Cast Aluminum 40 Gallon Tilt Kettle.

Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company

Industry

Cookware

Founded

October 24, 1901

Founder(s)

• Charles M. Hall
• Alfred E. Hunt

Headquarters

• New Kensington, PA. (1901-1966)
• Chillicothe, OH. (1966-1987)
• Richmond, VA. (1987-1989)

Owner(s)

• Pittsburgh Reduction Company (1901-1982)
• Wesray Corporation (1982-1988)
• Nacco Industries, Inc. (1988-1989)

Defunct

December 26, 1989

The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company was founded on October 24, 1901 by Charles M. Hall and Alfred E. Hunt as a marketing subsidiary of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Its industry is aluminum cooking utensils and its headquarters were in New Kensington, Pennsylvania (1901-1966), Chillicothe, Ohio (1966-1987), Richmond, Virginia (1987-1989).It was sold to the newly-formed Wesray Corporation in 1982. In 1983, Wesray acquired the Proctor-Silex division of SCM Corporation and merged it with Wear-Ever in 1985. The firm was sold to Nacco Industries, Inc. in 1988. A year later, the Newell Company acquired the Wear-Ever aluminum cookware and bakeware business of WearEver-ProctorSilex and consolidated it with its Mirro subsidiary. The brand became a part of Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. in 1999. In 2004 it was sold to Global Home Products LLC, and in 2006 to Groupe SEB.