News, events, trade fairs world-of-knives
May 2, 2024
sknife Manufactory Tour 2024
From forging to finishing, more than 50 journalists, retailers and knife aficionados experienced the precision and craftsmanship behind every sknife product on the Manufactory Tour:
Youtube video of the tour
Insights into a decade of innovative product development from design to finishing:
Open days 24 - 26 August 2024 at the sknife knife manufactory in Biel: Registration
Jan. 3, 2024
CeCo & sknife at Ambiente Frankfurt 27. - 30.1.2024
CeCo - world-of-knives will be present at the consumer goods fair Ambiente Frankfurt from 27. - 31.1.2024. Meeting point is at the Kai stand G69/hall 8.0.
These are the stand numbers of the brands we represent: Nesmuk (F21/8.0), Güde (A41/8.0), Windmühlenmesser (F40, 8.0), Kyocera (C21/9.0), Microplane (E06/9.0) and triangle (D11/9.0).
Sept. 25, 2023
CeCo & sknife at IGEHO Basel 18. - 22.11.2023
We look forward to seeing you at IGEHO Basel (Hall 1 / D407)!
Discover our new products, benefit as a visitor from our 20% IGEHO discount – e.g. for the Special Edition Kiritsuke by Kai for our 20th anniversary and take part in our competition. Professional knife sharpening with various sharpening tools as well as the new sknife knife sharpener are further highlights.
Sept. 12, 2022
sknife & Kai knives at ZAGG 2022
We look forward to your visit from 23 - 26.10.2022 at the ZAGG 2022 (Hall 1 / C 160) in Lucerne!
sknife knives: handmade in Switzerland – 4 international design awards – endorsed by the world's best restaurants with over 100 Michelin stars. Pocket knives with slide bearings made of high-tech ceramics. Kai knives: partner of the Swiss Culinary Junior National team for 15 years.
Feb. 7, 2022
sknife partner of the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival 2022
Impressions of the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival 2022 under the motto "SWISS MADE" in the Upper Engadine with ten Swiss star chefs and also highly awarded local chefs. Also Swiss Made are the sknife knives, which have been partners of this festival for 8 years.
Jan. 27, 2022
sknife new supplier of the Swiss Culinary National team
The knife manufacturer sknife is now involved as a supplier to the Swiss Culinary National team and supports the team in their passion for cooking with sknife knives.
Sept. 2, 2021
sknife manufactures the 20'000th knife!
5 years ago, sknife launched the first steak knife. These days, company founder Michael Bach (pictured right) and cutler Timo Müller are presenting the 20 000th sknife knife, which was developed in close collaboration with top chefs who were looking for a Swiss product of the highest quality and perfection.
May 27, 2021
sknife – in the world's best restaurants with over 70 Michelin stars
sknife took cutlery to a new level seven years ago: the aesthetic, high-quality steak knives are now set on the tables of the world's best restaurants with over 70 Michelin stars.
May 6, 2021
Visit of the Culinary Junior National team
Tobia Ciarulli, team manager of the Culinary Junior National team, visited us with 4 team colleagues who professionally sharpened their Kai Shun knives to razor sharpness during the knife sharpening workshop.
March 29, 2021
Plastic free shipping for free
CeCo ltd - world-of-knives ships plastic free (and for free): when shipping goods, we have replaced plastic fillers, adhesive rolls and shipping bags with recycled waste paper. All plastic free packaging, cardboard boxes and sustainable filling material from our suppliers are also reused. In addition, grass paper has been used in administration since the beginning of 2020.
Dec. 23, 2020
«The K by Mauro Colagreco» sets sknife knives
Since 2 years, the sknife knives are endorsed in the world's best restaurant «Le Mirazur» in France. During this winter season, the world's best top chef Mauro Colagreco is present in the restaurant «The K by Mauro Colagreco» in the Kulm Hotel in St. Moritz. Includes in his luggage: his sknife steak knives, which are now also set in the restaurant «The K».
Nov. 16, 2020
sknife pocket knife full damask – Precision from the watchmaking city of Biel
The blade, blade back and handle of the sknife pocket knife full damask are made of more than 1'600 layers of stainless damascus steel. The handle with its convex and concave indentations captivates by the already beautiful surface of the torsion damask steel.
Sept. 16, 2019
15 % IGEHO action week from 16. - 24.11.2019
15 % IGEHO action week also in the shop world-of-knives exhibiting from 16. - 20.11.2019 at IGEHO, the trade fair for hospitality industry, gastronomy and out-of-house-consumption, at the exhibition centre in Basel. CeCo booth no. C158, hall 1.0, www.igeho.ch
Aug. 8, 2019
CeCo/sknife at Ornaris Berne
Ornaris - the only national trade fair of consumer goods industry. www.ornaris.ch – CeCo/sknife (booth B11/hall 3.2) presents the brands: sknife, Kai, Kyocera, Güde, Windmühle, Caminada, Nesmuk, Microplane, triangle, world of knives tools.
March 29, 2019
Andreas Caminada's visit
We are always honoured when top Chefs pay us a visit. Andreas Caminada also visited our knife manufactory in Biel. We are proud to have the 3-star Chef with 19 GaultMillau points as a partner for so long: 15 years ago he ordered a knife from us for the first time and in 2013 he developed the Caminada knife series together with Güde Solingen.
Feb. 26, 2019
Goldener Koch 2019
Am 25.02.19 wurde im Kursaal Bern der «Goldene Koch 2019» erkoren. Herzliche Gratulation an Ale Mordasini, der sich mit seinem Commis Patrick Güntert den Titel holte. Wir sind stolz, mit Kai Ale's Kochkarriere langjährig zu unterstützen und der Jury ein sknife Käsemesser zu überreichen.
Jan. 31, 2019
Bocuse d'Or Finale Lyon 2019
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Mario Garcia und seinem Team zum hervorragenden 5. Rang beim Bocuse d'Or Finale in Lyon.
Jan. 19, 2019
St. Moritz Gourmet Festival 2019
Impressionen vom St. Moritz Gourmet Festival 2019 im Oberengadin, wo im Survretta House wiederum die sknife Steakmesser eingedeckt waren. Zudem wurden den 10 Gastköchen ein sknife Taschenmesser überreicht.
July 2, 2018
First official visit to CeCo & sknife
Mrs. Beatrice Simon, member of the Government Council and Finance Director of the Canton of Berne, took time off on 29.06.18 to visit the new premises of CeCo ltd - world-of-knives & sknife at Neuengasse 5 in Biel. Quote from her Facebook post: "This company produces high quality knives, especially with products from the canton of Berne. For me, this visit was more than instructive and showed me once again how innovative companies in the canton of Bern are." We are very happy and honored.
April 9, 2018
Red Dot Design Award 2018 for sknife
sknife was honored for the Swiss steak cutlery walnut with one of the most important international design award: with the Red Dot Design Award, sknife namely received the highest award the “Red Dot: Best of the Best”.