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History
World Kitchen products have led the housewares industry for over 100 years,
since the introduction of EKCO® baking pans in 1888. EKCO® Housewares Company,
Corning Consumer Products Company (CCPC) and General Housewares Corporation
(GHC) are all forebears of the World Kitchen family of companies.
Historical
Timeline:
| 1888 | Edward Katzinger founded a commercial baking pan company in Chicago which became EKCO® Housewares Company |
| 1892 | Revere Ware® introduced tea kettles |
| 1915 | Pyrex® bakeware introduced by Corning Glass Works (CGW) |
| 1930 | Chicago Cutlery® introduced by founder Alfred Paulson |
| 1939 | Revere Ware® cookware introduced by Revere Copper and Brass |
| 1956 | OLFA® Cutters introduced world’s first ‘snap-off’ knife cutting blade |
| 1958 | CorningWare® bakeware introduced by CGW |
| 1970 | CORELLE® dinnerware introduced by CGW |
| 1972 | Baker’s Secret® bakeware introduced by EKCO® |
| 1988 | Revere Ware Corporation purchased by CGW |
| 1988 | Chicago Cutlery, Inc. purchased by GHC |
| 1992 | OXO purchased by GHC |
| 1998 | Borden, Inc./KKR purchased Corning Consumer Products Company |
| 1999 | CCPC purchased EKCO® & GHC |
| 2000 | Launch of World Kitchen, Inc. |
| 2004 | Sale of OXO to Helen of Troy, Inc. |
| 2006 | Change of name to World Kitchen, LLC |
