Niessing (company)
The jewelry manufacturer Niessing Manufaktur GmbH & Co. KG in Vreden is a manufacturer of rings , jewelry and watches made of gold , platinum and stainless steel ("stainless steel").
history
The goldsmith Hermann Niessing founded a workshop for devotional objects in Vreden in 1873 . In addition to church jewelry and devices, the first product range also included wedding rings. The punch mark used was a heart that was pierced by an arrow from right to left, with a capital "N" in the heart. This symbol is still used today.
After the Second World War, the Niessing family concentrated almost entirely on wedding rings. In the 1970s, the owners decided to offer jewelry in addition to wedding rings. In the years 1974 to around 1980 Ulla Exner, b. Niessing, her husband Fritz and their son Jochen laid the foundations for a new corporate strategy and started building the jewelry brand. Since then Niessing has been working with its own designers and with contemporary design, whose principles are based on the principles of the Bauhaus .
In October 2008 the company Gebr. Niessing GmbH & Co. had to file for insolvency due to a financial crisis. On May 1st, 2009 the new Niessing Manufaktur GmbH & Co. KG started with the partners Klaus Kaufhold, Johanna Lenz-Kaufhold and Günter Henrich. Subsequently, the shareholders invested in the manufacture and the Niessing shops.
Awards
The Niessing design was awarded the “Red Dot for High Design Quality”; "Red Dot for Highest Design Quality"; "Red Dot: Best of the Best"; "German Prize for Communication Design"; "IF Material Award"; "IF Product Design Award"; "Honorary award for industrial products in the design award of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia"; "Platinum Design of the year", awarded.