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America's oldest cast-iron cookware manufacturer revitalized its business by adding one step to its 124-year-old process

Lodge Cast Iron has been making cast-iron cookware at its Tennessee foundry since 1896, making it the country's oldest surviving cast-iron manufacturer. Before 2002, all of Lodge's cast iron came ...
Hartford Courant

AP PHOTOS: 172-year-old Japanese factory preserves traditional way of making cast iron cookware

OSHU, Japan (AP) — Katsunori Suzuki is one of a few craftsmen in Japan still producing cast iron cookware by hand using laborious traditional techniques. The president of the 172-year-old foundry ...
The Columbian

Saving cast iron craftsmanship

OSHU, Japan — Katsunori Suzuki is one of a few craftsmen in Japan still producing cast iron cookware by hand using laborious traditional techniques. The president of the 172-year-old foundry where he ...
gearpatrol

Lodge’s New Cast-Iron Skillets Are Its Best in 60 Years

Before Joseph Lodge founded the largest cast-iron cookware manufacturer in the world, his foundry burnt down. Then called Blacklock Foundry, Lodge was a partner in the business making kettles, pots, ...