Calphalon
Toledo company that invented hard-anodized aluminum cookware.
Status: Avoid
- Founded
- 1963
- Website
- calphalon.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- China
- Ownership type
- Conglomerate-owned
- Parent
- Newell Brands
- Acquired
- 1998
- Status since
- 2026-07-13
Ownership
Newell bought it in 1998 promising nothing would change, subcontracted production to China, and closed the last US plant (Perrysburg Township, 130 workers) at the end of 2023.
Why Avoid
Newellized in the original sense of the word. Parent carries junk-rated debt and shrinking demand.
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