Calphalon
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Calphalon is a brand of cookware and cutlery products owned by Newell Rubbermaid. Calphalon produces non-stick coated cookware similar to Teflon and stick-resistant surfaces made of hard-anodized aluminium. Calphalon pans feature either an aluminum core, which provides fast, even heating, or a stamp-forged aluminum disk to provide the additional heat dispersion.
There are four major lines of cookware currently in production
- Calphalon One
- Contemporary
- Everyday (Tri-Ply/Nonstick)
- the low-end Calphalon variant Kitchen Essentials.
Infused anodization is a patented process by which Calphalon places polymers of nonstick between the pores of the cooking and exterior surfaces. This results in a semi-nonstick surface which has heat and scratch resistance. It's possible to use metal utensils on Calphalon One Infused Anodized without damaging the cooking surface. As of 2007, Calphalon is the only company which uses the infused anodized process.
There are four lines of cutlery in production:
- Traditional
- Contemporary
- Everyday
- Katana, a set featuring layered Japanese steel and a number of Japanese knife designs including the multipurpose santoku and the nakiri, a vegetable slicer
There are nine Calphalon outlet stores: two in Texas, two in Florida, and one each in Massachusetts, California, Maine, Washington state, and Pennsylvania (at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets).
