BiographyCultery company based in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Founded in 1684 as Gottlieb Hammesfahr. It was known as Gottlieb Hammesfahr & Companie from the 1880s to 1935 and then as Gottlieb Hammesfahr & Co. AG Nirosta-Werk from 1935 to 1972. The company was taken over but the brand name still exists.