As far as I know Richartz is an old German brand, I believe these are made in Solingen Germany. I've seen and handled a couple in stores in Mexico city, they are distributed by Victorinox over here which seems a bit odd to me. Other than the beak type can opener and the handle material, to me they seem and feel very similar to Victorinox, the handles feel better than the Victorinox plastic ones but not better than their alox, over here they cost more than Victorinox.
Luis