About us

The metal production of cutlery and manicure products was founded by DUP in 1949 in Nový Rychnov near Pelhřimov. German knifemaker Anton Fritz, who married and started a family in Bohemia, participated in the introduction of this production in DUP. Anton Fritz obtained a vocational qualification as a knifemaker in Solingen, a German town in North Rhine-Westphalia, which is famous for its knifemaking tradition dating back to the deep Middle Ages.

By combining the experience from Solingen with the craftsmanship of Czech workers, the production of manicure tools, which found wide acceptance on domestic and foreign markets thanks to the favourable price to quality ratio, was created.

Gradually, the METAL division expanded the use of its technological equipment to also cooperate in the production of small metal parts for clients in other industrial fields, who are offered precise cutting, pressing, hardening, nickel plating, CNC machining, deburring, electroerosive machining, heat treatment, wire program and production of tools requiring a precise cut.

The METAL division runs a metal fabrication plant with approximately 40 employees in Nový Rychnov. KOVO has at its disposal a pressing shop with classic presses as well as presses for precise cutting. In addition, it operates lines for surface treatment, rack and drum based galvanic plating, uses machines for precision machining and has its own tool shop for the production of pressing tools.

The METAL division is a traditional manufacturer of scissors, tweezers, files and other instruments used for manicure and pedicure. Precision cutting, pressing, electroplating, heat treatment, including dehydrogenation and other technologies, are also used for cooperative mass production of smaller metal parts for clients in the electrical, automotive and other industries.