Our History
For more than 80 years, Kuhn Rikon has maintained
a lively dialogue with cooks who love to cook and appreciate
the convenience of kitchenware designed to make their work easier.
Those who delight in entertaining and take pride in a beautifully
decorated table will definitely find appeal in Kuhn Rikon products.
They are stunningly styled yet superbly functional. Our DUROMATIC
Pressure Cookers and Kuhn
Rikon Kitchen Tools are just two examples of our Swiss innovation.
Historical Timeline
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1819 |
The establishment
of a spinning mill brings the industrial age to the Toss valley,
Switzerland. |
|
1899 |
The Rykon
Mill is converted to metalworking. The Kindlimann brothers
found a copper and tin smithy in Rikon which makes cookware. |
|
1926 |
Heinrich
Kuhn purchases the former copper and steel cookware factory. |
|
1927 |
The new electric
stoves require a new kind of cookware. Under the Duro trademark,
Heinrich Kuhn develops the first cookware that really works. |
|
1949 |
The DUROMATIC
pressure cooker is developed. |
1950-
1969 |
The DUROMATIC
brand becomes synonymous with pressure cookers in general.
Starting with this very successful product, Kuhn Rikon begins
to export cookware. |
|
1975 |
Kuhn Rikon
celebrates its 50th anniversary. |
|
1987 |
Kuhn Rikon
becomes the first Swiss consumer goods manufacturer to receive
the SQS quality certificate from the Swiss Association for
Quality Assurance. |
|
1988 |
Kuhn Rikon
expands its presence in the US market by establishing a subsidiary
based in Enfield, CT. |
|
1996 |
Kuhn Rikon
celebrates its 70th anniversary. |
|
1999 |
Kuhn Rikon Corp. moves its headquarters to the West Coast setting new records in Duromatic Pressure Cookers Sales in the USA. |
|
2006 |
Kuhn Rikon Switzerland celebrates its 80 anniversary and sets up a museum in its factory about the evolution of cooking. |
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2008 |
Kuhn Rikon celebrating 20 years of product innovation in the US. |
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