The official "About us" page traces Severin's history back to 1892, when "Anton Severin gründete seinen eigenen Handwerksbetrieb" (Anton Severin founded his own craft business), initially a smithy. With his son Anton Jr. the business became "A. Severin & Co. GmbH", moving from repairs to series production of items such as curtain rods; rising demand led the company to move into a new plant "in der Röhre" in Sundern, Germany, still its headquarters today.
In the same page's timeline, 1952 is the year Severin began making electrical household appliances, from coffee makers to toasters. The brand introduction further up the page lists the products with which Severin says it has accompanied generations, starting with its first coffee makers in German kitchens and moving on to the colourful kitchen appliances of the 1950s. By its 75th anniversary, the page states, the catalogue spanned more than 200 different appliances; the opening of a production plant in Shenzhen, China, and sales branches in several European countries is described as the step that made Severin an international brand.
According to the official page, the company is no longer run by the founding family: after a minority investment, Copper Oak Ventures — a Dortmund-based family office — took over control, a path the page itself describes as "aus einer Minderbeteiligung wird langfristiges Engagement mit Vision" (from a minority stake to a long-term engagement with vision).
