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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Headquarters | Chambéry, Savoie, France |
Key people | Joseph Opinel (Founder) François Opinel (President) Denis Opinel (CEO) |
| Products | Knives |
| Revenue | €29 million (2021) |
Number of employees | 160 |
| Website | www.opinel.com |
The Opinel company has manufactured and marketed a line of eponymous wooden-handled knives since 1890 from its headquarters in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, France where the family-run company also operates a museum dedicated to its knives. The company sells approximately 15 million knives annually. Opinel knives are made of both high carbon and stainless steel, the latter being Sandvik steel from Sweden.
Originally sold as a working man's knife, an Opinel knife has become emblematic of French culture.[1] Pablo Picasso is said to have used one of the company's knives as a sculpting tool.[1] In 1989, the Larousse dictionary cited "Opinel" as a registered trademark.
- ^ a b C NEWS, Le Couteau Opinel, La Lame Universelle, Directsoir, no 233, 30 october 2007, republished 7 July 2013, retrieved 15 May 2022