Wenger and Swiss

In 1893 at Delémont in the Canton of Bern, in Switzerland, the industrial cutlery house of Paul Boéchat & Cie received a contract from the Swiss Army to produce knives. In 1898, Theodore Wenger was hired to be its manager and later renamed the company Wenger & Co. S.A..
One of Wenger's first acts was to acquire a manufacturer of spoons and forks which he moved to a rented factory in Delemont. In 1900 a new 18,000-square-foot facility was built.

• In 1929, after Theo Wenger's death, Kaspar Oertli gained majority share in the company.
• In 1986, the factory was modernized following a factory fire.
• In 1988, Wenger started producing watches.
• In 2005, Victorinox acquired Wenger. Wenger are advertised as the "Genuine Swiss Army Knife" and Victorinox as the "Original Swiss Army Knife".
• In 2005, Wenger introduced Evolution, a series of Swiss Army Knives with ergonomic handles. This was dubbed the "first design change to the red-handled Swiss Army Knives since their inception".
• In 2007, Wenger introduced EvoGrip, ergonomically-shaped Swiss Army Knives with rubber inserts to improve safety grip .

-Wikipedia