Microplane

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Microplane is a company that makes grating, grinding and sanding tools. Microplane graters are made by chemically dissolving holes in a piece of stainless steel. Though extremely sharp, they are safer than regular graters and rasps because the user is less likely to lose his or her grip.

1 Kitchen Graters
2 Wood Rasps
3 Legal Actions
4 Links

[edit] Kitchen Graters

Microplane graters are used for the grating of various food items, such as nutmeg and cheese.

[edit] Wood Rasps

Microplane originally made wood rasps and shaving disks and they continue to do so today.

[edit] Legal Actions

In 2002, Microplane, via Grace Manufacturing, filed a lawsuit against Browne and Co. Ltd. among others, alleging that the Cuisipro "Accutec" line of etched graters infringed on Microplane patents, and that Browne and Co. practices with regard to the Accutec brand represented unfair competition. Grace further made public statements at that time, intended to create distance between their graters and the Accutec line of products, particularly from the historical context associated with Microplane (for example, stating that only Microplane products had a history in woodworking use, and that Accutec was not to be considered a next-generation design).[1]