WMF (formerly known as Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik) is a German tableware manufacturer, founded in 1853 in Geislingen an der Steige.

WMF was originally called Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer and was opened as a metal repairing workshop.

[2] During the 1920s, Abteilung für Galvanoplastic was producing reproductions of large-scale Italian Renaissance bronze works for an American clientele.

Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co., Inc. of New Orleans pursued the acquisition of a gilt copper reproduction of Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise".

[3] WMF produced a trilingual catalog about the doors, titled Erztüre des Hauptportals am Baptisterium in Florenz.

However, after Hitler's call for rearmament the company under the control of Hugo Debach immediately began to produce arms again.

[5] The group holds six brands WMF, Silit Kaiser, Schaerer, Hepp and Curtis) is represented in over 40 locations worldwide and has almost 200 company-owned branches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The WMF Group produces household and hotel goods, including cookware, kitchen appliances, cutlery, drinking glasses and professional coffee machines.