For four generations Knipex has been an independent, owner-managed family company. The company is headquartered in
We manufacture exclusively in Germany, at the founding location in Wuppertal. With a vertical range of manufacture of almost 100%, we can control all production steps and directly influence and continuously improve them to the best possible quality.
The easy way out was to simply drop the /k/ and from then on knight, knee, knot and KNIPEX have been pronounced without it. In other Germanic languages, like Dutch, Swedish and German we still find /kn/ as a syllable onset today. So in German, Knie, Knoten und KNIPEX are pronounced with the /k/. English.
The distinctive 'crowns' from this handle are used as part of the Wera logo. Main German competitors are the manufacturer Wiha Tools, Gedore, Knipex and Hazet.
Ralf Putsch, who joined the company in 1987, takes over the overall management of the company. The international business share is sustainably expanded – to over 60% today.
KNIPEX pliers are lighter so you can comfortably carry the tool with you. The tools are designed with lowest possible weight paired with maximum resilience which leads to a significant reduction in fatigue in daily work.
The little hole has a very practical reason: That's where we hang the Cobra® in our precision laser, which is where it gets the teething for the opening width adjustment.
The "SB" addition after some articles is just a packaging variant. "SB" means "Self-service".
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Festool products are primarily manufactured in Neidlingen (Germany), Illertissen (Germany), and Česká Lípa (Czech Republic).
There are labeling requirements that apply to most product categories. As an example, every product label in the US must indicate the country of origin, like the “Made in China” commonly printed above or below the UPC codes of many products.
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.
The blue-red handles are two-component handles that offer the user greater comfort than, for example, a plastic coating. They also insulate against cold and heat and thus increase comfort when working under extreme conditions.
A: KNIPEX offers a limited lifetime warranty covering defects in materials and workmanship. You should work with the distributor you purchased from for warranty claims. If you run into issues with the distributor you can contact our Buffalo Grove, IL office for warranty assistance.
Forged from high-grade chrome vanadium electric steel, oil-hardened, teeth additionally induction-hardened to approx. 61 HRC.
A: The SBA in the product # indicates that the product is on card stock for retail display. A Knipex item without the SBA is a bulk product that ships without retail packaging.
Who is KNIPEX owned by? The company is currently run by Ralf Putsch, the great-grandson of the founder. The business was started by Carl Gustav Putsch in the basement of his own home. By trade, he was a smithy and he focused on producing carpenter's and farriers' pincers.
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Mini and Precision Pliers
Between the two brands, the Knipex are mini pliers, but the NWS have more “precision pliers” features, such as the spring-action opening. These NWS have ESD-safe handle grips. Knipex also offers similar, but at much higher pricing.
Pliers Knowledge: The Essential Foundation - Steel. It is an element that often works in the background, but nevertheless makes a decisive difference between quality and mediocrity: steel. At KNIPEX, we understand the fundamental importance of this material in the manufacturing of our high-quality pliers.
I've done some quick comparisons between the Knipex and Wiha Pliers wrenches. Here are the photographs. The biggest difference between these two pliers (aside from price) is the mechanism by which they open and lock. The pin going through the Wiha pliers has teeth on the inside that engage the teeth on the wrench.