3rd World Capitals of Cutlery Meeting

Albacete, a Spanish city linked with the craft and industry of cutlery for six centuries, will be in charge of organising the 3^rd World Capitals of Cutlery Meeting, which will take place from the 10^th to the 12^th of June 2022.

The Knife making industry and its related businesses is one of the economic and industrial pillar of our province. It produces 90% of the Spanish Cutlery and it export 30 million euros annually

Formed fundamentally by small and medium businesses, there are 100 entrerprises, including artisans, manufacturers, industries shops, and auxiliary business.

The Knife making industry is divided in three important parts: domestic, professional and sporting, which have evolved in the distinct forms, in the function of market demands and the significant competition that has arisen in recent years.

The purpose of the biannual World Capitals of Cutlery Meeting is to gather cities which have been historically linked to cutlery-making activity.

Meetings, conferences, debates, exhibition, interviews, tourist visits and different cultural activities are organised around this international event, with the goal of creating closer links between cities whose tradition, history and industry have been linked to the industrial or artisanal forging, sharpening and production of cutlery.