oxo food . for other uses see oxo disambiguation . oxo type subsidiary industry consumer products founded 1990 founder sam farber john farber headquarters new york city new york united states area served worldwide products good grips soft works steel candela touchables number of employees 97 headquarters 1 127 worldwide 2 parent helen of troy limited website www.oxo.com an example of an oxo good grips meat tenderizer . oxo kso ox oh is a manufacturer of kitchen utensils office supplies and housewares based in new york city . contents 1 history 2 product lines 3 references 4 external links history edit oxo was founded by sam farber an entrepreneur in the housewares industry and his son john farber . 3 sam farber chose the name oxo because whether it s horizontal vertical upside down or backwards it always reads oxo . 4 noticing that his wife betsy who suffered from mild arthritis in her hands was having difficulty gripping ordinary kitchen tools he saw an opportunity to create more comfortable cooking tools that would benefit users . 4 the first group of 15 oxo good grips kitchen tools were introduced to the u.s. market at the gourmet products show in san francisco california in 1990 . 4 sam farber sold oxo to general housewares corporation in 1992 . general housewares corporation was acquired by world kitchen llc . in 2000 . 3 in june 2004 helen of troy limited bought oxo housewares for 273.2 million . 5 product lines edit oxo offers over 850 products covering many areas of the home . 6 cooking tools household cleaning tools baby and toddler products bath cleaning tools and accessories bar ware storage and organization products office products references edit https www.oxo.com faqs https www.oxo.com faqs a b samuel farber developer of kitchen utensils dies at 88 . united press international . 2013 06 22 . retrieved 2013 07 06 . a b c fox margalit 2013 06 21 . sam farber creator of oxo utensils dies at 88 . new york times . retrieved 2013 07 06 . ashworth will . helen of troy s winning acquisitions . investopedia.com . investopedia . retrieved 15 february 2015 . about oxo . retrieved 13 feb 2011 . external links edit oxo international ltd. oxo sweden this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oxo brand & oldid 743072074 categories manufacturing companies established in 1990manufacturing companies based in new york citykitchenware brandscooking utensilshome appliance brandsunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 16 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view