World Kitchen
World Kitchen, LLC is a kitchenware products maker and distributor based in Rosemont, Illinois. The company began as the Corning Consumer Products division of glassmaker Corning.
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[edit] History
The division was spun off from Corning in 1998 and purchased by Borden. It acquired General Housewares and Ekco in 1999.
As part of the sale to Borden, the company was required to shed the Corning name within three years. The World Kitchen name was adopted in 2000. In 2002 the company filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 and underwent financial reorganization.
As of 2004[update], it has been privately held. Since 2006, Joseph T. Mallof is President and CEO. The company's website states it employs approximately 2,800 people, and has major manufacturing and distribution operations in the United States, Canada, and Asia-Pacific regions.
[edit] Brands
[edit] Current
World Kitchen owns/licenses such brands as:
- Pyrex
- Corningware
- Pyroflam
- Corelle
- Revere
- EKCO
- Baker’s Secret
- Magnalite
- Chicago Cutlery
- OLFA
[edit] Past
On June 1, 2004, WKI Holding Company, Inc., which operates principally through its subsidiary World Kitchen, Inc., announced that it had completed the sale of OXO International to Helen of Troy Limited for over $273 million in cash.[1]
Visions by Corning was a glass cookware line introduced in 1982 and widely popular Visions was a ceramic cookware line, with glass (Pyrex type) lids. It is available again through World Kitchen, including their outlet stores and through the web. In Europe it is made in its French factory and sold under the name Pyroflam. Originally, they were in an amber color, when a cranberry color version came 10 years later in 1992.
[edit] References
- ^ "World Kitchen Announces Completion of OXO International Sale" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2004-06-01. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-404333/World-Kitchen-Announces-Completion-of.html.
[edit] External links
- World Kitchen, LLC website
