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History The company was founded in 1884 Since 1891 the company has delivered knives to the Swiss army Their famous emblem a cross in a shield has been used by Victorinox since 1909 That year the mother of founder Karl Elsener died and he named the company Victoria in her honor In 1921 with the introduction of inox the French term for stainless steel is acier inoxydable into their products the brand and name of the company became the present Victorinox Victoria Inox On 26 April 2005 Victorinox acquired Wenger the other official supplier of the Swiss Army knife For now Victorinox has announced that it intends to keep both brands intact In 2006 the company had a workforce of 900 employees and the brand was known in more than a hundred countries The company currently produces about 34 000 Swiss Army knives 38 000 multi tools and 30 000 household kitchen and professional knives per workday Approximately 90 percent of its production is exported to more than 100 countries Recently Victorinox has leveraged their brand image beyond the realm of blades into watches writing tools luggage through TRG Group and even apparel This extension has involved licensing the use of the Swiss Army shield logo rather than production by the company itself Products Victorinox Huntsman Swiss Army knife with knife chain and belt clip The Swiss Army knife has been the centerpiece of Victorinox s business Originally the sole supplier since 1908 it has shared the contract with Wenger A compromise between the two companies gave Victorinox the right to advertise as the Original Swiss Army Knife while Wenger lays claim to the title of Genuine Swiss Army Knife Although both brands remain intact Victorinox has since purchased and taken over Wenger Swiss Army knives are widely used outside the army They are useful multi functional instruments and are available in a wide variety of sizes and functional combinations Even NASA astronauts have a Victorinox knife as standard equipment Victorinox knives have also been taken to Mt Everest and the Arctic The flagship model of Victorinox the SwissChamp is in the New York Museum of Modern Art s Permanent Design Collection There is also an active Swiss Army Knife modding community producing new models from cannibalised parts One of the ways that Victorinox has tried to adapt to the decreased usage of pocket knives in recent years is the introduction of other forms of multi purpose gadgets such as the SwissCard which is designed to fit wherever a few credit cards could go The SwissCard is roughly the size of a business card and typically has a small pair of scissors a short non folding knife a small file with a screwdriver point a plastic toothpick tweezers a slim ballpoint pen and a straight pin These are housed in a hard plastic case of approximately 3 1 4 x 2 160 inches in size with inch measurements on one side and metric measurements on the other A wide assortment of functional tableware and kitchen cutlery is sold by Victorinox without the Swiss Army brand Additionally Victorinox also markets kitchen cutlery under the Forschner brand name Forschner knives though most are stamped blade in construction rather than forged tend to receive high marks in consumer comparisons and have been consistently identified as particularly good values by the American magazine Cook s Illustrated performing comparably to competition such as J A Henckels and Wsthof SwissTools are Victorinox s version of Leatherman style multi tools i e a pair of pliers with other tools folded into the grips The Swiss Army brand has produced a number of pocket and wrist watches as well They range from closable watches to classic bare clock watches They can also be engraved A number of Emissive Energy Corps products have been redesigned and rebranded as Victorinox LED flashlights Most are available with a knurled aluminum body similar to Swiss Army knives Gallery Victorinox Soldier Knife as issued by the German Bundeswehr Soldatenmesser 08 as issued by the Military of Switzerland A SwissChamp one of the most functional Swiss Army knives It s also in the Museum of Modern Art Victorinox Presentation Master USB drive of the Victorinox Secure Victorinox tomato knives Victorinox SwissTool multi tool Victorinox automatic wrist watch References ictorinox more then a Knife a Worldbrand nachrichten ch 6 April 2009 Kanton Schwyz Victorinox Das Unternehmen NASA NASA confirm use of Victorinox knives http www e webtechnologies com sak Victorinox_Letter_From_NASA pdf Retrieved 2006 12 11 160 Victorinox Presentation Master External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Victorinox Victorinox site in English Swiss Army Knife Reviews and Information Presentation Master Presentation Master Victorinox Secure Support Page Companies portal v 160 160 d 160 160 e Knives and daggers Types of knives Aircrew Survival Egress Knife 160 Athame 160 Balisong 160 Ballistic 160 Bayonet 160 Boline 160 Bolo 160 Boning 160 Boot knife 160 Bowie 160 Bread knife 160 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