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Company type | Aktiengesellschaft |
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Industry | Cookware |
Predecessor | Heinrich Kuhn Metallwarenfabrik |
Founded | 1819 |
Founder | Heinrich Kuhn-Boller |
Headquarters | Rikon im Tösstal, canton of Zürich , Switzerland |
Key people | Dorothee Auwärter (Chairwoman)[1] |
Number of employees | 160 (2009) |
Website | www |
Kuhn Rikon is a Swiss cookware manufacturer based in Rikon im Tösstal, Zell, Switzerland. It is particularly known for pressure cookers sold under the brand name Duromatic, which is often used in Switzerland as a synonym for pressure cooker. The company is a family owned public limited company.
The name Kuhn Rikon is also associated with the Tibet Institute Rikon, which was established by the co-founders of the business as a non-profit spiritual and cultural center for the exiled Tibetans in Switzerland.