page_title: Küschall
section_title: 1978–1995
hierarchical_section_title: Küschall / History / 1978–1995
caption_attribution_description: English: Küschall Headquarter with wheelchair tower in Witterswil
context_page_description: Küschall AG, headquartered in Witterswil, Switzerland, is a wheelchair manufacturing company.
context_section_description: The company was founded in 1978 by Rainer Küschall who was quadriplegic. Küschall's first successful model was the "Competition", which featured a new lightweight design. The first products were made at the beginning in the living room by the founder. Later the company moved into a property in Allschwil. In 1986 "Küschall of America" was opened followed two years later by "Küschall of Chile". Both companies, however, were disbanded only a few years later disbanded to be able to maintain the short distribution times.
caption: Kuschall headquarters in Witterswil near Basel
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