World Kitchen, LLC is a kitchenware

Kitchenware

Kitchenware include utensils, appliances, dishes, cookware, and so on for use in the kitchen.-See also:*Cookware and bakeware*Dishware*Drinkware*List of eating utensils*List of food preparation utensils*List of Japanese cooking utensils...

 products maker and distributor based in Rosemont, Illinois

Rosemont, Illinois

Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...

. The company began as the Corning Consumer Products division of glassmaker Corning

Corning Inc.

Corning Incorporated is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known as Corning Glass Works until 1989, when it changed its name to Corning Incorporated...

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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.

, 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.

Current

World Kitchen owns/licenses such brands as:

• Pyrex
  Pyrex
  Pyrex is a brand name for glassware, introduced by Corning Incorporated in 1915.Originally, Pyrex was made from borosilicate glass. In the 1940s the composition was changed for some products to tempered soda-lime glass, which is the most common form of glass used in glass bakeware in the US and has...
  
  
• Corningware
  Corningware
  CorningWare was originally a brand name for a unique pyroceramic glass cookware resistant to thermal shock, that was first introduced in 1958 by Corning Glass Works. CorningWare is notable for the fact that it can be used directly on the stovetop.- History :In 1953, Dr. S...
  
  
• Pyroflam
• Corelle
  Corelle
  Corelle is a brand of glassware and dishware. It is made of Vitrelle, a laminated tempered glass product with three layers of two types of glass. The thermally bonded layers give Corelle its strength, allowing it to be much thinner than other dinnerware. Introduced by Corning Glass Works in 1970,...
  
  
• Revere
• EKCO
• Baker’s Secret
• Magnalite
• Chicago Cutlery
• OLFA

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

OXO International

OXO is a manufacturer of kitchen utensils, office supplies, and housewares based in New York City.-History:OXO was founded by Sam Farber, an entrepreneur in the housewares industry...

 to Helen of Troy Limited

Helen of Troy Limited

Helen of Troy Limited is a manufacturer of personal care electrical products under brands licensed from Vidal Sassoon, Revlon, Dr. Scholl's, Sunbeam, Health o meter, Sea Breeze, and Vitapoint. It is also the parent corporation of OXO International. The company is headquartered in Hamilton,...

for over $273 million in cash.

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.

External links

• World Kitchen, LLC website