Company information

Facts and Figures

Address:

ZWILLING J.A. Henckels AG
Grünewalder Straße 14-22
42657 Solingen
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

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

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

Product groups:
Chef's and household knives, cookware, scissors, kitchen gadgets, flatware, beauty instruments, hair dressing equipment

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

Price groups:
Upper-middle and high-price segment

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

Turnover 2010:
391 Mio. €

Export share of turnover:
In excess of 80 %

Important ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS sales organisations:
USA, Canada, Brazil, Japan (incl. production of knives), China (incl. production of knives, scissors and cookware), Taiwan, Germany, Scandinavia, The Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, UK, Russian Federation

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, ceramics)

ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS shops:
13 company-owned retail branches, 6 of which are in Germany, 6 in other European countries (France, Spain, Switzerland), 1 in Brazil and more than 200 shop-in-shops in China