Victorinox Company: 

      Victorinox is a knife manufacturer headquartered in the town of Ibach, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It is primarily known as one of the two official suppliers of Swiss Army knives (the other being Wenger, which it acquired in spring of 2005).

  History: 
          
      The company was founded in 1884. The Swiss Army knife was invented by Karl Eisner in 1891. Eisner was inspired to create a tool for the Swiss Army that was not manufactured by Germans, so he set out to produce a Swiss knife for the Swiss Army.
      The first knife he made was called the “Soldier’s Knife,” which featured a wooden handle and a variety of tools including a blade, a screwdriver and a can opener.
      After the soldier's knife, which every recruit receives upon entering the army, Karl Elsener developed a new, elegant and light weight pocket knife, with six practical tools. He called this new model the "Officers and Sports Knife". Since 1891 the company has delivered knives to the Swiss Army. 
      Their famous emblem a cross in a shield has been used by Victorinox since 1909. That year, the mother of founder Karl Elsener died and he changed the name of the company to "Victoria" in her honor. In 1921, with the introduction of "inox" (the French term for stainless steel is acier inoxydable) into their products, the brand and name of the company became the present "Victorinox" ("Victoria"+"Inox").
       On 26 April 2005 Victorinox acquired Wenger, the other official supplier of the Swiss Army knife.

Swiss Army knives: 
           
      The VICTORINOX "Swiss Army Knife" is over 100 years old. This useful pocket Multi-Tool was legally registered on June 12, 1897. The Swiss Army knife is the product that has been the centerpiece of Victorinox's business. Originally the sole supplier, since 1908 it has shared the contract with Wenger. A compromise between the two companies gave Victorinox the right to advertise as the “Original Swiss Army Knife”, while Wenger lays claim to the title of “Genuine Swiss Army Knife”. Although both brands remain intact, Victorinox has since purchased and taken over Wenger.           
      Swiss Army knives are widely used outside the army. They are useful multifunctional instruments for everyday life and are available in a wide variety of sizes and functional combinations. Over 34,000 of these pocket tools with the distinctive Swiss cross leave the factory in central Switzerland each day.  Ninety per cent are for export to over 100 different countries and serve as ambassadors for Switzerland. Even NASA astronauts have a Victorinox knife as standard equipment. Victorinox knives have also been taken to Mt. Everest and the Arctic. The flagship model of Victorinox, the SwissChamp, is in the New York Museum of Modern Art's Permanent Design Collection.