Calphalon Commercial

The company, Calphalon, had its humble beginnings in 1963 when Ronald Kasperzak purchased a small metal spinning company called Commercial Metal. He purchased the company not because he had the intention of spinning metal for fun; he wanted to venture into making cooking implements. On the same year, the company, Commercial Aluminum Cookware Company, the predecessor of Calphalon, was born in Ohio.

However, Kazperzak had more than just standard pots and pans in mind when he launched the Commercial Aluminum Cookware Company; he wanted to upgrade the cooking implements used in the food service industry. In 1968, Kasperzak had his chance. On that year, Commercial Aluminum Cookware applied a breakthrough technology that was originally developed by NASA. This procedure involves electrochemically treating raw aluminum. An early release polymer is infused into the surface of the cookware and then this is then anodized. This process, called hard-anodizing, enables heat to be distributed all over the cooking surface quickly and evenly.

Although the technology was introduced in 1968, treated cookware were only available to professional chefs. It was only in 1975 when Commercial Aluminum Cookware launched a retail line of their cooking implements that the general populace was able to experience the wonders of cooking on hard-anodized surfaces.

In 1992, when the first non-stick cookware line was launched, the Calphalon product name finally evolved into the brand name we all know today. 1994 saw the introduction of utensils and bake ware, which expanded the company’s product range. Since it now provided more than basic pots for cooking, Calphalon carved itself a niche in the global kitchenware market.

Due to the immense popularity of Calphalon products, the company Commercial Aluminum Cookware Company adapted the name of its flagship brand. In 1997, Commercial Aluminum Cookware Company became known as Calphalon Corporation.

In 1998, Newell Rubbermaid purchased Calphalon Corporation thus including the company in the ranks of other well-known brands such as Levelor, Little Tykes, Rubbermaid and Graco.