SOLINGEN, Germany—Zwilling JA Henckels, a 300-year-old knife-making company based in this ancient city of swordsmiths, had much in common with Italy’s Bialetti Industrie SpA. Both are family-owned companies that produce signature cooking tools—knives for Zwilling and, for Bialetti, a whistling stovetop coffeepot. Both diversified into a range of cooking products in recent decades and entered international markets with a network of stores.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 20, 2019 14:25 UTC