Company information

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ZWILLING J. A. HENCKELS AG

Address:
D-42657 Solingen,
Grünewalder Straße 14-22
Germany

Founded:
1731

Legal Form:
Shareholding company, WERHAHN-Group in Neuss, Germany, sole shareholder since 1970

Chairman of Supervisory Board:
Anton Werhahn

Board of Directors:
Claus Holst-Gydesen (CEO)
Dr. Joachim Droese
Dr. Erich Schiffers
Achim Wolfgarten


Trademarks:
ZWILLING
J. A. HENCKELS INTERNATIONAL
well as Tweezerman, Jaguar, Tondeo, BSF, Demeyere, Staub

Mission:
Production and sale of high quality branded consumer goods for kitchen, flatware, beauty-instruments and hairdressing equipment

 
Product Ranges:
Chef's and household knives, scissors, kitchen gadgets, cookware, flatware, beauty instruments

Channels of Distribution:
Specialized wholesale and retail industry, including specialized sections of department stores.

Price Segmentation:
Upper-middle and high price segment

International Distribution:
More than 100 countries of the world:
World-wide leading position in the knife, household scissors and beauty instruments segments, significant market shares in important markets; world-wide high degree of brand awareness.

Turnover 2007:                      
282 Mio. €

Export share of total turnover:
in excess of 80 %

Important ZWILLING Sales Organisations:
USA, Canada, Japan (incl. production of knives), Taiwan, Brazil, China (incl. production of knives, scissors and cookware)  Scandinavia, Benelux, Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, UK

Affiliated Companies:
Tweezerman International (USA, beauty products)
Tweezerman India (India, beauty products)
Jaguar Stahlwaren (Germany, professional hairdressing scissors)
Arcos Hermanos S.A. (Spain, knives)
Tondeo (Germany, hairdressing equipment, specifically professional hairdressing scissors)
Demeyere (Belgium, cookware)
Staub (France, cast iron cookware)

ZWILLING Shops:
18 company-owned retail branches, 10 of which in Germany, 7 in European countries outside Germany (France, Spain, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland), 1 in Brazil and additionally approx. 200 shop-in-shops in China