page_title: Fiskars
section_title: Functional
hierarchical_section_title: Fiskars / Business units, brands and products / Functional
caption_attribution_description: English: http://www.natick.army.mil/soldier/media/fact/individual/USMC_ETool.jpg Entrenching Tool
context_page_description: Fiskars Group is a Finnish group company. The company has its roots in the village of Fiskars, where it was founded in 1649. The oldest business still operating in Finland, the global headquarters are in the Arabianranta district of Helsinki. It is one of the oldest companies in the world.
  The company has operated in various sectors over the decades. Fiskars was formerly best known for its orange-handled scissors, created in 1967. More than one billion were sold by 2010. In 2019, its products related to the home, outdoor activities, interior decoration and table setting. Its key brands today include Fiskars, Iittala, Royal Copenhagen, Wedgwood and Waterford.
  The Finnish marketing magazine Markkinointi & Mainonta, found Fiskars' brands are regularly among Finland's most valued brands.
context_section_description: SBU Functional creates tools for use in and around the home, for example in the garden and outdoors. The unit's brands include:
  Fiskars (household goods, garden tools, craft tools)
  Gerber Legendary Blades (knives and multi-function tools)
  Gilmour (watering products, garden hoses, faucets and connectors)
  In Finland, the garden tools are manufactured by Fiskars Brands Finland's factories in Pinjainen, near the Billnäs ironworks. The factories also manufacture other products, such as scissors and axes. The majority of product development activities are also based in Pinjainen, but there is a separate product development unit in the United States as well.
caption: Military entrenching tool manufactured by Fiskars for the US Marines
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