Company name / present headquarters
Fissler GmbH / Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Founding
1845 in Idar-Oberstein as a family enterprise
Sales 2013
Euro 218 million
International activity (Foreign share of sales)
Seven own subsidiaries and distribution partners in over 70 countries globally (> 71%)
Workforce
789 employees worldwide
Products
Cookware (pots, pans, pressure cookers, roasters, woks, cast iron range), knives and kitchen accessories
Brand names / lines (selection)
arcana®, bionic, cook’n’serve, c+s royal, family line, fiamma®, intensa®, luno®, original-profi collection®, Q!, solea®, viseo®, vitavit®
Market / brand
Fissler is one of the world’s leading brands for highquality cookware.
Claim & positioning
Fissler. Perfect every time.
Fissler stands for pleasure and passion in cooking. Because Fissler provides experts and amateurs with the right cooking tools, practical accessories, and competent support in their cooking efforts - worldwide.
Quality
For more than 165 years, the Fissler name has stood for top "Made in Germany" products in quality, function and design. Production sites are in Idar-Oberstein and Hoppstädten-Weiersbach, Germany.
KitchenInnovation of the Year® 2014
KitchenInnovation of the Year® 2014 – Best of the Best Category cooking and kitchen utensils
Award for the always-sharp knife Fissler bionic as the KitchenInnovation of the Year® 2014 and "Golden Award" for the best category results
KitchenInnovation of the Year® 2014 – Favorite Brand in Gold
For "Outstanding Products" in the last three years
Interior Innovation Award 2014
Award for Fissler bionic
German Design Award 2014
Award for Fissler bionic in the "Special Mention" category "Home Interior"
iF product design award 2014
Award for Fissler Q!
DESIGN PLUS Ambiente 2014
Award for Fissler bionic
Top 50 German Luxury Companies 2013
Only cookware brand to receive an award
TOP 100
Award as one of the most innovative companies among German small to medium-sized enterprises in 2011, 2012, and 2013
red dot award 2012
Award for luno® and original-profi collection® Design Edition
KitchenInnovation prize 2012
Award for luno and the original-profi-collection® as KitchenInnovation of the Year® 2012
Selected Fissler inventions/highlights (over 200 patents in the last 50 years)
1892 Goulash cannon
1953 First pressure cooker with a patented multi-level valve (Fissler vitavit)
1983 original pro collection® cookware line
2006 New pans in "The Ultimate Frying System"
2007 Development of the "Cookware Worlds" guidance system
2008 solea® cookware line
2009 New vitavit® pressure cooker generation
2009 New knife lines passion, perfection and profession
2010 Completion of the new vitavit® pressure cooker generation
2010 arcana® cast iron line
2012 luno® cookware line
2013 New bionic knife that remains sharp
2014 New Q! kitchen tool line
2014 New cook’n’serve cast iron line
2014 New vitacontrol® digital with app
Management
Markus H. Kepka (Speaker),
Heribert Bollinger
Address
Harald-Fissler-Str. 1,
55743 Idar-Oberstein, Germany
