Witte tools canada

Buying Format. All Listings. Accepts Offers. Buy It Now. Item Location. Canada Only. North America. Shipping Options. Free International Shipping. Local Pickup. Free Local Pickup. Show only. Free Returns. Returns Accepted. Since world demand for German needles and pins was booming, WITTE founded a new factory in on the edge of the town, driven exclusively by steam power with overhead transmission gears.

A new business division was in the making. In , on the initiative of Friedrich Kirchhoff, who had worked his way up from assistant clerk to joint owner of the company within 15 years, a new press and punching plant was erected. Intended as a risk compensation exercise during the world recession at the end of the 19th century, it was the greatest commercial venture undertaken in the history of the company that already spanned over years.

Factories making locomotives and railway wagons, the mining and automotive industries all recognised the benefits of pressed sheet steel. WITTE was ahead of its time and opened the door to a profitable future-orientated chapter in industrial technology. With the outbreak of World War I in , the export-based needle and pin-making industry's chief market collapsed.

After the end of the war, the industry took some time to recover. The heyday of needle and pin-making had effectively come to an end with the advent of the machine-based of garments. General representative of Stephan Witte for China with his son, surrounded by Chinese wholesale merchants, ca. Friedrich Kirchhoff with his 17 grandchildren, Jochen Friedrich Kirchhoff to the right of "Opapa" grandfather sitting on the wall with a pageboy haircut, ca.

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Witte's triangular shaped multi-component screwdriver handles offer many advantages over screwdrivers with traditional square-shaped cellulose acetate handles as Witte's ergonomic designs combine comfort and power seamlessly. Witte products are made in Germany and come with a lifetime warranty.