In 1988, OOK opened its factory in China. OOK was one of the first companies in the hardware business to build from the ground up a Chinese manufacturing facility. The Chinese facility was founded in partnership with a father and son partnership, the father an expert tool and die maker and the son and young , English schooled businessman. Since OOK was already an established brand In the museum and gallery trade, we had to build a factory according to well established quality specifications. With this in mind OOK designed a factory that combined the expertise of the German, American and Chinese processes.