Editing Scissors (section)

====Italy====

[[File:Detatchable kitchen.jpg|thumb|right|Classic Italian-style kitchen scissors, often used to cut food. The two halves can be detached in order to be cleaned.]]

Premana, in Lecco Province, has its origins in ironworks and knife manufacturing beginning in the 16th century. In 1900 there were ten scissor manufacturing workshops, 20 in 1952 and 48 by 1960.<ref>[https://www.comune.premana.lc.it/c097069/zf/index.php/servizi-aggiuntivi/index/index/idtesto/20132 Municipality of Premana: Economy.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107035356/https://www.comune.premana.lc.it/c097069/zf/index.php/servizi-aggiuntivi/index/index/idtesto/20132 |date=2022-01-07 }} Retrieved 11/27/21.</ref> Today, Consorzio Premax, an industrial partnership, organizes over 60 local companies involved in the manufacture of scissors for global markets.<ref>[https://www.eccolecco.it/en/towns-lombardy/premana/ Ecco Lecco Tourist Guide to Lecco Province: Premana.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107035418/https://www.eccolecco.it/en/towns-lombardy/premana/ |date=2022-01-07 }} Retrieved 11/27/21.</ref> In 2019 Italy exported 3.5% of scissors manufactured globally.<ref>[https://oec.world/en/profile/hs92/scissors The Observatory of Economy Complexity, trade data for scissors as of 2019.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106192116/https://oec.world/en/profile/hs92/scissors |date=2022-01-06 }} Retrieved 12/04/21.</ref>

One of the oldest Premanese scissor manufacturing firms still in operation is Sanelli Ambrogio, which was founded in 1869.<ref>[https://www.sanelliambrogio.it/en/azienda.aspx Ambrogio Sanelli: Company History.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510192653/https://www.sanelliambrogio.it/en/azienda.aspx |date=2021-05-10 }} Retrieved 11/27/21.</ref>