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Fiskars
Fiskars Corporation (natively Fiskars Oyj Abp; formerly Fiskars Oy Ab until 1998) is a Finnish consumer goods company founded in 1649 in Fiskars, Finland, Fiskars, a locality in the town of Raseborg, Finland, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Helsinki. It is one of the List of oldest companies, oldest continuously operating companies in the world. Fiskars' global headquarters are located in the Keilaniemi district of Espoo, near Helsinki. Fiskars is best known for its orange-handled scissors, which were originally created in 1967. Fiskars operates as an integrated consumer goods company and has two strategic business units – SBU Living and SBU Functional. History The company traces its origins to 1649, when a Dutch merchant named Peter Thorwöste was given a charter by Christina, Queen of Sweden, to establish a blast furnace and forging operation in the small village of Fiskars, Finland, Fiskars; however, he was not permitted to produce cannons. This makes it the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiskars, Finland
Fiskars ( Swedish; ) is a village, now part of the town of Raseborg, in western Uusimaa, Finland. The village is the site of the former Fiskars Bruk, which was founded in 1649 and gave rise to the company Fiskars. The most notable architectural attraction of Fiskars is a mansion designed in 1818 by Italian-born architect Charles Bassi. The village, which has less than 1000 inhabitants, is a popular tourist destination in summer, and hosts an artisan and artist community. The river Fiskarså (Swedish), Fiskarinjoki or Fiskarsinjoki (Finnish) has contributed to the industrialisation of the village. History The village of Fiskars developed around the ironworks An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''. Ironworks succeeded bloome ... founded by German-born Petter Thorwöste in 1649. The ironworks also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterford Crystal
Waterford Crystal is an Irish manufacturer of crystal glassware, especially cut glass products. It is named after the city of Waterford in Ireland. In January 2009, the main Waterford Crystal manufacturing base on the edge of Waterford was closed due to the insolvency of Waterford Wedgwood plc, and in June 2010, Waterford Crystal relocated almost back to the roots of glass-making in the city centre. The Mall location holds both a manufacturing facility that melts over 750 tonnes of crystal a year – although most Waterford Crystal is now produced outside Ireland – and a visitor centre with the world's largest collection of Waterford Crystal. Since 2015, the brand has been owned by Fiskars Corporation. History Waterford Glassworks The origins of crystal production in Waterford date back to 1783, when George Penrose and his nephew William Penrose started their business, the Waterford Glassworks. It produced extremely fine flint glass that became world-renowned. That firm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedgwood
Wedgwood is an English China (material), fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. It was rapidly successful and was soon one of the largest manufacturers of Staffordshire pottery, "a firm that has done more to spread the knowledge and enhance the reputation of British ceramic art than any other manufacturer", exporting across Europe as far as Russia, and to the Americas. It was especially successful at producing fine earthenware and stoneware that, though considerably less expensive, were accepted as equivalent in quality to porcelain (which Wedgwood made only later). Wedgwood is especially associated with the "dry-bodied" (unglazed) stoneware Jasperware in contrasting colours, and in particular that in "Wedgwood blue" and white, always much the most popular colours, though there are several others. Jasperware ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Doulton
Royal Doulton is an English ceramic and home accessories manufacturer that was founded in 1815. Operating originally in Vauxhall, London, and later moving to Lambeth, in 1882 it opened a factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, in the centre of English pottery. From the start, the backbone of the business was a wide range of utilitarian wares, mostly stonewares, including storage jars, tankards and the like, and later extending to drain pipes, lavatories, water filters, electrical porcelain and other technical ceramics. From 1853 to 1901, its wares were marked Doulton & Co., then from 1901, when a Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom), royal warrant was given, Royal Doulton. It always made some more decorative wares, initially still mostly stoneware, and from the 1860s, the firm made considerable efforts to get a reputation for design, in which it was largely successful, as one of the first British makers of art pottery.Godden, 149 Initially this was done through artistic st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabia (brand)
Arabia was a Finnish ceramics company, founded in 1873 by Rörstrand, now owned by Fiskars Corporation, Fiskars. Arabia has specialized in faience and porcelain kitchenware and tableware. The original Arabia porcelain factory was located in Toukola (Helsinki). It later housed the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Ulla Procopé, Esteri Tomula, Birger Kaipiainen and Kaj Franck were among the best-known artists and designers for the company. In 1990 the company was acquired by Hackman and was incorporated into the Hackman trademark. In 2016 the Arabia factory in Finland closed. All Arabia products are now made in Thailand and Romania. History Founded as a subsidiary of the Swedish porcelain producer Rörstrand on November 25, 1873, the Arabia brand has gone through numerous ownership changes since its founding. Carl-Gustaf Herlitz, formerly an employee of Rörstrand, was recruited in 1881 to serve as the technical director. The limited company Arabia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iittala Group
Iittala, founded as a glassworks in 1881, is a Finnish culture, Finnish design brand specialising in design objects, tableware and cookware. Iittala has strong design roots in glasswares and art glass which can be seen in the early designs of ''Aino Aalto'' glasses designed by Aino Aalto in 1932; Alvar Aalto’s ''Savoy Vase'' (''Aalto Vase'') from 1936; Oiva Toikka’s ''Birds by Toikka'' glass birds collection that has been made since 1962, his glassware set ''Kastehelmi'' from 1964 and Tapio Wirkkala’s glasses ''Tapio'' from 1952. and ''Ultima Thule'' from 1968. Iittala has expanded from glass to other materials, such as ceramics and metal while keeping with their key philosophy of progressive elegant and timeless design, such as Kaj Franck’s ''Teema'' ceramic tableware from 1952 and Timo Sarpaneva's cast iron pot ''Sarpaneva'' from 1960. Iittala focuses on timeless design which can be seen not only in older creations but in the modern classics. For example, cookware ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hackman (company)
Hackman was a cutlery and cookware company founded in Finland in 1790. The Hackman brand is now owned by Iittala Group, which was acquired by Fiskars Corporation in 2007. In a 2008 survey which included both Finnish and international brands, it was the fifth most respected brand among Finnish consumers. The Hackman butterfly knife ( Finnish: ''Linkkupuukko'', "latch-knife") was a type of butterfly knife produced by Hackman. The knife was marketed by Hackman as a ''retkiveitsi'' ("camping knife") and later as ''Eräpuukko'' ("wilderness puukko"). The knives were also sold in the United States, and some researchers state they were issued by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency during the Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w .... References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raseborg
Raseborg (; , ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern coast of the country. Raseborg is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Raseborg is approximately , while the Raseborg sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Raseborg was created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Ekenäs, Finland, Ekenäs, Karis and Pohja were consolidated into a single town, creating the largest Swedish-speaking-majority city of Finland in terms of population. Of these, Ekenäs now serves as the administrative center of Raseborg. The name of the new town is based on the Raseborg Castle located in Ekenäs, or formerly in the municipality of ''Snappertuna''. Historically the name of the county was also Raseborg in the 14th century. Raseborg covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Raseborg is a bilingual municipality with Finnish language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Jensen A/S
Georg Jensen A/S (originally ''Georg Jensens Sølvsmedie A/S'') is a Danish designer company with a focus on silverware. It was founded in 1904 by silversmith Georg Jensen. In December 2023, the company was acquired by the Fiskars Group for 155 million euros. History After finishing at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1892, Georg Jensen tried his hand at clay sculptures, before moving to the applied arts. He began as a modeller at the Bing & Grøndahl porcelain factory and, in 1898 he had small pottery workshop. In 1901, he abandoned ceramics and resumed work as a silversmith and designer with the master, Mogens Ballin. This led Jensen to make a landmark decision, when in 1904, he risked what small capital he had and opened his own little silversmithy at 36 Bredgade in Copenhagen. In 1909, Jensen opened his first shop in Berlin, and the following year, he received a gold medal for the work he displayed at the International Exhibition in Brussels. In 1912, he opened a larger w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerber Legendary Blades
Gerber Legendary Blades is an American maker of knife, knives, Gerber multitool, multitools, and other tools for outdoors and military headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Gerber is owned by the Finnish outdoors products company Fiskars. Gerber was established in 1939 by Pete Gerber. Gerber is the "largest maker of knives and multi-tools for the United States Armed Forces, United States armed forces." The LMF II Infantry Knife, features a partial Tang (tools), tang blade instead of a full tang blade, ostensibly to avoid electric shocks because the knife was designed to free pilots from downed aircraft. Gerber was the first knife company to collaborate with a custom knife maker when it collaborated with World War II knife maker Murphy knives, David Murphy. In 2010 Bear Grylls designed a line of Gerber survival knives, including the best selling Ultimate knife. The Bear Grylls range from Gerber progressed to including items such as a water bottle, survival kit and tinder grinder. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rörstrand
Rörstrand porcelain was one of the most famous Swedish porcelain manufacturers, with production initially at Karlbergskanalen in Birkastan in Stockholm. History The Rörstrand waterfront site was first documented in the 13th century when Magnus Ladulås donated property to the Convent of Poor Clares. In 1527, the area was returned to the crown under Gustavus Vasa. The area was named "Rörstrand" because the clear lake's shore was overgrown with reeds. After an "Associations contract between all concerned in the Swedish Porcelain works, which will be established at great Rörstrand in the Delft manner" was signed in 1726, a porcelain factory was built at the castle of Rörstrand. The factory had indeed been given the privilege to produce true porcelain, but faience was the only ware that was made until the 1770s. In 1758, the rival manufactory at Marieberg began to produce porcellanous stoneware. High production costs, a small market, and intense competition from importe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen, officially the Royal Porcelain Factory (), is a Danish manufacturer of porcelain products and was founded in Copenhagen in 1775 under the protection of Danish Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Dowager Queen Juliane Marie. It is recognized by its factory mark, the three wavy lines above each other, symbolizing Denmark's three water ways: Great Belt, Storebælt, Little Belt, Lillebælt and Øresund. History Early years Starting in the 17th century, Europeans, long fascinated by the blue and white porcelain exported from China during the Ming Dynasty, Ming and Qing Dynasty, Qing dynasties, began to imitate the precious ware. The Royal Copenhagen manufactory's operations began in a converted post office in 1775. It was founded by chemist Frantz Heinrich Müller who was given a 50-year monopoly to create porcelain. Though royal patronage was not at first official, the first pieces manufactured were dining services for the royal family. Johan Theodor Holmskjold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
