GINKGO International, Ltd. was founded in 1977 by Wes and Janet Helmick. Ginkgo's purpose is to bring original designs to the market at the best value. The company has worked with designers and stainless flatware contractors from the United States, Europe, and Asia to accomplish these goals. They are proud of their designers patterns, from the original "Le Prix"® pattern developed in a small ancient French Alps town of Thier, France to their latest patterns, reproductions of handwrought sterling from Old Newbury Crafters in Amesbury, Massachusetts.