and other kitchen utensils as well as nail care.

Business

All Wusthof knives are made ​​in Germany in two production at the site Solingen. Wusthof employs 350 people worldwide. The Wusthof brand products are sold through a distribution network in 90 countries.

History

The Ed. Wusthof Trident produced since 1814 in Solingen cutlery. The company operates since 1895 a trident in a circle as its logo since 1967, as a white trident in a white circle on a red background. The trident logo was registered in 1895 with the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin as a trademark and is now protected by law in almost all countries.

In 1987, the subsidiary Wusthof Trident of America was founded in the United States. Since 2009, the American facility in Norwalk, Connecticut is located. Since 2010, the cutting surfaces of the Wusthof knife through the developed in our own factory Petec ( Precision Edge Technology) method to be sharpened with precision lasers at an angle of 28 degrees.

In the years from 2008 to 2013, Ed. Wusthof Trident KG at the international trade fair Ambiente in Frankfurt from specialist group household / GPK (FHG ) of the Central Association of the Hardware Trade Association in the " household " named the best partner to the trade. Will be assessed in this election, the categories Traders loyalty, price policy, current products, complaint behavior and market significance. In the bi -annual election of the " super affiliates " by the Association of catering and commercial kitchen equipment (GGKA ) are evaluated seven categories: the four categories of quality design, complaint behavior, quality and reliability as well as the sales categories distribution policy, sales support and revenue recognition. From 1998 to 2014 occupied the Ed. Wusthof Trident KG in the suppliers group " Kitchen and serving " in this election is always the first place.

Excellent Series and products

The two knife - Series Classic and Wusthof Grand Prix received the American magazine Consumer Reports in the November 2005 issue of the highest ratings and over again the highest ratings from the Cook 's Illustrated magazine. The Santoku knife with the item number from the 4174 Grand Prix II series was 01 /2008 awarded by Stiftung Warentest test winner with a score of good ( 1.8 ). The chef's knife with the item number 4582/20 from the Classic series was in the issue 11/ 2012, the magazine ETM test magazine comparison test stainless steel chef's knife with a grade of very good ( 92.3 %) excellent. The chef's knife with the item number 4782/10 cm from the Xline series was in 2013 awarded a red dot design award for product design.

Production

Forged knives are manufactured in the production partly by use of robots. Glowing chromium -molybdenum -vanadium steel is forged at 1200 °, hardened at 58 ° Rockwell and ground with the help of laser equipment for the final focus. The final touch to the knife traditional handicraft.

All forged Wusthof knives are forged from a single piece of stainless chromium - molybdenum-vanadium steel and have the formula " X50CrMoV15 " engraved on their blades. The alloy contains 0.5 % carbon, 15% chromium as well as unspecified minor amounts of molybdenum and vanadium. X50CrMoV15 is the German DIN standard name of the alloy, its material number 1.4116 (W -Nr default). See also: German steel knives