Does Corning still make grab it Bowls?
Grab-Its are microwave-safe cookware easily identifiable by their tab handle. They were introduced by Corning Glass Works in 1977, under the Corning Ware brand and are now sold in a slightly different form by Corelle Brands.
Did CorningWare go out of business?
It’s finally time for blue and white CorningWare to shine. But production of the original Pyroceram-based CorningWare products ceased in 2000. The brand was relaunched as a line of stoneware-based bakeware in 2001.
Is Pyrex made by Corning?
Pyrex was the first brand name manufactured by Corning’s Consumer Products Division. In 1998, Corning began to focus primarily on scientific and technical glass and sold its Consumer Products Division to a company now known as World Kitchen. The Pyrex brand continues to be produced by World Kitchen today.
Can CorningWare go in the oven?
What appliances can CorningWare® products be used with? All CorningWare® oven bakeware products (including metallic-banded French White® products) can be used in conventional, convection and microwave ovens as well as in the refrigerator, freezer and dishwasher.
Do they still make Corningware dishes?
It continues to be manufactured by Keraglass/Eurokera (a partnership between Corning and Saint-Gobain specializing in vitroceramics for cooktop panels and equipment for laboratories) in Bagneaux-sur-Loing, France. This is one of the only factories in the world still manufacturing Pyroceram-based cookware.
What is the difference between CorningWare and Corelle?
Corelle Brands sells similar looking products under the CorningWare brand name that are made of glazed stoneware, rather than Pyroceram. Corelle, a brand name for break-resistant glass dishware also originally created by Corning Glass Works, has offered matching designs to many Corning Ware patterns.
Why is Pyrex called Pyrex?
Company accounts suggest that the name Pyrex came from the company’s tradition of using “ex” in its glass formulas (Corning’s first heat-resistant glass was called Nonex), according to Regan Brumagen, public services librarian and co-curator of the exhibition at the Corning Museum of Glass.
When did they stop making Pyrex?
In 1986, however, US Pyrex opalware was all but discontinued.