Born of the steel age in 1960, All-Clad Metalcrafters found its roots in a small metallurgical company that specialized in formulating bonded metals for a variety of industries. Company founder, John Ulam, was awarded more than 50 US patents, specifically related to bonded metals, and was instrumental in the US Mint's conversion from solid silver coins to the bonded layered metals we use today.

When John Ulam founded All-Clad Metalcrafters more than 35 years ago, his discipline as a metallurgist compelled him to bond together different metals to capitalize on each of their unique properties. His cookware was the embodiment of simple, classic design, and proved to perform beyond the capabilities of any single-metal cookware. In the process of perfecting layered-metal bonding, a legacy was born.

Today, American artisans, using American-made metals, handcraft cookware in the tradition that established a new benchmark for professional cookware. At each stage of the manufacturing process, every piece of All-Clad cookware is hand-inspected to ensure that it maintains All-Clad quality standards. This extreme scrutiny slows the production process, but guarantees that every piece of cookware that leaves the Southwest Pennsylvania rolling mill preserves the reputation that precedes it.

Because the raw materials are critical to performance, All-Clad metallurgists specify the metals formulations down to the chemical composition and microstructure. Since quality always takes precedence over convenience, the metals are formulated for optimal cooking performance; not for ease of manufacturing. All-Clad cookware is manufactured to the most stringent environmental standards. Virtually every ounce of unused material is recovered and recycled, down to the metal dust generated during the sanding process.