Vermicular
Precision enameled cast iron from a Nagoya family foundry.
Status: Approved
- Founded
- 1936
- Website
- vermicular.us
- HQ
- Japan
- Manufacturing
- Japan
- Ownership type
- Family-owned
- Parent
- Aichi Dobby
- Status since
- 2026-07-13
Ownership
Third-generation Hijikata brothers (Kuni and Tomo); casting and machining in-house at Aichi Dobby, founded 1936; Vermicular brand launched 2010 to save the foundry.
Why Approved
A family foundry that rescued itself with a consumer brand instead of selling the name.
Reversibility
What would change our verdict
A sale to outside capital or production leaving Nagoya.
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