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E. Honauer AG, File- and Tool-Factory, 6037 Root, Switzerland / Feile, Feilen, file, files, lima, lime, limas, limes, feile, feilen
Description
110 years ago in Perlen, canton of Lucerne, Johan Honauer began to manufacture files. At that time, producing files meant pure manual work, for only at the beginning of the 20
century, file-cutting machines were available on the market. Today it is unimaginable to produce industrial tools without electricity. Business was very local bound as clients could only be reached on foot, horse or bicycle. As a consequence, there were a considerable amount of file factories and file-cutter was an ambitious and distinguished job. Johan Honauer’s business grew steadily as the industry developed and it was extended continuously.
Within the second generation, the owner by then was Niklaus Honauer, the business moved to the neighbor municipality of Root, where it is still located. Changes took place during the years and the Honauer file- and tool-factory, with over 60 employees, became an important employer for the region of Lucerne in the middle 1960’s.
