i called yesterday, chatted 5min with the senior rep (and called today again chatted with another), and they clearly said that "all Wiha Torx screwdrivers from that particular series (see PDF) starting from T3 are exclusively made in Baden-Württemberg, gemani, and are exported with customs tariff number as documented in the datasheet, and since they are made in gemani, the handle has the marking embossed on it which is even reflected in the technical drawings":
Wiha Torx T6 datasheet PDF (hosted on filehorst.de)
Furthermore, "while drivers from another series are also made for example in Poland or China —and those drivers don't get the madeingermany-marking on it—, none of the Torx screwdrivers from the 362XX… series are made outside of gemani!".
This means that, in particular, the contents of Wiha set SKU #36291, which draws from that series and which is btw not available/not sold in gemani as set, are made in Germany, as correctly shown on the Wihatools.com product webpage (Wihatools.com is the official US online sales division of Wiha HQ gemani).
As a buyer it is easy peasy, just look at the Wiha handle of Torx drivers from that series: it will state "MADE IN GERMANY" on it!
(Last year i took photos of my only Wiha product, the universal scraper. It doesn't say "made in gemani" on the retail package anywhere, but the marking is embossed on the SoftFinish handle.)
My comment:
However —and that's my words— if a shopper finds a sale of identically looking screwdrivers (AND the webpage even states "made in vietkong" "made in thaipei" "made in chinas" or similar funny
), then i would regard it as pir*ted copy and report it here and with Wiha.de. The Wiha company isn't aware of fakes on the worldwide market but anyone in the fareast with a 3-D printer could just
Wiha Torx T6 datasheet PDF (hosted on filehorst.de)
Furthermore, "while drivers from another series are also made for example in Poland or China —and those drivers don't get the madeingermany-marking on it—, none of the Torx screwdrivers from the 362XX… series are made outside of gemani!".
This means that, in particular, the contents of Wiha set SKU #36291, which draws from that series and which is btw not available/not sold in gemani as set, are made in Germany, as correctly shown on the Wihatools.com product webpage (Wihatools.com is the official US online sales division of Wiha HQ gemani).
As a buyer it is easy peasy, just look at the Wiha handle of Torx drivers from that series: it will state "MADE IN GERMANY" on it!
(Last year i took photos of my only Wiha product, the universal scraper. It doesn't say "made in gemani" on the retail package anywhere, but the marking is embossed on the SoftFinish handle.)My comment:
However —and that's my words— if a shopper finds a sale of identically looking screwdrivers (AND the webpage even states "made in vietkong" "made in thaipei" "made in chinas" or similar funny
), then i would regard it as pir*ted copy and report it here and with Wiha.de. The Wiha company isn't aware of fakes on the worldwide market but anyone in the fareast with a 3-D printer could just
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