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Lodge Manufacturing Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryCookware
Founded1896
FounderJoseph Lodge
HeadquartersSouth Pittsburg, TN, USA
Key people
Bob Kellermann, CEO[1]
Websitewww.lodgemfg.com

Lodge Manufacturing is a manufacturer of cast iron cookware based in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. Founded in 1896 by Joseph Lodge, Lodge Manufacturing is one of America's oldest cookware companies in continuous operation. It is still owned and managed by the descendants of the Lodge family. Most cast iron sold by Lodge is produced in its foundry in South Pittsburg, which has been in operation since the company was founded.

History

Founded in 1896 by Joseph Lodge, Lodge Manufacturing is one of America's oldest cookware companies in continuous operation. Joseph Lodge and his wife settled in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, a town of 3,000 people along the Tennessee River beside the Cumberland Plateau.

See also

References

  1. ^ St. George, Zach (19 May 2014). "America's Last King of Cast Iron Finds His Time Has Come Again". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 24 January 2016.