Douglas Quikut

Douglas Quikut is a division of the Scott Fetzer Company, a 95 year old American company that makes a wide variety of quality retail and industrial products. Our mission statement is to provide products and services that provide a superior value to the consumer. Douglas was founded in 1902 as a major producer of automotive parts. The first vacuum cleaner built by the Douglas division was in the early 1940's. Douglas Division was acquired by The Scott & Fetzer Company on May 1, 1968, and became Douglas Products, A Division of The Scott & Fetzer Company. As a result of expanding vacuum cleaner sales, the facility in Walnut Ridge, AR was opened in January, 1972. Douglas currently produces a variety of OEM vacuum products for the leaders in the vacuum industry, along with powerful, corded wet-dry hand vacs, 12 volt auto vacs, and stick vacs sold under the ReadiVac name. Quikut began manufacturing kitchen cutlery in Clyde, OH in 1920 and to this day, those knives are still known as the "Sharpest Knives on the Market". In 1953 they moved their operation to Freemont, OH where they were evenutally purchased by The Scott & Fetzer Company in 1964. Ginsu knives, with a tradition and durability, were actually first manufactured in Fremont by the Quikut corporation in 1975. Scott Fetzer moved the Ginsu division to Walnut Ridge, AR in 1988.