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==History==
==History==
Zyliss was founded by trained bicycle mechanic, [[Karl Zysset]] (1907-1998) in 1951.<ref name="WK">[http://www.workzeitung.ch/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=86 Work: ''Karl Zysset und sein Blitzhacker'']; workzeitung.ch; abgerufen am 14. August 2012</ref> The names ''Zyliss'' is based on a combination of the founder's surname and the town of [[Lyss]], Switzerland where the first factory was established.
Zyliss was founded by trained bicycle mechanic, [[Karl Zysset]] (1907-1998) in 1951.<ref name="WK">[http://www.workzeitung.ch/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=86 Work: ''Karl Zysset und sein Blitzhacker'']; workzeitung.ch; retrieved 14 August 2012.</ref> The names ''Zyliss'' is based on a combination of the founder's surname and the town of [[Lyss]], Switzerland where the first factory was established.


The company launched its first product, the onion chopper, with the slogan "Zig-Zig Zyliss".<ref name="Freitag">{{cite web | url=http://www.freitag.de/autoren/gina-bucher/zum-gebrauch-ungeeignet |title=Bequemer Alltag - Zum Gebrauch ungeeignet |author=Gina Bucher |publisher=Der Freitag |date=2011-09-25 |access-date=2012-10-28}}</ref>
The company launched its first product, the onion chopper, with the slogan "Zig-Zig Zyliss".<ref name="Freitag">{{cite web | url=http://www.freitag.de/autoren/gina-bucher/zum-gebrauch-ungeeignet |title=Bequemer Alltag - Zum Gebrauch ungeeignet |author=Gina Bucher |publisher=Der Freitag |date=2011-09-25 |access-date=2012-10-28}}</ref>
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In 2001, Zyliss partnered with the design firm, [[IDEO]] to develop a series of kitchen products that have gone on to see worldwide success.<ref>{{cite web|title=IDEO Partners with Zyliss|url=http://www.ideo.com/work/kitchen-gadgets|website=www.ideo.com|publisher=IDEO|access-date=19 June 2014}}</ref>
In 2001, Zyliss partnered with the design firm, [[IDEO]] to develop a series of kitchen products that have gone on to see worldwide success.<ref>{{cite web|title=IDEO Partners with Zyliss|url=http://www.ideo.com/work/kitchen-gadgets|website=www.ideo.com|publisher=IDEO|access-date=19 June 2014}}</ref>


In the year 2003 the company reduced its number of employees from 105 to 80 and the company's management announced that the production site of Zyliss would be relocated. After a protest in Switzerland<ref>[http://www.woz.ch/archiv/old/03/48/6172.html „Zyliss-Streik - Verbittert sind sie nicht“], [[Die Wochenzeitung]], 27. November 2003</ref> the move was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web | title=Zyliss-Belegschaft glaubt an Standort Lyss | website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung | date=2003-11-25 | url=https://www.nzz.ch/article990TY-ld.280309 | language=de | access-date=2022-09-30}}</ref><ref name="KW" /> Thirty staff of the fifty in the Swiss team moved to China during the mid-2000s.<ref name="KW">{{cite web |title=Zyliss: Verlagerung nach Asien |url=http://www.kunststoffweb.de/ki_ticker/Zyliss_Verlagerung_nach_Asien_t201624 |website=KunststoffWeb |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Etikettenschwindel: Der Schwindel mit der Marke Schweiz |url=http://www.beobachter.ch/konsum/artikel/etikettenschwindel_der-schwindel-mit-der-marke-schweiz |website=Beobachter |language=de-CH}}</ref> The headquarters were also moved to Zurich in December 2005.<ref name="sitz">{{cite web | url=https://www.shab.ch/DOWNLOADPART/N2975282/N2005.03147300.pdf |title=Handelsregister Tagebuch Nr. 33374 |publisher=Das Schweizerische Handelsamtsblatt (SHAB) |date=2005-12-08 |access-date=2012-10-29}}</ref>
In 2003 the company reduced its number of employees from 105 to 80 and the company's management announced that the production site of Zyliss would be relocated. After a protest in Switzerland<ref>[http://www.woz.ch/archiv/old/03/48/6172.html "Zyliss-Streik - Verbittert sind sie nicht"], [[Die Wochenzeitung]], 27 November 2003.</ref> the move was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web | title=Zyliss-Belegschaft glaubt an Standort Lyss | website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung | date=2003-11-25 | url=https://www.nzz.ch/article990TY-ld.280309 | language=de | access-date=2022-09-30}}</ref><ref name="KW" /> Thirty staff of the fifty in the Swiss team moved to China during the mid-2000s.<ref name="KW">{{cite web |title=Zyliss: Verlagerung nach Asien |url=http://www.kunststoffweb.de/ki_ticker/Zyliss_Verlagerung_nach_Asien_t201624 |website=KunststoffWeb |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Etikettenschwindel: Der Schwindel mit der Marke Schweiz |url=http://www.beobachter.ch/konsum/artikel/etikettenschwindel_der-schwindel-mit-der-marke-schweiz |website=Beobachter |language=de-CH}}</ref> The headquarters were also moved to Zurich in December 2005.<ref name="sitz">{{cite web | url=https://www.shab.ch/DOWNLOADPART/N2975282/N2005.03147300.pdf |title=Handelsregister Tagebuch Nr. 33374 |publisher=Das Schweizerische Handelsamtsblatt (SHAB) |date=2005-12-08 |access-date=2012-10-29}}</ref>


In 2006, the company, Zyliss AG, was [[Listing (finance)|delisted]] and was [[Consolidation (business)|consolidated]] into DKSH. Today, Zyliss is operated by DKB Household Switzerland AG, the household utensil [[subsidiary]] of DKSH.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zyliss: Verlagerung nach Asien |url=http://www.swissguide.ch/de/Haushaltwaren/Zuerich/509992_dkbhouseholdswitzerlanda.html |publisher=www.swissguide.ch}}</ref> This subsidiary currently has 120 employees and in addition to Zyliss they also operate the brand Cole & Mason (salt & pepper grinders and herb and spice tools) and the appliance brands Koenig and Turmix.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Enz |first1=Werner |title=Diethelm Keller Group: Familienunternehmen mit Top-Portfolio |url=https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/diethelm-keller-group-familienunternehmen-mit-top-portfolio-ld.1483544?reduced=true |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |language=de}}</ref>
In 2006, the company, Zyliss AG, was [[Listing (finance)|delisted]] and was [[Consolidation (business)|consolidated]] into DKSH. Today, Zyliss is operated by DKB Household Switzerland AG, the household utensil [[subsidiary]] of DKSH.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zyliss: Verlagerung nach Asien |url=http://www.swissguide.ch/de/Haushaltwaren/Zuerich/509992_dkbhouseholdswitzerlanda.html |publisher=www.swissguide.ch}}</ref> This subsidiary currently has 120 employees and in addition to Zyliss they also operate the brand Cole & Mason (salt & pepper grinders and herb and spice tools) and the appliance brands Koenig and Turmix.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Enz |first1=Werner |title=Diethelm Keller Group: Familienunternehmen mit Top-Portfolio |url=https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/diethelm-keller-group-familienunternehmen-mit-top-portfolio-ld.1483544?reduced=true |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |language=de}}</ref>


==Inventions==
==Inventions==
Three notable inventions have been developed by Zyliss including the “Susi” [[garlic press]],<ref>[http://www.muellerscience.com/SPEZIALITAETEN/Schweiz/Schweizer_Erfindungen_und_Entdeckungen.htm Mueller Science: ''500 Schweizer Primeurs, Schweizer Erfindungen und Schweizer Entdeckungen '']; abgerufen am 14. Aug. 2012</ref> the [[salad spinner]], and an onion chopper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frauenzimmer.de/cms/leben-genuss/nervige-kuechengeraete.html |title=Nervige Küchengeräte - Frauenzimer.de |publisher=Frauenzimmer.de |date=2008-11-28 |access-date=2014-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.land-der-erfinder.ch/?tag=schweizer-ideen |title=schweizer ideen &#124; Land der Erfinder – Das Schweizer Magazin für Innovationen |publisher=Land-der-erfinder.ch |date=2013-07-31 |access-date=2014-07-14}}</ref> The Susi garlic press has an accompanying tool cleaner, and has been produced since the mid-20th century.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eu0Uo3J40zcC|pages=37–38|access-date=2014-07-28|title=Garlic, Garlic, Garlic: More than 200 Exceptional Recipes for the World's ...|author= Linda Griffith, Fred Griffith|date=24 October 1998|isbn=0547346697}}</ref> The company also began creating the Zyliss vise (a home improvement tool) in the 1970s<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOU8TD_BxwMC|page=26 |title=The Vise wants to do everything|date=Apr 1973|access-date=2014-07-26}}</ref> and has sold a slicing [[mandoline]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fgQEAAAAMBAJ |page=42|access-date=2014-07-25|author=Jocelyn chan|title=Silver Platter|publisher=Orange Coast Magazine |date=Feb 2004}}</ref> The company has worked with [[IDEO]] on projects including the salad spinner, specifically on the aesthetic and visual components.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyDEACMTtUEC|page=56|title=Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product ...|author=Michael F. Ashby, Kara Johnso|date=19 December 2013|isbn=9780080982823}}</ref>
Three notable inventions have been developed by Zyliss including the "Susi" [[garlic press]],<ref>[http://www.muellerscience.com/SPEZIALITAETEN/Schweiz/Schweizer_Erfindungen_und_Entdeckungen.htm Mueller Science: ''500 Schweizer Primeurs, Schweizer Erfindungen und Schweizer Entdeckungen'']; retrieved 14 Aug. 2012.</ref> the [[salad spinner]], and an onion chopper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frauenzimmer.de/cms/leben-genuss/nervige-kuechengeraete.html |title=Nervige Küchengeräte - Frauenzimer.de |publisher=Frauenzimmer.de |date=2008-11-28 |access-date=2014-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.land-der-erfinder.ch/?tag=schweizer-ideen |title=schweizer ideen &#124; Land der Erfinder – Das Schweizer Magazin für Innovationen |publisher=Land-der-erfinder.ch |date=2013-07-31 |access-date=2014-07-14}}</ref> The Susi garlic press has an accompanying tool cleaner, and has been produced since the mid-20th century.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eu0Uo3J40zcC|pages=37–38|access-date=2014-07-28|title=Garlic, Garlic, Garlic: More than 200 Exceptional Recipes for the World's ...|author= Linda Griffith, Fred Griffith|date=24 October 1998|isbn=0547346697}}</ref> The company also began creating the Zyliss vise (a home improvement tool) in the 1970s<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOU8TD_BxwMC|page=26 |title=The Vise wants to do everything|date=Apr 1973|access-date=2014-07-26}}</ref> and has sold a slicing [[mandoline]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fgQEAAAAMBAJ |page=42|access-date=2014-07-25|author=Jocelyn chan|title=Silver Platter|publisher=Orange Coast Magazine |date=Feb 2004}}</ref> The company has worked with [[IDEO]] on projects including the salad spinner, specifically on the aesthetic and visual components.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyDEACMTtUEC|page=56|title=Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product ...|author=Michael F. Ashby, Kara Johnso|date=19 December 2013|isbn=9780080982823}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 23:55, 7 November 2022

Zyliss
Company typeBrand
IndustryConsumer products
Founded1951
FounderKarl Zysset (1907-1998)
Headquarters
Zürich
,
Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsKitchen Products and Gadgets, Knives and Cutlery, Food Choppers, Graters, Slicers
ParentDKSH
Websitewww.zyliss.ch

Zyliss is a Swiss manufacturer of kitchen utensils. Originally a private company, Zyliss is now a brand owned by DKSH, a Swiss holding company.[1][2]

History

Zyliss was founded by trained bicycle mechanic, Karl Zysset (1907-1998) in 1951.[3] The names Zyliss is based on a combination of the founder's surname and the town of Lyss, Switzerland where the first factory was established.

The company launched its first product, the onion chopper, with the slogan "Zig-Zig Zyliss".[4]

In 1982 the company was sold to two investors who in turn sold the operation in 1985 to the Diethelm Keller Holding Group, now DKSH.[3]

In 2001, Zyliss partnered with the design firm, IDEO to develop a series of kitchen products that have gone on to see worldwide success.[5]

In 2003 the company reduced its number of employees from 105 to 80 and the company's management announced that the production site of Zyliss would be relocated. After a protest in Switzerland[6] the move was cancelled.[7][8] Thirty staff of the fifty in the Swiss team moved to China during the mid-2000s.[8][9] The headquarters were also moved to Zurich in December 2005.[10]

In 2006, the company, Zyliss AG, was delisted and was consolidated into DKSH. Today, Zyliss is operated by DKB Household Switzerland AG, the household utensil subsidiary of DKSH.[11] This subsidiary currently has 120 employees and in addition to Zyliss they also operate the brand Cole & Mason (salt & pepper grinders and herb and spice tools) and the appliance brands Koenig and Turmix.[12]

Inventions

Three notable inventions have been developed by Zyliss including the "Susi" garlic press,[13] the salad spinner, and an onion chopper.[14][15] The Susi garlic press has an accompanying tool cleaner, and has been produced since the mid-20th century.[16] The company also began creating the Zyliss vise (a home improvement tool) in the 1970s[17] and has sold a slicing mandoline.[18] The company has worked with IDEO on projects including the salad spinner, specifically on the aesthetic and visual components.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Our Brands". DK Brands. Diethelm Keller Group. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Handelsregister Tagebuch Nr. 9270" (PDF). Das Schweizerische Handelsamtsblatt (SHAB). 2006-04-04. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  3. ^ a b Work: Karl Zysset und sein Blitzhacker; workzeitung.ch; retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. ^ Gina Bucher (2011-09-25). "Bequemer Alltag - Zum Gebrauch ungeeignet". Der Freitag. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  5. ^ "IDEO Partners with Zyliss". www.ideo.com. IDEO. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Zyliss-Streik - Verbittert sind sie nicht", Die Wochenzeitung, 27 November 2003.
  7. ^ "Zyliss-Belegschaft glaubt an Standort Lyss". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 2003-11-25. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  8. ^ a b "Zyliss: Verlagerung nach Asien". KunststoffWeb (in German).
  9. ^ "Etikettenschwindel: Der Schwindel mit der Marke Schweiz". Beobachter (in Swiss High German).
  10. ^ "Handelsregister Tagebuch Nr. 33374" (PDF). Das Schweizerische Handelsamtsblatt (SHAB). 2005-12-08. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  11. ^ "Zyliss: Verlagerung nach Asien". www.swissguide.ch.
  12. ^ Enz, Werner. "Diethelm Keller Group: Familienunternehmen mit Top-Portfolio". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German).
  13. ^ Mueller Science: 500 Schweizer Primeurs, Schweizer Erfindungen und Schweizer Entdeckungen; retrieved 14 Aug. 2012.
  14. ^ "Nervige Küchengeräte - Frauenzimer.de". Frauenzimmer.de. 2008-11-28. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  15. ^ "schweizer ideen | Land der Erfinder – Das Schweizer Magazin für Innovationen". Land-der-erfinder.ch. 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  16. ^ Linda Griffith, Fred Griffith (24 October 1998). Garlic, Garlic, Garlic: More than 200 Exceptional Recipes for the World's ... pp. 37–38. ISBN 0547346697. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  17. ^ The Vise wants to do everything. Apr 1973. p. 26. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  18. ^ Jocelyn chan (Feb 2004). Silver Platter. Orange Coast Magazine. p. 42. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  19. ^ Michael F. Ashby, Kara Johnso (19 December 2013). Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product ... p. 56. ISBN 9780080982823.
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