Knipex

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Knipex (English: /kəˈnɪpɛks/; German pronunciation: [ˈknɪpɛks]) is a globally-distributed German manufacturer of hand tools, best known for its pliers. Knipex tools are principally used by professionals in various trades but find increasing popularity in DIY and EDC markets. For four generations Knipex has been an independent, owner-managed family company. The company is headquartered in Wuppertal, Cronenberg. All manufacturing of core products like pliers takes place in Wuppertal, Germany. Peripheral items such as tweezers are made elsewhere by contract manufacturers. The company was founded as a forge in 1882 by Carl Gustav Putsch in the basement of his family home. The firm began with one employee and two apprentices. Until the 1960s the firm was known as the C. Gustav Putsch Drop Forged Pliers Works (Zangenfabrik-Gesenkschmiede). In its early days manufacture focused on carpenter's pincers and farrier's tongs, at first made by hand and then increasingly by drop forging hammers.