It works well, it looks nice. 18/10 polished stainless steel.Durable-looking mechanism.HOWEVER there is no way to say where this product was made in. It might very well be China. Company is German-based but that does not mean a thing in today's world. If the item were German-made, Germans would not be embarrassed to stamp it on the stainless steel. There is no stamp as to the country of origin. Neither is there a sign on the packaging to point to the country of origin.I just hope it is not radioactive. Like the radioactive stainless steel cheese grater (made in China) theyfound in a salvage yard a couple of years ago in Michigan. Cobalt 60 infused stainless steel out of a nuclear power plant before, cheese grater now.