Activities
The company maintains several brands, including Zwilling J.A. Henckels, J.A. Henckels International and BSF. ("Zwilling", meaning "twin", is also the German for the astrological sign Gemini.) Additionally the company operates its own retail shops, studios and partner shops both in Germany and internationally, among them about 200 shop-in-shops in China. Since 1970 the company has been part of the Werhahn Group (Neuss, Germany), with a staff of 3,200 worldwide. Profits amounted to €282 million in 2007 with 80% of its profits generated outside Germany.
The Zwilling group has a section concentrated on specialist hairdressing products. Since 1988 J.A. Henckels have been a strong partner with Solingen-based professional hairdressing equipment manufacturer Jaguar, which became part of the Zwilling group in 2004. Since July 2007 the Zwilling group also includes Tondeo GmbH, Solingen, another manufacturer of professional haircutting equipment. In 2004, Henckels acquired the Japanese knife manufacturer Nippa and the U.S. beauty specialist Tweezerman. With the 2008 acquisitions of the Belgian manufacturer Demeyere (stainless steel cookware) and the French group Staub (cast iron cookware) Zwilling moved to expand the cookware segment of its business.
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