PB Swiss Tools
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| Industry | Manufacturing |
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| Founded | Switzerland (1878) |
| Founder | Paul Baumann |
| Headquarters | Wasen, Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland |
Key people | |
| Products | Professional hand tools |
Number of employees | 160 (as of January 2014) |
| Website | www.pbswisstools.com |
PB Swiss Tools GmbH is a manufacturer of hand tools based in Switzerland.
The company was started in 1878 by Paul Baumann, from whose initials the company name was derived. Until 1940, it manufactured primarily agricultural equipment, but then also began producing hand tools for the Swiss armed forces. Demand for the hand tools continued to increase, and by 1960, they were being exported worldwide.[1]
The "Classic" and "Multicraft" styles of tool handles are made of cellulose acetate butyrate and vanilla-scented to counteract the potentially unpleasant aroma of butyric acid that would otherwise form as the tools age. The "SwissGrip" and "ElectroTool" styles have handles made of Santoprene-coated polypropylene.[2]
PB Swiss hand tools are individually serial-numbered, and the serial number can be used to search a database and find the date of manufacture for a given tool.[2]
Gallery
A set of PB Swiss screwdrivers.
References
- ↑ "PB SWISS TOOLS: History". PB Swiss Tools. 2014-01-28. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- 1 2 Catalog 2014, Switzerland: PB Swiss Tools GmbH, 2014