From Tulip Company's website: "Our needles are made through a process consisting of over 30 steps, using traditional needle-making techniques that have been handed down through generations of skilled Tulip needle craftsmen, each of whom has an almost stubborn obsession with quality. At the same time, while making full use of the “cutting, grinding and polishing” technology used in our needle manufacturing that we have accumulated through the years, we are also constantly striving to achieve new technical innovations in order to develop and produce products that are not only of the highest quality, but also make positive contributions to society."