Lagostina
| Industry | Consumer Goods |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1901 |
| Founder | Carlo and Emilio Lagostina |
| Headquarters | Omegna, Italy |
| Products | cookware, pressure cookers, flatware, tableware, kitchen tools, kitchen accessories |
| Parent | Groupe SEB |
| Website | lagostina.com |
Lagostina is an Italian manufacturer of cookware, cutlery and other kitchenware. They are also an important manufacturer of pressure cookers. Lagostina was founded in 1901 in Omegna, Province of Verbania, Italy, as a family business initially focusing on stainless steel flatware.
Lagostina was born in the Piedmont, in Omegna, on the shores of Lake Orta, a region famous for handcrafted household goods production, the company was founded by Carlo Lagostina and his son Emilio.
The metalcrafters gradually settled in this country where the economy was based mainly on wood, and contributed to the beginnings of industrial progress. The distribution of electric power, the development of railway network and the presence of a skilled workforce heavily impulsed the industrial boom.
Lagostina was created in 1901 and quickly became an expert in the manufacture of tinned iron flatware. In the early 30's, the flatware production reached up to 30 000 pieces per day and included among its main customers the Navy, Army and Aeronautics.
Massimo Lagostina, grandnephew of the founder, launched the first stainless steel kitchen tools . This material, totally new for this purpose but already known for its aesthetic qualities and its robustness, enables Lagostina to express the Italian style art of living.
In 1929, at the Fair of Milan, Massimo saw the first stainless steel sheets. In the United States and Sweden, industrial production of this alloy began after a long period of studies and experiences . At that time the first products manufactured for the chemical and food industries were experimented. Massimo quickly understood that this material could also be used successfully in the field of kitchen tools.
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